Update from Wetzel on Big10

To be honest, most of those teams you list probably don’t appeal very much to the PAC12 member schools.

The SEC is interested in adding UT and OU because they will increase the value of the conference. 

I am not really convinced that any of those schools listed will do that for the PAC12; whether it is money, recruiting, market exposure, viewership, or academics. Also, why would Nebraska leave the B1G?

I expect that the Big10 and Pac-12 recognize that it is important for the two to work together in the current environment where trust issues are becoming a problem. Their unique history including the Rose Bowl is already unlike any other in college football. With that, I expect that there will not be consideration by either for the other’s schools. Hopefully, the two will complete a scheduling agreement for non conference games.

If the playoff structure for football valued only quality wins (P5) as opposed to number of wins over any quality of opponents, Notre Dame would need to join a conference for scheduling reasons. If they became a candidate for inclusion, the Pac would develop a lot if interest in expansion. Otherwise, I don’t see a factor that pushes the Pac to look for additional schools. Other schools that want in have a road to go down.

If the playoff structure for football simply guaranteed a spot for P5 conference champions, I think we would see an end to the strong interest to grow the size of conferences.