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Is the reason the B10 and SEC haven't expanded yet due to...?

Do they really don't want to add that many more? I doubt that - I see both wanting to add a few more, but that is more a hunch than anything concrete. Another issue is the CFP play-off size - I don't see either expanding until the CFP goes past 12. I think the biggest issue is that they wanted to wait for these TV deals to get closer to expire to open up the bidding for everyone. If this happened 2-3 years down the road, I could see both deciding to just go to 24 - esp if the play-off would go to 24. Then, they could just send it out for bidding w/ 24 teams each, even though SEC goes to 2034. As mentioned before, the TV/streaming entities still have to shoot out money to NFL, etc at this time. This came up because I was trying to decide why the SEC doesn't just go 8 for VT, UVA, UNC, NC St, FSU, Clemson, Kansas, & ? - Okl St or WVU (I initially had Miami or Duke, but decided to give them to B10). Big Ten decides on GT, Duke, Miami, ND (I think if both go to 24, ND finally decides to join since their choices for scheduling would be slim), Stanford, & Utah/Cal?
Posted: 07/30/2026 at 07:51 AM ET

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Is the reason the B10 and SEC haven't expanded yet due to...?
The_VT_Rock 07/30/26 07:51 AM ET
The schools being looked at don't pay for themselves
mrcaniac 07/31/26 07:10 PM ET
If they ever get to that metric.......
2hhoop3 07/31/26 08:01 PM ET
They are not expanding because they don’t have to.
HokieAl 07/30/26 11:44 AM ET
They both, particularly the Big 10
mancunian 07/30/26 09:22 AM ET
It might be the law of diminishing returns by now.
Maroon Baboon 07/30/26 08:54 AM ET
The one thing they will need to remember...
The_VT_Rock 07/30/26 09:18 AM ET
Viewers/ratings makes sense (or cents) if that is the model driving the
VTHokie2000 07/30/26 10:12 AM ET
Now I get it. Thanks for clearing that up.**
33laszlo99 07/30/26 10:20 AM ET
You are welcome.
VTHokie2000 07/30/26 10:29 AM ET