Here's what I think the landscape is going to look like after the smoke settles.
Big 14 (Formally Big 10)
West
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Northwestern
East
Michigan
Ohio State
Penn State
Rutgers
Indiana
Purdue
Michigan State
Pac 16 (Formally Pac 10)
West
Oregon
Oregon State
Washington
USC
California
Stanford
UCLA
Washington State
East
Arizona
Arizona State
Texas
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Colorado
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Mountain West
North
Utah
BYU
Iowa State
Air Force
Wyoming
Colorado State
Boise State
South
San Diego State
New Mexico
TCU
Kansas
Kansas State
UNLV
Baylor
I think to fill the void that Rutgers leaves in the Big East, Memphis would move from Conference USA. I think the WAC would just go from 9 to 8 teams and leave it at that. There could be a school to emerge from D-II to fill the void in Conference USA with Memphis moving, or someone from the Sun Belt like a Middle Tennessee State would move, and the Sun Belt would drop from 9 to 8 teams just like the WAC.
So what are your thoughts?
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