Remaining college football conference realignment questions - ESPN

In arguably the most historic day of conference realignment, Oregon and Washington finalized a move to join the Big Ten in 2024.

And later on Friday night, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah announced they were officially jumping to the Big 12, joining Colorado in a Pac-12 exodus. It leaves a conference that was formed in 1915 with just four teams and on the verge of extinction.

Today's moves will have ripple effects far beyond Cal, Oregon State, Stanford and Washington State as the Pac-12's four remaining schools. Will the Big Ten keep expanding? Is the SEC content to stand pat? What about Florida State and Notre Dame?

ESPN spoke to power brokers throughout the sport to help determine how today's seismic moves will affect schools in every major conference, plus the College Football Playoff and more.

Cal, Oregon State, Stanford and Washington State are without a natural landing spot that would ensure their long-term stability.

For the Bay Area schools — Cal and Stanford — the Big Ten has routinely been mentioned as a possible destination, but that was driven more by the idea that Big Ten presidents would be keen on an alignment more for academic reasons. From a media rights value standpoint, though, neither moves the needle in a way that incentivizes invitations in the current landscape. It leaves both very much in survival mode. They both have large athletic departments that rely heavily on TV money to operate, and it's hard to envision a scenario where both don't end up cutting sports. Do they flirt with independence in football and find a different home for the other sports? Could ACC or Big 12 lifelines materialize? The Mountain West would be thrilled to welcome either school — it obviously makes sense geographically —