The musical chairs of conference realignment seems ready to kick into full gear. Will Southern Miss break away from Conference USA and end up as part of the AAC this time?
Imagine a college football where conference realignment of the last few years never took place. The Sun Belt would still have Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee, Conference USA would still have East Carolina and Memphis, and the American Athletic Conference would likely not even exist with the Big East staying around as a full sports conference.
Alas, conference realignment did occur with 28 of the 36 teams from the AAC, C-USA, and Sun Belt moving to a different conference in the last few seasons.