(09-20-2021 11:17 AM)esayem Wrote: I still think Air Force and CSU are putting pressure on the MWC to expand into Texas. Their commish said a few schools want to move to 14. It just adds up. SMU won’t move, but there are Texas teams available which won’t budge until the AAC makes a decision. It’s looking like a stalemate until the Colorado schools get some assurance or they decide they’d rather play in the AAC.
Interesting.
Let's say the board rumors are true (of which I'm very skeptical) that Boise St and Memphis are headed to the XII and the presumption you made that the remaining AAC schools will stick together (you only said SMU but here's a broader assumption).
AAC (7) gets back to 12 with: Appalachian St, Marshall, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB
MWC (11) gets into Texas with: North Texas, UTEP, UTSA
CUSA (7) merges with SBC (9)
XII
East: Central Florida, Cincinnati, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Memphis, West Virginia
West: Baylor, Boise St, BYU, Houston, Oklahoma St, TCU, Texas Tech
AAC
East: Appalachian St, East Carolina, Marshall, South Florida, Temple, UAB
West: Navy*, Rice, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa
* Football-only
^ Non-football: Wichita St
MWC
East: Air Force, Colorado St, New Mexico, North Texas, UTEP, UTSA, Wyoming
West: Fresno St, Hawaii*, Nevada, San Diego St, San Jose St, UNLV, Utah St
* Football-only
CUSA
East: Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Georgia Southern, Georgia St, Old Dominion, Troy
West: Arkansas St, Texas St, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee St, South Alabama, UL Lafayette, UL Monroe, Western Kentucky