MarylandMaryland and Rutgers are expected to join the Big Ten this week, pushing the one-time "Western Conference" all the way to the east coast.

Maryland will announce its move from the Atlantic Coast Conference at a news conference this afternoon. The Big Ten Network will cover it live. 

Rutgers, New Jersey's largest state university and currently a Big East school, is expected to come on board tomorrow. -- JTW 

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