41 World-Class Institutions Across Three Autonomy 5 Conferences to Collaborate on the Future Evolution of College Athletics and an Inter-Conference Scheduling Alliance
The ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences include:
- World-leading academic institutions committed to the shared values of supporting the next generation of leaders.
- Innovative research that benefits communities around the world.
- 27 of the 34 Autonomy 5 members in Association of American Universities (AAU).
- 34 institutions ranked in the Top 100 national universities by US News & World Report.
- Broad-based athletic and academic programs.
- A long heritage of leadership in diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Over 27,000 student-athletes competing on 863 teams in 31 sports.
- A combined 1,019 NCAA Championships.
- Longstanding relationships across bowl partnerships, men’s and women’s basketball challenges and Olympic Sport events.
- 194 Olympic medals won in Tokyo by current, former and future student-athletes.
- Some of the most iconic and historic venues in college sports.
- Hundreds of millions of dollars in direct annual institutional support of student-athlete scholarships.
- Over $15 billion in annual federal research support, nearly one-third of the total across all colleges and universities.
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