(02-10-2017 05:12 PM)Stugray2 Wrote:  You don't add a bottom school academically. Fans of weak academic schools look at a conference and say "we are almost as good as your worst, so take us." But Presidents & Chancellors look for school well above their worst, closer to the middle if they must, at the top preferably; new schools must upgrade the research and academic level of the conference.

No public school that has not achieved Carnegie R1 Research University category can even hope to be offered membership to another conference (exception is probably Alabama, but they are not going anywhere, so you can't test that). It is even hard for a private school, although highly selective privates can overcome a lower research rating; witness TCU, Baylor, and perhaps down the road BYU (I don't include Wake Forest, as they are an "ancient" legacy member of the ACC, who know they won the lottery).

Make your case all you want to fans, Boise State and San Diego State fans do that all the time, but you are not going to get anywhere with the UW and UC Chancellors, nor the Presidents of Stanford and USC. They are the ones that count. Nobody in the Pac-12 academia would ever leave a leadership position for a similar one at Oklahoma State. And that in fact is probably the best question to ask when looking whether power conference Presidents and Chancellor would consider a school, how many of them would consider the same post at your school? If you are Rice or Tulane the answer is a bunch of B12 leaders would jump at it. If you are Memphis or ECU the answer is no, and that explains those cuts by the B12. When you look at the P12, they see 4 B12 schools of some status (TCU perhaps a "think about it"): KU, ISU, OU, Texas. Same for the B1G, ACC and SEC.

Oklahoma State is not going anywhere, and they wont get any offers.

I'm going to list some schools, please tell me which one doesn't' belong academically. Duke, UNC, Virginia, Louisville.

LOL. IF what you say is true Louisville would not be in the ACC. Do some research before you go running your mouth making a fool of yourself.

Louisville is by far the worst academic school in the ACC.

The B1G added the only non AAU member last round. And the Big 12 took WVU.

Nothing you said makes sense looking at the last round of realignment. nothing.

The reality is for everything the PAC has academically they lack financially and athletically. When Okie State is richer than most of the conference and has a better football resume that should tell you something about the strength of the conference.

KU and OU would own the PAC nearly every year just like the Big 12.