As Texas and OU make their dramatic exit from the Big 12 and leave behind eight of its members, the AAC is reportedly interested in being aggressive in pursuing teams from the Big 12 and Pac-12 to add to its ranks.
Let’s say their efforts with the former return successful. What might a Big 12/AAC merger look like under the ACC umbrella?
Here’s one scenario.
Two divisions, one super-league
North and South makes the most sense, right? Sure, North and South. So in the North division, you could have ….
Oklahoma State
Tulsa
Temple
Cincinnati
Iowa State
Kansas
East Carolina
Kansas State
West Virginia
In the South division, you could have …
Houston
SMU
Navy
Baylor
TCU
Texas Tech
UCF
USF
Tulane
Throw Memphis in either division and that’s not a bad proposal (though it is obviously uneven at 19.