RE: If we get left out of expansion...
Here's a list of 84 most valuable football-only brands by Zach Miller from last December. Any way you slice it, no current AAC team makes a 48 team cut:
1 Ohio State, 2 Michigan, 3 Alabama, 4 Notre Dame, 5 LSU, 6 Georgia, 7 Penn State, 8 Texas, 9 Auburn, 10 Oklahoma, 11 Florida, 12 Clemson, 13 Texas A&M, 14 Tennessee, 15 Wisconsin, 16 Nebraska, 17 Florida State, 18 Michigan State, 19 Iowa, 20 Southern Cal, 21 South Carolina, 22 Arkansas, 23 Mississippi, 24 Miami, 25 Washington, 26 Oregon, 27 UCLA, 28 Virginia Tech, 29 West Virginia, 30 Mississippi State, 31 Kentucky, 32 Oklahoma State, 33 Texas Tech, 34 Minnesota, 35 Louisville, 36 Missouri, 37 Arizona State, 38 TCU, 39 Utah, 40 Stanford, 41 North Carolina, 42 BYU, 43 Georgia Tech, 44 California, 45 Iowa State, 46 NC State, 47 Indiana, 48 Pittsburgh, 49 Baylor, 50 Kansas State, 51 Northwestern, 52 Arizona, 53 Illinois, 54 Purdue, 55 Colorado, 56 Maryland, 57 Rutgers, 58 Virginia, 59 Syracuse, 60 Kansas, 61 Oregon State, 62 UCF, 63 Boise State, 64 Washington State, 65 Houston, 66 Vanderbilt, 67 Memphis, 68 Boston College, 69 USF, 70 Army, 71 Duke, 72 East Carolina, 73 Cincinnati, 74 Navy, 75 Temple, 76 Fresno State, 77 Wake Forest, 78 Colorado State, 79 San Diego State, 80 SMU, 81 Air Force, 82 UNLV, 83 Tulane, 84 Tulsa.
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