RE: CU made nearly 70M less in the PAC than the Big 12 teams...
If, say, Colorado remained in the XII but Missouri, Nebraska, and Texas A&M still left, I suspect the XII would still have only been a 10-school conference after solely adding TCU. If that happened, West Virginia would've joined the AAC as #11. PAC doesn't expand past 10.
XII: Baylor, Colorado, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
AAC: Central Florida, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Houston, Memphis, Rutgers, SMU, South Florida, Temple, West Virginia
B1G expands to 14 with Maryland and Rutgers. ACC now has a different option to reload at 14: Connecticut or Louisville or West Virginia. I think they go with West Virginia. The ACC divisions are modified slightly for the Backyard Brawl. AAC expands to 12 with East Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa. Navy and Wichita St never join the AAC. The ACC divisions are modified slightly.
ACC
Atlantic: Boston College, Clemson, Florida St, North Carolina St, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, West Virginia
Coastal: Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech
When Oklahoma/Texas join the SEC and UCLA/USC announce their joining the B1G, the PAC is desperate at 8 and add Utah and San Diego St for 10. The ACC adds Cincinnati and Louisville. The XII adds BYU, Central Florida, Houston, Memphis, South Florida, and Tulane for 14.
PAC: Arizona, Arizona St, California, Oregon, Oregon St, San Diego St, Stanford, Utah, Washington, Washington St
ACC
Atlantic: Clemson, Duke, Florida St, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, North Carolina St, Virginia, Wake Forest
Eastern: Boston College, Cincinnati, Louisville, Miami, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, West Virginia
XIV
East: Baylor, Central Florida, Houston, Memphis, South Florida, TCU, Tulane
West: BYU, Colorado, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Oklahoma St, Texas Tech
* I do think conferences would still go divisionless but that's not fun. *
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