Read: Big 10, Pac-12 punt; SEC, ACC, Big 12 face fourth-and-long

If you read only one thing about college football today . . .

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

• Rucker: Big Ten, Pac-12 just altered college football for years

Other college football stuff worth reading today

1. What a spring college football season could — and should — look like, via ESPN
2. Big Ten, Pac-12 have sealed college football’s fate, via KnoxNews
3. What’s next for SEC, Tennessee after Big Ten & Pac-12 decisions, via 247Sports
4. Wiedmer: Could UK coaching loss become huge gain for UT hoops? | Chattanooga Times Free Press, via the Times Free Press

Behind the paywalls

• The SEC: It had reasons for starting late, and those reasons haven’t changed – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• Tennessee mailbag: The hope of an SEC season and how the decision is made – The Athletic, via The Athletic