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Utah, BYU, TCU and Houston might make for an interesting addition, but no way do they replace Texas, Okla, Okla St, and Colorado for starters.
Wow, a lot to go after here.
And private doesn't mean better. But your number is incorrect. CUSA has an equally high percentage of private schools (tulsa, Rice, SMU, Tulane and I think Houston hasn't been public all that long). Second, I would question the contention that Clemson, UNC, and UM are academic monsters. Third, yes the SEC has public schools, but a good number have academic notches on their belt. UT's Businesss school is a top 15 b-school and their engineering is up there as well. Fla has its high water marks. UGa is considered to be one of the top two or three public schools in America. Ole Miss has a storied academic tradition and a first rate law school. Auburn is well noted. And being a Tennessee guy I refuse to give any props to Bama If the Pac 10 goes to 16, and if the SEC goes to 15-16, I don't know if the Big Ten will stand pat at 12. They may have their hand forced. Maybe not.
They can't. With the spector of the SEC and or Big Ten going after Texas, Okla and Okla St, the Pac 10 is going to go to at least 14 and more than likely 16, and more than likely by the time we shoot fireworks on our nation's birthday.
I don't think Houston was ever in the SWC were they? And Memphis is interested in two conferences only: the SEC (not much of a chance there) and the Big East (much more likely, especially if the ACC loses some to the SEC and the Big East in turn is raided by the ACC yet again).
Wow, a lot to go after here.
First, the ACC needs to meet the Ivy league if they're bragging about private schools
Fourth, Half the schools on your Big East wish list are either commuter schools or a step above. I don't see the ACC salivating over them. That said, the ACC clearly would lose to the SEC and would have to take what they can get. Navy isn't going anywhere - the military academies have an allergy to conferences in this day and time. But you never know. Fifth, UK isn't going anywhere. They're not that stupid. You can't leave the dollars and prestige of the SEC to go down a notch.
Sixth, A&M going to the SEC would be a huge deal - for the Aggies. The SEC gains little more than a toehold into Texas with the whole state going Pac 10. As for who the SEC would go after, four teams from the ACC have always been targets and interested: Miami, Fl St, Clemson and Ga Tech. In a four division four team scenario, that makes for an interesting division don't you think? In the west (assuming the pac 16 takes shape) A&M might get targeted (if they don't become the 16th team), So Miss, and some say TCU is a long shot. I believe they're VERY long, though not out of the question. Baylor might make a good choice in the West. They'd be targeted for the Big 12 if it tried to survive with the likes of Houston, Utah (if they don't go Pac 16), etc.
Here's the deal: after mid next week, when Texas, TX Tech, A&M, Okla, and Okla St will make their moves. The next move decides the game. Will the Big 12 proactively go afte a wish list of schools (which could include Arkanasas, Utah (see above), BYU (see above) TCU (See above - boy how bad would Boise feel now?) OR, would Iowa St, Baylor, and the Kansas schools and Mizzou start looking for parachutes? Whoever makes the first move will decide it all. The Big Ten has another move to make. Do they settle for 16 if the Pac and SEC go for 16? Mizzou and Kansas are still out there, but no one thinks Kansas or K-State is headed anywhere major. Don't me surprised to see the SEC go for Mizzouri. You heard it hear first. They border three SEC states right now.
Think about this: It is entirely feasible...ENTIRELY....that by the end of the Summer, we will have ending dates for the ACC and Big 12 at worst, or Big 12 and Big East and / or CUSA and /or MWC at least. AT LEAST.
It is entirely possible that Rice, Houston, and TCU become part of a Big Eight. (talk about going back in time and stature).
Almost 20 years go Bob Kesling, now the Voice of the Vols, predicted a day when Super Conferences would reign after the SEC expanded to 12 teams. Everyone laughed. Today, the only people laughing are the ones whose coffers just got bigger.
They have four out of 12 (Rice, Tulane, Tulsa, SMU) which is equal to the ACC's four out of 12.
We can go back and forth on the USNWR rankings. As a former University administrator, I could go on and on. It depends on what ranking we're using and why. I do know that the perception is that the ACC is a superior academic conference. Often, the data doesn't hold that, but that's another discussion. Like you I don't want to see the ACC decimated, though some believe it to be fitting. I disagree. I can't blame the Big East schools for wanting in the ACC as it was a tad of a step up.
1. Most ACC are private? 4 out of 12 is most?