Conference realignment: Live news updates as UCLA faces in-state political pressure to explain Big Ten move

The second wave of realignment continues to play itself out after USC and UCLA abruptly introduced that they’d be a part of the Big Ten in time for the 2024 school soccer season. However, practically two weeks later, no different faculty has adopted the LA powers into a brand new convention. 

The upcoming move comes as the Pac-12’s media rights deal is about to expire in 2024, whereas the Big Ten is negotiating a brand new media rights deal that would exceed $1 billion yearly. As for the Pac-12, the shift places the league and commissioner, George Kliavkoff, in a precarious place after Kliavkoff simply celebrated one 12 months on the job. 

The final main energy move involving blue blood powers — Texas and Oklahoma becoming a member of the SEC in time for the 2025 season — set off a large realignment that reached from the Big 12 down to the Division II ranges. After all of the adjustments final season, it seems that the stakeholders are being affected person and ready to see what unfolds. Oregon, Notre Dame and the ACC stay among the largest dominoes left on the board. 

As this newest realignment saga performs out, CBS Sports will proceed protecting this growing story with reside updates beneath.