Due to the Big Ten Conference likely to expand into 14 or maybe 16 teams many conferences around the nation are taking notice and are considering expanding due to the fall-out. The other conference considering expanding would be the PAC-10, the reason for these conferences expanding is so both could have a conference championship game and gain more revenue for their conference. Many "smaller" conferences are going to be the ones who will have to realign the most due to the bigger conferences raiding them. The only big conference who might have to realign the most could be the Big 12 cause of their television markets they have which include Denver markets and the Texan markets. And even if they do get picked apart by some other conferences the Big 12 has plenty of teams around their area that could easily be put in and continue the Big 12's dominating success. There are currently 120 teams in the FBS and currently 11 conferences but with teams likely to shift the smaller conferences could come together and form a bigger mid major conference.
Conference realignment Predictions:
Big 10 (14 teams) Two Divisions North, South
North
Michigan
Ohio State
Michigan State
Illinois
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Rutgers
South
Iowa
Missouri
Indiana
Minnesota
Northwestern
Purdue
Wisconsin
Big East (8 teams)
Cincinnati
Southern Miss
Tulsa
Troy
Syracuse
West Virginia
Louisville
Connecticut
SEC (14 teams) Two Divisions East and West
East
Florida
Florida State
Clemson
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
South Carolina
Kentucky
West
Alabama
Auburn
Arkansas
Georgia
LSU
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
ACC (12 teams) two divisions
Coastal
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Miami
North Carolina
Duke
Virginia
Atlantic
Wake Forest
Boston College
NC State
Maryland
East Carolina
South Florida
Pac-10 (12 teams)
Stanford
Washington
Washington State
Southern Cal
UCLA
Oregon
Oregon State
Arizona
Arizona St
Colorado
California
Utah
Big 12 (12 teams)
Texas
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Oklahoma St.
Kansas
Kansas St.
TCU
Iowa State
Houston
Baylor
Nebraska
Texas Tech
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