Step 1. ESPN has to secure the Big 12 rights in total. In order to do that, they have to nail down Oklahoma and offer something long term for the league. Additionally, they have to make up the 3rd tier gap between Texas and OU.

If additions were made then a conference wide network could be established. Structurally, you could just blend the ACC Network with the LHN. The key point here is that OU needs motivation to remain with the Big 12. As it stands, they would lock themselves into an inferior position compared to UT if they simply stayed with status quo whether that was with ESPN or not.

Step 2. The ACC would have to be parsed, but there's opportunity to make it happen. They key thing here is where does Notre Dame want to go? The reality is that there's quite a few schools that might follow them to whatever destination. Stability follows the economic giants...tends to anyway.

If Notre Dame could land a partial agreement with the Big 12 then what that league needs from the ACC is reduced overall. ND packs a punch.

Step 3. ESPN needs to curry favor with both the SEC and Big Ten. Disney wants more Big Ten content because it's the 2nd most popular product. Nonetheless, they need favor with the SEC as well as they have proven a loyal partner.

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Notre Dame goes to the Big 12 with full membership rights and a similar football arrangement. They agree to 6 games so that Disney may own 3 predictably every year. The other caveat is that Texas and Oklahoma are alternated on the schedule of ND every year. The other 5 games are rotated among a select few members. In other words, ND gives up the 6th game, but they don't have to play every member of this league unless they just want to. A few members suffer with that arrangement, but they are the usual suspects are just happy to have the money and stability.

Also added to the Big 12:

BYU- It gives Disney a nice Western outpost to schedule some decent games at night or on Friday evening.

Florida State, Miami, Clemson, Louisville, and Pittsburgh

The Big 12 rests with 16 full members and Notre Dame as a partial.

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Wake Forest joins the Big East, but ESPN gives them a football-only membership in the AAC. Surprisingly, Wake leaves voluntarily because the football game is too much for them. The Big East is more their speed. The AAC gets back to 12 football schools.

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UNC and Duke make a good combo in the SEC. Additionally, Georgia Tech and NC State come along. The SEC has functional control over the state of NC. They also add 3 AAU schools and a budding school in NC State. The Triangle stays together and spares any political fallout.

The SEC rests at 18.

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The Big Ten adds Virginia, Virginia Tech, Syracuse, and Colorado.

I'm including Colorado here because the money in the Big Ten is too good whereas the PAC 12 is probably going to have serious issues moving forward. CU could move now and save a lot of heartache. The Big Ten should be happy with this collection.