In fact while I'm feeling good about this idea I'll flesh it out some more. Let's go ahead and move every conference to 18 and solve the problem of the promotion of the top G5 schools.

Big 10:
Connecticut, Maryland, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Virginia Tech

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Purdue

Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin


SEC:
Auburn, East Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina

Alabama, Florida State, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

Arkansas, Louisiana State, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas A&M


ACC:
Baylor, Louisville, Texas, Texas Tech, Tulane, Miami

Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest

Boston College, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia


PAC:
Brigham Young, Colorado, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Rice, Texas Christian

Arizona, Arizona State, California, Cal Los Angeles, Nevada Las Vegas, Southern Cal

Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Utah, Washington, Washington State

This way the P5 becomes a P4 with champs only in the playoff and the top G5 schools all get in.

Here's what I like for the SEC:
1. A&M remains the only Texas school.
2. We solidify our brand with Florida State and Oklahoma both SEC caliber programs.
3. We like everyone else pick up a G5 program but ours puts us in North Carolina and ESPN pays us for the state.
4. West Virginia gives us a sliver of what we wanted with Virginia Tech.

So with an economy of additions we solidify our brand, Florida as an SEC state, pick up a national brand and content with Oklahoma and Florida State, gain DFW without adding another Texas school, and enter the beltway somewhat with West Virginia.

The Big 10 and SEC solidify their boundaries and dominate their region. The ACC gains great strength with Notre Dame and Texas and collectively unites all of the prima donnas into one unit. Duke, Notre Dame, U.N.C., and Texas all under one umbrella. They will either hold each other in check or the drama could be a football soap opera every year. That's a whole new story line for ESPN. Instead of housewives of Atlanta it becomes Athletic directors of the ACC.

The PAC expands rather nicely in territory and markets with some good academic ads and help their PACN.