(05-02-2018 03:09 PM)JRsec Wrote:  A poster on another site that I chat with says that the PAC has disbanded in the past and reorganized itself minus members. He suggests that the PAC could do this again dropping Washington State and Oregon State and adding Kansas and he suggested Texas Tech.

So in a move to P4 we could see something like this:

Big 10:
West: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin

East: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers

SEC:
East: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

West: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana State, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Missouri, Texas A&M

ACC:
North: Boston College, Louisville, N.C. State, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh Syracuse, Virginia Tech

South: Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia

PAC:
West: Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford, Washington, Utah

East: Arizona State, Cal Los Angeles, Kansas, Oklahoma, Southern Cal, Texas, Texas Tech

*Wake Forest would be fully included in all ACC sports except football.

So the new P4 would be a champs only for 56 schools. That increases bowl payouts and CFP money for everyone involved.

Out and into an enhanced G5 would be Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Baylor, West Virginia and T.C.U. from the Big 12, Wake Forest from the ACC, and Oregon State and Washington State from the PAC.

Those 9 plus Boise State, Brigham Young, San Diego State, and Air Force would be well on their way to establishing another conference like the AAC which would serve as a true buffer against the lower tier FBS. We could be looking at two conferences that distinguish themselves from the rest. They certainly would have more value for TV contract purposes than the others.

It's a great concept.
The things the PAC needs are twofold:
1) a football program to match Southern Cal and energize PAC football (Oklahoma and Texas provide this)
2) a basketball program to do the same for PAC basketball (Kansas fills this need).