B10 Expansion Candidate Poll: Part 1

[Southside 1,914]

Thought a two round poll might be fun. 

I'll take the tops of each poll and do a second/final poll. 

Going to assume 20 (UCLA/USC + 4 more) at this point, but that's really irrelevant for the sake of the poll. 

ND is not listed in this round, but will be one of the final choices for obvious reasons. 

If there is a team I left out that you'd like to see, let me know.

Vote with whatever you want (logic or heart, or mix lol), but keep in mind that FB $$ and market are two big forces, likely bigger than academics. I'm sure academics will eliminate some though.

[Southside 1,914]

As I expected, a lot of folks are voting with BB eyes lol. 

I'd love to see the same poll results from OSU and Michigan fans. 

[HoosierHoopster 6,040]

19 hours ago, Southside said:

If there is a team I left out that you'd like to see, let me know.

A certain mod is dying to add Wyoming…

:)

[Southside 1,914]

40 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

A certain mod is dying to add Wyoming…

:)

Honestly I came very close to adding it lol... They were in a group of 3 or 4 teams that didn't make the cut. 

[RaceToTheTop 23,608]

I would have added Georgia State into the miscellaneous category.  Obviously it's not a school that would be under consideration but they had the eighth largest college enrollment in 2021-22 at over 52,000....in the Big Ten only Ohio State and Illinois had larger enrollments.  Stadium size is an issue, but they could look to use the Georgia Dome while building/expanding.

[Southside 1,914]

1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I would have added Georgia State into the miscellaneous category.  Obviously it's not a school that would be under consideration but they had the eighth largest college enrollment in 2021-22 at over 52,000....in the Big Ten only Ohio State and Illinois had larger enrollments.  Stadium size is an issue, but they could look to use the Georgia Dome while building/expanding.

The academic rank would definitely hold them back. 

They are making strides in sports though. 

They used the dome in the past. Center Parc (old Turner Field) stadium could be reconfigured or rebuilt to be much bigger. It's pretty strange in it's current state.  Still, as is, it's about he size of OR State.... 

[5fouls 94]

Other than the Pac 12, there honestly is not 4 teams from any of those conferences I would take.

In the ACC I would be okay with UNC, Virginia, or Georgia Tech.

In the Pac 12, Stanford (#1 choice), Cal (if it helps get Stanford, Oregon, and Washington are all okay.  

Honestly, nobody from the Big 12 interests me at all.  Nebraska level athletics at best with less than optimum academics.