State politics have changed, and it seems every state wants to get more and more schools to become an AAU status schools. Minn. State-Mankato could be the Michigan State for Minnesota if they go that route. Minn.-Duluth could become another R1 level for Minnesota like Wisconsin-Milwaukee is to Wisconsin in the research department. Texas and Texas A&M are battling each other on how many of their schools could be research schools. With San Diego State and Fresno State are on the rise in the research departments in California? I think the attitude have changed about having schools moving up. If Omaha was asked to move up today? They may not have dropped their 2 successful programs, football and wrestling. Omaha could be in the MVFC in football if they kept it.