There is no grouping of schools from the CUSA/SBC pool that would create a "best of" conference worth doing. There is just not that much difference there to make a difference.

Reorganizing the 2 leagues regionally would make sense. Only God knows if that will happen.

The impetus behind the "best of" scenarios is presumably to create a better revenue profile for the new league. For that to happen, we need to think outside of the box.

Where do conference revenues come from outside of TV contracts? CFP money and Tourney units. Now, imagine that SBC, CUSA, MVC, and Southern Conferences don't exist. All of those schools are free agents.

We could design 2 separate, regional "best of" leagues from that pool that would have significantly better revenue profiles than exist currently. Basically, the best FBS schools from the pool get together with the best Basketball schools from the same region, regardless of football playing status.

It's time to hit the reset button.