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From HawkCentral.com, July 8, 2022: Iowa athletic director Gary Barta said Friday that it took less than a week's time for the Big Ten to welcome USC and UCLA into the conference. The California schools made contact, the university presidents and athletic directors quickly mobilized and soon they had two new member schools.

Any concrete details about conference realignment has slowed days in recent days, though the Pac-12, Big 12, Big Ten and ACC remain at the heart of the discussion. Also, could Notre Dame be the next domino to fall?

Barta says that while the Big Ten is talking with other schools, he doesn't envision further expansion right now.

The conference recently added USC and UCLA, who will join in a few years.

USC and UCLA are joining the Big Ten conference, they announced Thursday. The two new member schools will join the conference on Aug. 2, 2024, with all conference sports set to begin competition in the 2024-25 academic year. The latest on Big Ten's plan to add USC and UCLA can be found here. (Photo: Richard Mackson / USA Today)

The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday that its 14 members voted unanimously to accept traditional Pac-12 powerhouses UCLA and USC into their ranks beginning with the 2024-25 academic year, sending shockwaves throughout college athletics.

Inside the college football realignment blockbuster that even upstaged Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC.

UCLA and USC are planning on leaving the PCA-12 and joining the Big Ten Conference in 2024. The Big Ten and the Iowa Hawkeyes

UCLA and USC are planning on leaving the PCA-12 and joining the Big Ten Conference in 2024. The Big Ten and the Iowa Hawkeyes

UCLA and USC are planning on leaving the PCA-12 and joining the Big Ten Conference in 2024. The Big Ten and the Iowa Hawkeyes