This is merely for fantasy purposes.

I was thinking the other day about the Southwest Conference and its demise. What if the league had decided to invite North Texas at the same time Houston was invited? Because when the four original Texas Big 12 schools split, instead of leaving the other for empty-handed, there would’ve been a fifth school. And let’s say they chose to invite a school like Tulane around the same time Arkansas left for the SEC. That would make six schools, a pretty decent nucleus to build around. So here is what I think could’ve happened if the above scenario played out. UTEP and five other schools get invited to join the SWC in order to save it. Those five schools are New Mexico, New Mexico State, Louisiana Tech, Memphis, and Tulsa. Now if you want to break those down into divisions, it’s simple. We would just have to determine how many Texas schools would be in each division. Do we have a Texas centric division, or do we go east and west or north and south? I have decided to go east and west. And this is how I will break down the divisions.

EAST
Houston
LA Tech
Memphis
Rice
Tulane
Tulsa

WEST
New Mexico
New Mexico State
North Texas
SMU
TCU
UTEP

I did it this way because to me it makes the most geographical sense. You could always swap Tulsa and North Texas if you want an equal number of Texas schools in each division. Either way, that’s how I would’ve done a reloaded SWC. What would you like to see? How would y’all rebuild the SWC after the Big 12 merger?