UCLA, USC Announce Move to Big Ten Conference

The University of Southern California (USC) Trojans play football against the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 23, 2019. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—The University of Californiain–LA (UCLA) and the University of Southern California (USC) confirmed leaving the Pac-12 Conference in 2024, and announcing June 30 they will join the Big Ten Conference in a move that sent shock waves across the world of collegiate athletics.

The leaders of the Big Ten Conference voted Thursday to accept the two schools, effective Aug. 2, 2024.