It’s official: The Oregon Ducks became members of the Big Ten Conference on Friday.

The B1G logo is on the field at Autzen Stadium. It is emblazoned on football jerseys, volleyball uniforms and news conference canvasses. Trips to the Midwest will be plentiful for all sports, including road football games this season at historic venues in Michigan and Wisconsin.

The Pac-12 era is over. Here are five things to know as Oregon embarks alongside Washington, USC and UCLA into the Big Ten:

1. Money, money, money

For their first six years in the Big Ten, the Ducks (and Huskies) will earn only 50% of the media right payout from the conference’s revenue sharing model — about $32.5 million per year on average. That is still more than they were set to earn as full revenue sharing members of the Pac-12, and other major revenue opportunities are sure to pop up in the expanded B1G — especially if the football team makes a run at a national title.

Travel will cost more for the Oregon athletic department, about $4 million more this fiscal year over last according to athletic director Rob Mullens. Oregon’s athletic budget is set to increase by $17.5 million to $162.5 million this year, according to an athletic department spokesperson.

A full breakdown of the Ducks’ FY2025 athletic budget is expected to be made public in August.

2. What about the Beavers?

Oregon and Oregon State will still play their annual rivalry football game this year, albeit much earlier in the season than usual. The Beavers will host the Ducks on Sept. 14 in a nonconference game, with kickoff scheduled for 12:30 p.m. at Reser Stadium.

The first Ducks team to play any game in the Big Ten era will be UO women’s soccer, which oddly enough will face the Beavers in an exhibition in Corvallis at 1 p.m. Sunday. Volleyball opens its preseason with an exhibition on the road at the Beavers on Aug. 24.

3. Big … 18?

The Big Ten hasn’t actually had 10 teams since the early 1990s, when Penn State transitioned into the conference as its 11th member. Nebraska made it 12 in 2011, the duo of Rutgers and Maryland joined in 2014, and the four West Coast schools balloon the conference to 18 teams in 2024.

B18? B1G, but the G curls enough to look sort of like an eight? In college sports these days, some liberties have been taken with numbers, and geography.

4. How do the Ducks stack up?

Back in February, we crunched the numbers and flipped open the history books on each of the Big Ten’s 14 “original” members before the new quartet — including Oregon — showed up. And we examined how Oregon compared to all 17 of its new conference compatriots, including their West Coast pals.

The history of the Big Ten runs deep. And while UO is 17th out of 18 schools in enrollment and 13th in football stadium capacity, the Ducks are seventh in athletic department revenue and ninth in spending, boasting one of the winningest football programs of the past two decades and an iconic, nationally recognized brand.

And they have an inflatable Duck, so, checkmate?

5. Where to watch

The Big Ten Network and Peacock are two new necessities for fans to watch Oregon football games and other sports this fall. Oregon’s football season opener vs. Idaho on Aug. 31 will air on BTN, as will plenty of volleyball, soccer and other sporting events along with team-specific content.

For Comcast/Xfinity customers, Big Ten Network is available on channel 403 or 726 for HD. And you can stream the network with a subscription to Sling TV, Hulu or Fubo.

Peacock is a streaming partner of the Big Ten for football games, and will be the streaming home of the Ducks’ second game of the season against Boise State on Sept. 7.

-- Ryan Clarke covers the Oregon Ducks and Big Ten Conference for The Oregonian and co-hosts the Soccer Made in Portland and Ducks Confidential podcasts. He can be reached at rclarke@oregonian.com or @RyanTClarke.

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