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Here's the present day alignment of power conferences in an alternate timeline in which the Big East football wing never formed. The SEC added Florida State (before the ACC could) as well as independent Miami, while the ACC expanded north, picking up most of the would-be Big East football schools. The Big 8 was torn apart by the Pac, Big Ten, and SEC. The Southwest Conference lasted a bit longer than in our timeline (OTL), past Ann Richards's tenure as governor. Thus when they were eventually beheaded by the Pac, Houston came along rather than Baylor.
ACC
East: Maryland, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia
North: Boston College, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Temple
South: Duke, NC State, North Carolina, Wake Forest
West: Cincinnati, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Louisville
Protected crossovers: North Carolina/Virginia, Pittsburgh/West Virginia
Big 16
East: Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Syracuse
North: Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Purdue
South: Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
West: Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, Wisconsin
Protected crossovers: Illinois/Northwestern, Indiana/Purdue, Michigan/Ohio State
Pac-16
East: Houston, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
North: Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State
South: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah
West: California, Stanford, UCLA, USC
Protected crossovers: none
SEC
East: Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Miami
North: Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
South: Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
West: Arkansas, LSU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
Protected crossovers: Alabama/Tennessee, Auburn/Georgia
Annual interconference matchups
Clemson/South Carolina
Georgia/Georgia Tech
Kentucky/Louisville
Notre Dame/USC
Oklahoma/Texas
Penn State/Pittsburgh
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Index to some scenarios of mine
Big 12 restocks to 12 with Cincinnati/Louisville/TCU/WVU
Big 12 restocks to 12 with Houston/Louisville/TCU/WVU (must expand)
Metro Conference football is a go in 1991
Pac-16 leads to 8x16 FBS
Pac-16 leads to Big 12 absorbing Big East football
ACC preempts Big East football
EAC forms in 1991
CCG deregulation in late 2011
ACC and Big 12 gutted, remnants merge
ACC and Big 12 gutted, Clemson/FSU/GT/Miami to Big 12, ACC rebuilds
Texoma 4 to Pac-16 leads to P4x16 (Kansas/Missouri to Big Ten, NCSU/VT/WVU to SEC, Baylor/Cincy/ND/TCU to ACC)
"Reversed Fortunes"
No WAC-16
ACC gutted but Big 12 loses just Colorado
Big East takes TV deal in spring 2011
4x15 power conferences
Texoma 4 to Pac-16 leads to P4x16 (Kansas/Missouri to Big Ten, NCSU/VT/WVU to SEC, Houston/Navy/ND/TCU to ACC)
Future ACC with ND football and FB-only Navy