How Realignment Should Have Worked
ACC:
Maryland, Notre Dame, Penn State, Syracuse
Boston College, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, West Virginia
Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State, Virginia
Clemson, Georgia Tech, Miami, Wake Forest
SEC:
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina
Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Florida State, Louisiana State, Mississippi, Mississippi State
Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
Big 10:
Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue
Illinois, Iowa, Northwestern, Ohio State
Iowa State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin
Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
PAC:
Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State
California, Cal Los Angeles, Southern Cal, Stanford
Arizona, Arizona State, Brigham Young, Utah
Nevada, Nevada Las Vegas, San Diego State, Wyoming
AAC:
Air Force, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, T.C.U.
Cincinnati, East Carolina, Louisville, Memphis
Army, Connecticut, Navy, Rutgers
Baylor, Central Florida, South Florida, Tulane
I know politics and religion keep BYU out of the PAC. Snobbery keeps SDS out. But Wyoming and the Nevada schools should be with the PAC. I am glad Missouri is in the SEC but how much happier might they have been with 4 other old Big 8 members. Penn State and Maryland just make sense in the ACC geographically. And the service academies just ought to be in there somewhere.
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