BREAKING: SEC and Big Ten Move 1 Step Closer to Ostracizing the Rest of the NCAA

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Big Ten Conference announced they were coming together to form a joint advisory group in an effort to address the uncharted territories that make up the future of the NCAA.

The group will consist of presidents, chancellors and athletic directors from the two conferences. The SEC released a statement in an On3 article that explained the reasoning behind the forming of the group.

“The Big Ten Conference and Southeastern Conference today announced the formation of a joint advisory group of university presidents, chancellors, and athletics directors to address the significant challenges facing college athletics and the opportunities for betterment of the student-athlete experience,” the statement read.

“These challenges, including but not limited to recent court decisions, pending litigation, a patchwork of state laws, and complex governance proposals, compel the two conferences to take a leadership role in developing solutions for a sustainable future of college sports.”

“The advisory group will engage with other constituencies as necessary, including consultation with student-athletes and other key leadership groups from within both conferences,” it added.

The SEC and the Big Ten have dominated college football in recent years

The most recent conference to win a national championship was the Big Ten. Before the Big Ten won the national championship with the Michigan Wolverines, the last four national champions came from the SEC.

Since the year 2000, there have been 17 national champions that have been from the Big Ten or the SEC. Since the inception of the College Football Playoff era in 2014-2015, there has never been a College Football Playoff that did not include a team from the SEC or the Big Ten.

The SEC managed to send a team to the College Football Playoff every single year, while the Big Ten failed to do so only twice. The SEC sent two teams to the College Football Playoff twice. The Big Ten sent two teams to the College Football Playoff once. No other conference has ever had two teams make it to the College Football Playoff.

Other teams and conferences are being left by the wayside as the SEC and the Big Ten continue to grow, and now join together

The SEC and the Big Ten have dominated college football for the past two decades, and now even more big teams are going to join the conference.

The SEC is adding Big 12 powerhouses in the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners. The Big Ten is adding Pacific-12 Conference (Pac-12) powerhouses in the Oregon Ducks, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans and Washington Huskies.

The Pac-12 completely disintegrated as a result of these conference changes leaving just the Oregon State Beavers and the Washington State Cougars as the only teams in the Pac-12. The Atlantic Coastal Conference (ACC) added low-level Pac-12 teams like the California Golden Bears and the Stanford Cardinal along with a group of five team in the SMU Mustangs.

The ACC is getting left behind to such a degree that top-level ACC teams like the Florida State Seminoles are looking for a way out of the conference. Florida State filed a lawsuit with the ACC stating that leaving the conference, by any means necessary, was imperative for the survival of the program.

By continuing to fight with FSU, than to negotiate and fight for better media deals is proof the ACCs interest is self preservation and not the competitive financial needs of its members. Free FSU! Go Noles! https://t.co/qjBsEQvZmM

— M (@FSUchick1994) February 1, 2024

Florida State was unable to find its way into the College Football Playoff this year after going undefeated and winning the conference. Many called it the biggest snub in the history of the College Football Playoff and cited SEC bias as the chief reason for the snub. Fans all over the college football world are still upset over the snub.

It’s crazy watching these FSU players in their senior bowls dominate players on playoff teams… I’ll never get over the snub

— Atlanta Nole 🍢 (@nole_atl) January 28, 2024

If we were an SEC team this wouldn’t have happened

The bias is f*****g disgusting

— Barstool FSU (@FSU_Barstool) December 3, 2023

Yea cause a backup QB has never done anything great on a huge CFB stage. FSU got snubbed for SEC bias and money. Period. pic.twitter.com/i3snRViqaP

— WVU Fan | Bring me Fall ‘24 (@WVUFan2017) December 3, 2023

With what many consider to be a clear SEC bias factoring into what teams get selected for the College Football Playoff, a group between the two biggest conferences only seems to further the distance between them and the rest of the NCAA.

The joint advisory group created between the Big Ten and the SEC leaves other conferences hanging out to dry more so than they already were. While it does not have any bearing on teams’ ability to get into the College Football Playoff officially, it is a step in the direction of an NCAA landscape that is dominated by two conferences.

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