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The Big Ten can compete with the SEC on the financial ledger, and the conference will span from coast to coast after the arrival of four Pac-12 teams. But, the SEC isn't in danger of getting passed on the playing field – not yet, anyway.

On today's episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams discuss what the Big Ten’s additions (and the Pac-12’s demise) mean for the SEC and whether the SEC needs to craft a rebuttal expansion.

Their verdict: While the SEC would have preferred for the Pac-12 to survive , these Big Ten maneuvers do not threaten the SEC's supremacy.

Throughout the CFP's nine years, the Pac-12 only supplied two playoff qualifiers. So, the B1G raid of the West Coast does not reorder college football's conference pecking order.

However, fissures are forming in the ACC, while Florida State barks in dissent of the conference’s media rights deal, which pales in financial comparison to the Big Ten and SEC deals.

What if fissures become fractures?

Unlike the Pac-12, the ACC has produced three national champions in the past 10 seasons (Clemson twice and FSU once). The Big Ten snapping up either of those programs would be a coup.
The SEC must stay vigilant and be ready to act if ACC schools are determined to break out of the conference’s sticky grant of rights.

Stay connected on Twitter with Blake (@btoppmeyer) and John (@JohnAdamsKNS) and stay up to date on SEC football news by subscribing to KnoxNews: knoxnews.com/subscribe.

The Big Ten can compete with the SEC on the financial ledger, and the conference will span from coast to coast after the arrival of four Pac-12 teams. But, the SEC isn't in danger of getting passed on the playing field – not yet, anyway.
On today's episode, hosts <a href="https://twitter.com/btoppmeyer" aria-label="Link Blake Toppmeyer">Blake Toppmeyer</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/johnadamskns" aria-label="Link John Adams">John Adams</a> discuss what the Big Ten’s additions (and the Pac-12’s demise) mean for the SEC and whether the SEC needs to craft a rebuttal expansion.
Their verdict: While the SEC would have preferred for the Pac-12 to survive , these Big Ten maneuvers do not threaten the SEC's supremacy.
Throughout the CFP's nine years, the Pac-12 only supplied two playoff qualifiers. So, the B1G raid of the West Coast does not reorder college football's conference pecking order.
However, fissures are forming in the ACC, while Florida State barks in dissent of the conference’s media rights deal, which pales in financial comparison to the Big Ten and SEC deals.
What if fissures become fractures?
Unlike the Pac-12, the ACC has produced three national champions in the past 10 seasons (Clemson twice and FSU once). The Big Ten snapping up either of those programs would be a coup. The SEC must stay vigilant and be ready to act if ACC schools are determined to break out of the conference’s sticky grant of rights.
Stay connected on Twitter with Blake (@btoppmeyer) and John (@JohnAdamsKNS) and stay up to date on SEC football news by subscribing to KnoxNews: knoxnews.com/subscribe.

SEC Football Unfiltered features hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams of the USA TODAY Network serving opinion, debate and analysis on trending college football topics within the Southeastern Conference. No subject is off limits, and no one is above rebuke. Take off the filter and revel in the banter.

SEC Football Unfiltered features hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams of the USA TODAY Network serving opinion, debate and analysis on trending college football topics within the Southeastern Conference. No subject is off limits, and no one is above rebuke. Take off the filter and revel in the banter.

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