Okay, let's go through scenarios that could happen:
12 Team Conferences:
Pac 12: Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, California, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State
Big 12: Baylor, BYU, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Christian, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
Big Ten: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
SEC, Big East, ACC remain unchanged. MWC/WAC Conference might have to do a little reshuffling and form their own super conference. This is doubtful to happen because I no longer see the Big XII staying together...
8-16 Team Conferences (Option 1):
Pac 16: Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State
Big Ten (12): Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
SEC (12): Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
ACC (12): Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Big East (8): Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, South Florida, West Virginia
The New MWC? (15): Air Force, Baylor, Boise State, BYU, Colorado State, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, Utah, UNLV, Wyoming
This would probably give the Moutain West Conference their best chance at landing a guaranteed BCS Bowl bid. They can have a conference championship game and while they wouldn't add any powerhouse teams, they do add teams who have been in power conferences along with BCS Buster Boise State. Other options would be for the Big East to pick up Kansas/Missouri or some combo of that.
8-16 Team Conferences (Option 2):
Pac 16: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Texas, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State
Big Ten (14): Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin
SEC (14): Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
ACC (12): Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Memphis, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Big East (9): Cincinnati, Connecticut, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, South Florida, West Virginia
MWC (12): Air Force, Boise State, BYU, Colorado State, Houston, Iowa State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, Utah, UNLV, Wyoming
Going this route would help Notre Dame keep its football independence and still allow them into the Big East for other sports. This scenario also involves Texas A&M moving to the SEC with Florida State, which are two teams that the SEC is very interested in. If Notre Dame chose to join the Big Ten, I could see Rutgers staying in the Big East as well. The Big East would form an even more dynamic basketball resume with the addition of Kansas and Kansas State. The ACC would lose Florida State, but pick up Memphis, which would help the basketball power stay on top.
8-16 Team Conferences (Option 3):
Pac 14: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, California, Colorado, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State
Big Ten (16): Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Texas, Texas A&M, Wisconsin
SEC (14): Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
ACC (12): Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Memphis, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Big East (10): Cincinnati, Connecticut, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, South Florida, West Virginia
MWC (12): Air Force, Boise State, BYU, Colorado State, Houston, Iowa State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, Utah, UNLV, Wyoming
This is called the Big Ten Super Power Conference hopeful. If they were somehow able to pull this off, they would be extremely pleased. The SEC would also pick up Oklahoma and Florida State. The biggest loser from this idea would be the Pac-10 having to take the second tier Big 12 teams.
16 Team Conferences (DOOMSDAY):
Pac 16: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Texas, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State
Big Ten: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin
SEC: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech
ACC/Big East (17): Boston College, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Clemson, Duke, Kansas, Kansas State, Maryland, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Syracuse, South Florida, Virginia, West Virginia, Wake Forest
This would be the ultimate doomsday scenario. I don't see this one happening, but you never know. The ACC/Big East would form and absolute killer basketball conference with 24 teams. That would be exciting to watch!
Well, those are my options...what do you think???
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