Alabama has a history against four of the Big Ten schools on our list — and one it has no history with but is overdue for a matchup.
The SEC and Big Ten have been discussing a scheduling agreement that would produce more regular-season matchups between college football’s two powerhouse conferences.
The potential scheduling pact was brought back to the forefront at the SEC’s annual spring meetings in Destin, Florida, in May. One proposal on the table is the league moving to a nine-game conference schedule after years of publicly flirting with the idea. As part of the proposal, the SEC would play one regular season game against a member of the Big Ten each year.
Annual marquee matchups between the SEC and Big Ten would equal more TV ratings and thusly more money than, say, Alabama’s typical nonconference games against Group of Five schools like Southern Miss and Western Kentucky, or FCS schools like Mercer, Chattanooga, etc.
Regardless of how the SEC and Big Ten — two conference who not all that long ago had about as much in common as warring crime families in a Martin Scorsese picture — have gotten to this point, the two leagues have lapped the field in terms of revenue, prestige and overall stability.
And if you think the SEC and Big Ten wield too much power now, it’s worth considering the vacuum that years of weak and outdated NCAA “leadership” allowed to help create such a vacuum in the first place.
As one of college football’s bluest of blue bloods, Alabama has no shortage of history against certain Big Ten schools, particularly in bowl games and the postseason. If the SEC-Big Ten scheduling pact comes to fruition, here are five schools we’d like to see the Crimson Tide play in a home-and-home series at some point.
5. Michigan Wolverines
All-time series history: Michigan leads, 4-3
Last meeting: Dec. 31, 2024
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