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Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff made it known on Tuesday that he wants less conference games moving forward.

As it stands currently, the Pac-12, Big Ten and Big 12 conferences play nine conference games per season while the ACC and the SEC play eight games. This has given the ACC and SEC the ability to play weaker non-conference opponents are schedule tougher opponents whether they be high-major FBS programs or just other power-five opponents who will likely be bowl eligible.

Kliavkoff addressed his desire earlier this week.

"We’re not ready to announce anything, but I’ve been public about the fact we’re ready to go from nine conference games to eight immediately," Kliavkoff told the Los Angeles Times. "The issue is everybody else is booked. We would not be able to fill those games in if we decided to do that. The fastest path to get there is if the Big Ten decided to do the same thing, and then we could just schedule 12 games against the Big Ten, and we’d be happy to do that for next season."

TV contract are everything in college athletics and the Big Ten's TV rights don't expire until 2024. That's when Kliavkoff has his sights set on an annual series with the Big Ten.

"The Big Ten is not ready to make that move yet, and it’s not my place to put them on a timeline to do that. They’re in the middle of their media rights negotiations," Kliavkoff added. "The minute the Big Ten is ready to play 12 games against us every year, we’re ready."'

The Pac-12 went 0-5 in Bowl Games this season while the Big Ten was 6-4 and saw Ohio State win the Rose Bowl over Pac-12 opponent Utah. Michigan also represented the Big Ten in the College Football Playoff.

"I’ve been very public about the fact that the conference has football as one of its priorities, and obviously there’s a component of that related to playoff expansion, which we’re uniquely in favor of," Kliavkoff said. "We have to be better about keeping our four- and five-stars in our footprint at our schools, and we have to be better about recruiting out of territory, particularly in my opinion offensive and defensive linemen. I watched a lot of nonconference games this year, and I think we need bigger, stronger, faster kids on our lines to compete nationally. And that will require some expansion of our current recruiting territories.

"We have to change the system, and the easiest way to change the system is where we commit to playing eight conference games and one Big Ten team and one ACC team out of conference every year."

Indiana has notable non-conference opponents over the next few seasons including: Notre Dame, Louisville, Cincinnati and Virginia.

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