NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Since CBS made the switch from SEC football to the Big Ten this season, we wanted to help you find some new favorite teams to follow. So just how do the conferences compare?
We sat down with some of the biggest football fans in the newsroom to see how the schools in each conference compare.
SEC comparison to Big Ten
- Vanderbilt -> Northwestern & Rutgers
- Ohio State -> Alabama
- Michigan -> Georgia
- Kentucky -> University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Florida -> Nebraska
- Mississippi State -> Purdue
- Louisiana State University (LSU) -> The Pennsylvania State University (PSU)
- University of Southern California (USC) -> Texas
- Michigan State -> Arkansas
- Illinois -> Auburn
- Maryland -> Missouri
- Minnesota -> Ole Miss
- Wisconsin -> University of South Carolina (USC)
- Iowa -> University of Tennessee
- Oklahoma -> Oregon
- Texas A&M -> Washington
The Big Ten on CBS schedule kicks off with a doubleheader Saturday with Akron at Ohio State at 2:30 p.m., followed by UCLA at Hawaii at 6:30 p.m.
Some other highlights from this year's CBS football schedule:
- Saturday, September 14th: Notre Dame at Purdue, Colorado at Colorado State
- Saturday, September 21st: USC at Michigan
- Saturday, October 5th: Navy at Air Force
- Saturday, November 2nd: Air Force at Army
- Saturday, December 7th: Big Ten Championship
- Saturday, December 14th: Army-Navy Game
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