PAC-12/Big 10 Scheduling Agreement

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:55 pm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/co ... story.html

NEW YORK — Realizing bigger isn’t necessarily better, the Big Ten and Pac-12 were looking for ways to get the benefits of conference expansion without adding members.

The rich and powerful leagues announced on Wednesday a plan to start regularly competing against one another in the hope that together they can increase their national exposure.

While the partnership is for all sports, the most noticeable changes will be seen in football.

The two 12-team leagues are aiming to create a 12-game inter-conference schedule by the 2017 season that would have each school play an opponent from the other conference every season.

That could mean a steady diet of matchups between heavyweight programs such as Ohio State, Michigan and Wisconsin from the Big Ten against Pac-12 powers such as Southern California and Oregon — and less games against lower-level Division I programs.