RE: Fun with realignment
If given a re-do from the 2010-2013 cycle:
PAC: Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Utah (14 members)
B1G: Missouri, Kansas, Rutgers (14 members)
SEC: Texas A&M, Oklahoma (14 members)
ACC: Syracuse, Pittsburgh (Notre Dame, football-only) (14 football members, 15 in Olympics)
Then, the Big 12 and Big East "merge" - Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State and Texas Tech join Cincinnati, UConn, Louisville, USF and West Virginia to form core of a new tweener league. They invite Boise State, TCU, Houston, Memphis, and UCF to get up to 14 and maximize value. West: Baylor, Boise State, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas State, TCU and Texas Tech; East: Cincinnati, UConn, Louisville, Memphis, UCF, USF and West Virginia.
Texas negotiates a similar deal with the SEC (select football games per year, Olympic sports under SEC banner). The C7 break away anyway, reorganizing the Big East (with Butler, Creighton and Xavier); however, with all of the major conferences at 12+ members, they add Saint Louis and Dayton as well. C-USA ends up keeping SMU, ECU, Tulane and Tulsa (only losing UCF, Memphis and Houston). MWC loses TCU, Utah and Boise State. BYU stays independent, as does Navy.
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