Trickle down impact of BIG10/PAC12 playing conference only
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:11 am
To see the direct impact of the announcement from both the BIG10 and PAC12 to only play conference games this fall, I ran through and evaluated what this does to each conference:
P5 Impact
BIG10 - Cancels 33 home and 8 road, and 1 neutral site game
PAC12 - Cancels 24 home and 11 road, and 1 neutral site game
This has got to be big as far as impact to their TV deals and inventory available to the networks let alone a big hit in revenue. But let's see what it does to the other P5 conferences.
BIG12 - loses 3 home and 2 road games
There isn't a huge impact here as the BIG12 already plays a 9 game conference schedule and typically schedules down for out of conference games.
SEC - loses 1 home and 1 neutral site game
ACC - loses 1 home and 1 road game
Minimal impact to teams in the 8-conference game SEC and ACC leagues.
G5 Impact
MAC - loses 11 road games
HUGE losses for the MAC--all 11 of these games are revenue providing and 4 schools (Bowling Green, Ball State, Central Michigan, and Northern Illinois) lose 2 of these games.
MWC - loses 6 home and 8 road games
With many games scheduled with the PAC12, the MWC takes a big hit as well--losing 14 games including 6 home games. Hawaii is the biggest loser here losing 1 home and 2 road games.
AAC - loses 1 home and 4 road games
It hurts to lose some pay games, but not a huge impact overall. No school loses more than 1 game.
CUSA - loses 2 road games
Sun Belt - loses 2 road games
Each conference loses a couple pay games but not a big impact overall.
Independent Impact
BYU - loses 1 home and 4 road games
Just like that we lose almost half our schedule--but fortunately keep most home games.
Notre Dame - loses 1 road, 1 home, 1 neutral site game
ND loses some big name match ups, but is expected to be okay overall with their ties to the ACC.
New Mexico State - loses 1 road game
UConn - loses 1 home and 1 road game
Army - loses 1 home (Princeton)
Minor impact to these independents. No other independent lost any games.
P5 Impact
BIG10 - Cancels 33 home and 8 road, and 1 neutral site game
PAC12 - Cancels 24 home and 11 road, and 1 neutral site game
This has got to be big as far as impact to their TV deals and inventory available to the networks let alone a big hit in revenue. But let's see what it does to the other P5 conferences.
BIG12 - loses 3 home and 2 road games
There isn't a huge impact here as the BIG12 already plays a 9 game conference schedule and typically schedules down for out of conference games.
SEC - loses 1 home and 1 neutral site game
ACC - loses 1 home and 1 road game
Minimal impact to teams in the 8-conference game SEC and ACC leagues.
G5 Impact
MAC - loses 11 road games
HUGE losses for the MAC--all 11 of these games are revenue providing and 4 schools (Bowling Green, Ball State, Central Michigan, and Northern Illinois) lose 2 of these games.
MWC - loses 6 home and 8 road games
With many games scheduled with the PAC12, the MWC takes a big hit as well--losing 14 games including 6 home games. Hawaii is the biggest loser here losing 1 home and 2 road games.
AAC - loses 1 home and 4 road games
It hurts to lose some pay games, but not a huge impact overall. No school loses more than 1 game.
CUSA - loses 2 road games
Sun Belt - loses 2 road games
Each conference loses a couple pay games but not a big impact overall.
Independent Impact
BYU - loses 1 home and 4 road games
Just like that we lose almost half our schedule--but fortunately keep most home games.
Notre Dame - loses 1 road, 1 home, 1 neutral site game
ND loses some big name match ups, but is expected to be okay overall with their ties to the ACC.
New Mexico State - loses 1 road game
UConn - loses 1 home and 1 road game
Army - loses 1 home (Princeton)
Minor impact to these independents. No other independent lost any games.