Ted Miller from ESPN’s Pac-12 Blog argued yesterday for a switch to an 8-game conference schedule, as he reminded the B1G is keeping it at 8, “The Big Ten approved a nine-game conference schedule, beginning in 2017, but then the Pac-12 partnership was announced. That automatic addition of a challenging game has convinced the Big Ten folks to stick with an eight-game conference schedule.”
Miller goes on to argue that the 8-game schedule has likely helped the SEC, and there are those in the PAC-12 that can see this, “What this means is Pac-12 teams expose themselves more often to a risk of losing. That means more 4-8 and 5-7 teams and therefore fewer bowl teams… Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, fresh off a contract extension, understands this. So do most of the Pac-12 coaches. They need to figure out a way to get the Pac-12 presidents and athletic directors on board… But the conference [SEC] that has won six consecutive national championships won't. That might not be a coincidence.”
Of course this would depend on whether conferences start playing the same schedule – all AQ conferences playing a 9-game schedule, or whatever. And you can be fairly certain that if a playoff is ever thrown into the mix, conference scheduling will be at the forefront of changes.
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