New Conference – First Tier

Texas
Oklahoma
Florida State
Clemson
Ga. Tech
NC State (assumes UNC goes to B1G or SEC)
Va Tech (assumes UVA goes to B1G or SEC)
West Virginia
Oklahoma State (for political reasons)
Texas Tech (for political reasons)

New Conference - Notre Dame – If available

New Conference – Second Tier (choose to get to 16 based on media $$)

Kansas
Kansas State
Iowa State
Miami
Pitt
Cincinnati
Louisville
Syracuse
UConn
BC
BYU

Rationale: (i) Texas and Oklahoma will still want their own conference rather than be beholden to the entrenched powers of the SEC or PAC; (ii) from a business perspective, if the ACC and BIG 12 can't keep up revenue-wise, then the right thing to do is merge the best assets and discard the rest - and this becomes particularly acute as overall media money shrinks due to cord-cutting; (iii) many predict four power conferences; (iv) each member of this new conference, with some exceptions. will want exclusivity in its own state; and (v) the media revenues for such a conference should keep up with the SEC and B1G.