College football has seemingly settled into a calmer state following the most recent run of realignment that saw expansion in each of the Power Five conferences and caused a cascading series of resulting moves throughout the rest of the game.
Sure, rumors bubble under the surface as they seemingly always do, but with current television contracts in place for the major leagues into the next decade, realignment has apparently found its way to the backburner. But it doesn’t have to stay there forever.
The Big 12 raised eyebrows all over college football with its will they-or-won’t-they expansion process which ended with the league standing pat.