(07-11-2016 11:52 AM)LUSportsFan Wrote:  The lowest capacity for AAC stadiums is 30,000, but there are several stadiums within the 25,000 capacity range in the CUSA, MAC, Sun Belt. (MAC is probably out since UMass didn't want full membership there.) The Mountain West also has a stadium around 25K, but UMass is probably outside of the geographic footprint for that conference.

If the MAC is out because of the perceived status of its BBall competition, then full membership in CUSA and the Sun Belt is also out. And with the $1m/school from the CFP now capped at $10m, there's no reason for any G5 conference to consider UMass FB-only.

So it's pretty much the AAC or nothing for UMass unless there is some big conference realignment quake that has a side effect of gutting the A-10 BBall competition or puts a G5 conference in need of a quick FB-only add.