RE: What Should Have Been
There is a lot of What Should Have Beens in my opinion(Some of Which Have Been Rectified)
Va Tech and WVU should have been invited to join the ACC originally
New Mexico St and Utah State should have been invited to join the WAC originally
The Big 10 should have taken Notre Dame when the had the change
The Big East should have taken Penn State when they had the chance, which would have allowed some type of ACC merger long term
Florida State should have joined the SEC
The SEC should have gone to 14 teams back in the early 90's with Florida State and Texas A&M joining South Carolina and Arkansas
Texas and Co should have gone to the PAC to form the PAC 16
The SWC should have never dissolved and it could have merged with Big 12 when Texas and Co left
The WAC should not have gone to 16 the way they did and the MWC WAC split should have never happened
PAC 16 - Just like what happened but the Texas Deal went through
Washington, Washington St., Oregon, Oregon St., Stanford, Cal, UCLA, USC
Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Arizona St, Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St
Big 12 (Changes Name to Big 14) - Big 8 adds Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor one other SWC school. The remaining 3 SWC schools reload with Louisville, Cincy, Memphis, Tulsa, and Tulane. SWC hangs on at 8 till Texas and Co. leave for the PAC and a merger occurs.
Kansas, Kansas St, Iowa St, Missouri, Louisville, Cincinnati, Memphis
Rice, SMU, Houston, TCU, Baylor, Tulsa, Tulane
Big 10 - Added Notre Dame when Notre Dame wanted in, took Nebraska around when they did in real life
Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan St, Ohio St, Notre Dame
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Northwestern
SEC - Took FSU and A&M along with South Carolina and Arkansas in the early 90's
FSU, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn
Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Miss St, LSU, Arkansas, Texas A&M
ACC - Big East Confederation (ACC Division + Miami and WVU Play All sports in ACC, BE Division Play All Sports w/ BE BBall Schools)
The proposed football merger happens instead of an ACC raid. Temple is kicked out before merger and goes to MAC. Basketball remains a profitable priority for both conferences under this unique arrangement
BC, Syracuse, Penn St, WVU, Pitt, UConn, Rutgers, Miami (BIG EAST DIVISION)
Va Tech, UVA, UNC, Duke, Wake, NC State, Clemson, Ga Tech (ACC DIVISION)
WAC - WAC starts out at 10 instead of 8 w/ New Mexico St and Utah St joining charter members. When the Arizonas leave SDSU, Hawaii, Air Force, and eventually Fresno are added like in real life. SJSU, UNLV, Nevada, and Boise eventually get the call from the Big West to go to 16. Idaho/Big Sky Upgrade gets the call to replace Utah when they leave for the PAC.
Hawaii, SDSU, SJSU, Fresno St. UNLV, Nevada, Boise St, Idaho*
BYU, Utah St, New Mexico, New Mexico St, Air Force, Wyoming, Colorado St, UTEP
MAC - Pretty much like real life expect Marshall never leaves for CUSA's greener grass, Temple never leaves for the AAC, and UMass doesn't have anyone to give them an invitation to upgrade.
Northern Illinois, EMU, CMU, WMU, Ball State, Toledo, Bowling Green
Miami OH, Ohio, Akron, Kent St, Buffalo, Marshall, Temple
Sunbelt - With No CUSA the Sunbelt is able to start football a whole lot earlier with some of the core schools listed below
ECU, Southern Miss, La Tech, ULL, Arkansas St, UAB, UCF, USF, North Texas
Hard to predict who exactly would be in Sunbelt b/c would UAB and USF have upgraded to FBS with no CUSA? WKU, MTSU, and USA were Sunbelt members so they likely would have still upgraded eventually. FIU and FAU likely never would have gotten the call since UCF and likely USF were there. Troy and ULM also would have likely never gotten the call. Charlotte, ODU, App st. Ga Southern, and UMass likely would have had to make due in FCS w/ no conference invite although I could see Charlotte and ODU getting the invites due to market and for ECU's travel, possibly Texas St too to give North Texas a nearby rival
Independents
Army, Navy
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