Quote:There is no openings in the MAC right now, not even for the #1 draft pick.

UMass is leaving after this year. That's an open slot to make the numbers even.

Quote:Northern Illinois, Toledo, Ohio U. and Bowling Green could move to a better conference.

I would see the AAC raiding CUSA in the classic: SunBelt->CUSA->AAC river flow. BUT, if the B12 were to suddenly yank a lot of teams out of AAC, yeah, the MAC could lose a key team or two. That would definitely suck.

AAC top choices [Not in MW; nobody would leave to go to AAC]:
- Marshall
- LA-Tech
- Rice
- NIU
- Toledo
- Western Kentucky
- Ohio
- Middle Tennessee State

IMO, if the B12 rises to 14 teams, they'd most likely take Marshall, LA-Tech, Rice, and BYU. They could take NIU instead of Rice, I dunno. Depends on their academic taste VS football taste. :)

Or the AAC may want some basketball goodness, in which case Toledo would be one of the better options and Ohio being a higher considerable.