The commissioners of the Pac-12, Big Ten and Atlantic Coast conferences made official Tuesday an alliance to chart a path forward for college athletics during an unprecedented time of “turmoil,” but the logistics of how the collaboration will play out remain a work in progress.
After a 45-minute news conference held by Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren and ACC commissioner Jim Phillips, it was unclear when or how the three Power Five leagues will commence scheduling one another in nonconference games in football and men’s and women’s basketball — or exactly where the alliance stands on the proposed expansion of the College Football Playoff from four to 12 teams.