Super Powers: What Four 16-Team Conferences Could Look Like

In case you’ve been living under a rock (and without wi-fi) for the last 72 hours, it looks like Oklahoma and Texas are leaving the Big 12 in their dust as the league’s bell cows stampede toward the greener pastures of the SEC.

Whether OU-Texit™ plays out in 2025, at the end of the current TV deal, or 2023 — or next year — the two schools’ addition would make the SEC the first 16-team super conference, paving the way for what seems like the inevitable era of super conferences.

There’s a clear path to four 16-team super leagues and it involves the other three power conferences poaching from the Big 12’s eight leftover programs. Some will be left out.

Here’s a look at what four 16-team…