(03-21-2020 07:17 AM)Scoochpooch1 Wrote:  

(03-21-2020 02:09 AM)Erictelevision Wrote:  If the B1G added: UVA, VT AND WVU
The SEC added: The Research Triangle

How would the ACC rebuild? My guess is the Eastern half of the American

The Big Ten would never add WVU due to horrendous academics. These are just "fun" threads that can't be taken seriously unfortunately.

Assuming the Big Ten and SEC ever do decide to raid the ACC, I'd guess the targets would be Big Ten: UVA, UNC, Duke, ND and SEC: Clem, FSU, VaT, NCSt or some subset of those. I'd imagine the SEC would want Carolina and Duke too but if they had a choice and the money was close, they'd choose the Big Ten. Most likely it will also come down to Texas/Oklahoma. If one of the conferences get them, they will have less incentive to want to expand further as they will already have 16 (or more) members.

The new members the ACC grabs will depend on who is left in the conference. Right now it seems UNC/Duke call the shots although I'd imagine they deferred to the football schools when it came to Louisville as they wouldn't have wanted the academic dead weight and it's hard to pass on UConn who had recently won a national championship in men's basketball and tons of championships in women's basketball. If UNC/Duke are gone and the more of the top academic schools leave, the academic criteria could be gone and West Virginia's chances of getting in are much higher. Likewise if the Clemson's and Florida State's leave, the chances of a UConn or Temple who's football programs aren't good increase. If 1 or 2 get picked off, maybe they just stay at 12 members. If they go down to 8 or 9 members, they'll take anyone. If Florida State leaves, they have to add UCF.