per Rivals, the conference has received 275 verbals covering nearly every state with a regional breakdown of:
Western US 24
16 from CAL!
Southeast US 44 which does not include VA, NC or SC! FL 25 & GA 10!
Midlands 47: Texas 23, MO 7, IA 9, ND 1 KS 2, SD 2, NE 2, OK 1
Atlantic East 73: Ct 2, Del 1, DC 2, MD 15!, MA 2, NJ 16!, NY 1, NC 1, PA 21, VA 8!, WVA 1
Midwest 86: IL 21, IN 12, MI 13, MN 3, OH 32 , WI 5
147 within the Big 10 Foot print
128 outside the Big 10 foot print. I'll bet that's the largest number from outside the footprint in a long time if not ever.
Top 10 states are OH, FL, TX, IL, CAL, NJ, MD, MI, IN, GA with IA, VA & MO the next 3.
