Both USC and UCLA announced Thursday they are moving to the Big Ten, marking the conference's first expansion since Rutgers and Maryland joined in 2014.
OFFICIAL: USC will join the Big Ten Conference in 2024.
— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) June 30, 2022
𝗕𝗜𝗚 news! UCLA is joining the Big Ten Conference at the start of the 2024-25 season! 👀
— UCLA Athletics (@UCLAAthletics) June 30, 2022
➡️: https://t.co/ygoY70o2bo#GoBruins pic.twitter.com/Cgj5orGhiI
Reports first emerged Thursday about USC and UCLA's potential move.
Pac-12 reporter Jon Wilner was first to report on the news on Twitter. He was quickly joined by Sports Illustrated Reporter Ross Dellenger and FOX Sports Reporter Bruce Feldman.
The expansion puts the primarily Midwest-based conference on the west coast and in the Los Angeles media market for the first time.
It will also see Big Ten teams playing in the Rose Bowl on a consistent basis — outside of the traditional Rose Bowl game — as the stadium serves as UCLA Football's home field.
