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[quote=Anonymous]Big Ten Conference likes AAU (American Association of Universities) schools. There are 19 AAU member schools (out of 69 US member universities and 2 Canadian universities) which do not belong to either the Ivy League, Big Ten or SEC and play Division 1 football. Below is a ranking of those 19 universities by average weekly viewership during the 2022 regular season:

The schools rank for viewership out of 119 total teams is:

#6 Notre Dame
#12 U. Oregon
#33 Univ. Utah
#34 U Washington
#45 UCal-Berkeley
#46 UNC
#47 Stanford
#49 Georgia Tech
#52 U Kansas
#56 U Pittsburgh
#59 U Miami
#62 U Arizona
#65 Tulane
#67 U Colorado
#71 ASU (Arizona State)
#79 U Virginia
#91 Duke
#95 USF (South Florida)

Among the 16 Big Ten member schools, Rutgers at #58 is the lowest performer in terms of number of weekly viewers during the regular football season (12 games). Next lowest is Purdue at #44 followed by Minnesota at #37. The average ranking for all 16 Big Ten teams for average weekly regular season viewership is between #24 & #25 (24.625).

Assuming the Big Ten Conference wants to add teams that will increase that average rank, targeted teams would perform better than disappointing #58 Rutgers. 11 of the 19 teams average higher weekly regular season viewership than Rutgers. Those 11 teams are:

#6 Notre Dame
#12 Oregon
#33 Utah
#34 Washington
#45 UCal-Berkeley
#46 UNC
#47 Stanford
#49 Georgia Tech
#52 U Kansas
#56 U Pittsburgh (which would resume the traditional rivalry with Penn State)

From among the above 10 teams, the Big Ten Conference has vetted the top 8 teams for potential membership. The Big Ten Conference has also vetted #59 U Miami and #79 U Virginia.

Some schools may be attractive to the Big Ten Conference for their men's basketball programs. This is an angle that supports Duke, U Kansas, and UNC.
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