![]() I think there had been some talk of adding the Gamecocks and Yellow Jackets in the late 70s but it came down to Tobacco Road not wanting to have to divide basketball tournament ticket distributions 9 ways rather than 8.įast forward to 1990. This is somewhat speculative but I think that if GT isn’t on the market the ACC instead reunites with South Carolina after an 8 yr absence. Both programs left the SEC in the mid 60s but had they stayed, I think they would have changed the course of realignment in the early 90s and beyond.įirst, if GT is (somewhat) content in the SEC, they aren’t joining the ACC in 1979. (04-18-2023 11:46 PM)jimrtex Wrote: (04-18-2023 03:24 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: This seems like a crazy concept at first glance, but inadvertently, these two Southern Ivies made a huge impact on conference realignment. Western: Arizona, Arizona St, BYU, Colorado, Oregon St, San Diego St, Utah, Washington St Southwest: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Texas, Texas A&MĬalifornia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Michigan St, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio St, Oregon, Penn St, Purdue, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, WisconsinĪtlantic: Boston College, Connecticut, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, SyracuseĬoastal: Clemson, Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina St, Virginia, Wake ForestĮastern: Central Florida, Cincinnati, Louisville, South Florida, Virginia Tech, West VirginiaĬentral: Baylor, Houston, Iowa St, Kansas St, Memphis, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech Southeast: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Tennessee South: LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi St, Tulane, Vanderbilt XII (8) merges with PAC (6) and adds BYU and San Diego St for 16.Įast: Florida, Florida St, Georgia, Miami, South Carolina XII, now at 4 (Baylor, Iowa St, Kansas St, Texas Tech), adds Central Florida, Cincinnati, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, SMU, South Florida, and TCU.ī1G adds California, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington for 20.ĪCC adds Central Florida, Cincinnati, Louisville, South Florida for 18. ![]() SEC grows to 20 with Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma St who is the beneficiary of being in the right place at the right time. PAC expands to 12 with Colorado and Utah. B1G expands to 14 with Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska. Connecticut is added in a few years as #14. ACC, at 7, adds the 6 Big East football schools (Boston College, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, West Virginia) plus Notre Dame as a non-football member. SEC to 16: Arkansas, Florida St, Miami, South Carolina.īig East football without Miami is short-lived. Further, I agree that they to get 16 faster with the Florida schools because Georgia Tech is already a member of the SEC. Perhaps the SEC expands the same time the XII forms. I think the SEC would experiment with the CCG before expanding beyond 12.
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