If you thought today was just going to be a regular summer Thursday for college sports, well you thought wrong. First reported by Jon Wilner of Pac-12 Hotline, and later followed up with a report from The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach, apparently UCLA and Southern Cal are planning to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten as early as 2024.
Source: USC and UCLA are planning to leave for the Big Ten as early as 2024. Move *has not been finalized* at the highest levels of power.
— Jon Wilner (@wilnerhotline) June 30, 2022
Now, it is certainly worth noting that Wilner goes on to say that this move has NOT been “finalized at the highest levels of power,” but the fact that it is out there now means it has some legs as a rumor.