BIG 12 Mailbag: Big Ten Dominance May Push Realignment, Top Transfer Portal Questions
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The Big Ten has dominated the College Football Playoff in recent seasons and it’s raising real questions about the future balance of power in college football.
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In this Monday Mailbag episode, Heartland College Sports’ Pete Mundo dives into whether Big Ten CFP dominance could eventually push the SEC toward another realignment move, including speculation around whether the league might target a major brand like Miami.
Plus, we hit several more Big 12 fan questions on the transfer portal, the future of realignment, NIL, and what comes next for college football’s power structure, including the College Football Playoff future.
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| 0:00.0 | So one of the most interesting questions I got this week in our Big 12 football mailbag is about the Big 10 dominance. |
| 0:08.7 | And whether or not that Big 10 dominance could trigger the SEC to make a move in conference realignment in a way that maybe it never expected or anticipated to have to do. |
| 0:20.4 | Let's talk about it here on Heartland College Sports. |
| 0:22.8 | I'm Pete Mundo. |
| 0:24.1 | We do cover the Big 12, but obviously the Big 12 is a part of this entire conversation, |
| 0:29.8 | whether we like it or not. |
| 0:31.2 | And this is a conversation that is not going to go anywhere. |
| 0:34.9 | All we ask from you is to like the video. |
| 0:36.7 | Make sure you are subscribed to the channel, also on the podcast. |
| 0:40.5 | So appreciate you doing that, especially, especially if you're new and you are consuming |
| 0:45.4 | this show for first, second, third time, whatever it might be. |
| 0:49.5 | So this came on the message boards. |
| 0:51.7 | We have the Heartland College Sports.com message boards. |
| 0:54.2 | They're free. You can join them. And it came from the message boards. We have the Heartland College Sports.com message boards. They're free. |
| 0:54.7 | You can join them. |
| 0:56.0 | And it came from Nola Ear, Mountaineer fan. |
| 1:00.4 | And he says here, Pete, could there be a power one if the Big Ten wins another title this year against Miami? |
| 1:09.2 | When does that Power one narrative come out? |
| 1:12.4 | If the Big Ten owns the SEC over the next few years, does the SEC get more aggressive in |
| 1:18.5 | ACC expansion? In other words, might the SEC take teams like Miami just to keep the Big Ten |
| 1:26.1 | from getting them? It's an outstanding question, and the answer to that in my mind is yes. |
| 1:34.1 | The question is, is it what Miami would want if that ever came the fruition? |
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