I think the tricky thing about dividing up the Big 12 is that the ACC has Notre Dame as a partial. They really need ND to join in full and while I think they probably will, that creates a numbers issue. The question is add 3 or add 5?

Theoretically, Notre Dame could maintain their partial status and the ACC just add 4, but there's a problem there too. Eventually ND is going to be shut out of the playoff discussion if they can't qualify for a conference championship. Throw that in with their exhaustion with a national schedule and ultimately joining the ACC in full makes the most sense. There's extra money to be made as well, especially if ESPN is willing to pay to acquire new content. Those extra ND games have to be part of their plan, one would think.

Just spitballing...

SEC adds Houston, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Iowa State, and West Virginia

ACC adds Texas, Texas Tech, TCU, Notre Dame, Cincinnati, and UConn

American adds BYU, Boise State, Colorado State, Baylor, and Kansas State