When the GORs expire, because expansion has been a flop and realignment just has not worked to the benefit of anyone, we will return to smaller conferences.
I think we will see 6 more regional leagues and the biggest problems we will face is how to explain why Texas A & M is leaving the SEC and the justification of Penn State to leave the B1G for the new Northeast conference.
This just can't go on! Nobody in Texas gets the Iron Bowl, or the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.......they just don't care.
The folks in Nebraska want to watch Michigan v. Ohio State.....give me a break!

11 will be the magic number (except on the west coast). 5 x 11 + 1 x 12.
10 conference games will help eliminate the SOS controversy and the playoff moves to 8 teams. 6 conference champs and 2 at large.
FOX and ESPN are happy in that they won't have to broadcast all of those games that had audiences of less than a million viewers and they will save a bundle on reduced production costs.

Northeast Conference
BC, UConn, Syracuse, Penn State, Pitt, Temple, Rutgers, Maryland, West Virginia, Cincinnati and Louisville.

SEC
Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Mississippi, Miss. State, LSU, Georgia and Arkansas.

PAC
Colorado, Arizona State, Arizona, Utah, USC, UCLA, Stanford, Cal., Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State.

B1G
Ohio State, Mich., Mich. State, Purdue, Indiana, Ill., Northwestern, Minn., Wisc., Iowa and Missouri.

Great Plains/Southwest
Texas, A&M, Baylor, TCU, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, K-State, Iowa State and Nebraska.

ACC
Miami, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Clemson, South Carolina, Wake Forest, NC State, Carolina, Dook, UVa, and Va. Tech.

Bigger has not worked, and even bigger is doomed to failure. There is no continuity, no unity, no reason for cohesion other than money. It may work on the professional level but it will not work for colleges and Universities and their fans.

BTW, I didn't forget Notre Dame.....they are still independent.