FSU wanting out of the ACC is old news, and this meeting they're having now is, I think, just an hysterical reaction to being spurned by the CFP. I remain highly skeptical that they're going to be able to back out of the grant-of-rights they signed on for.
But just musing on what could happen if the ACC dissolved... here's a setup where the Big Ten takes FSU, Clemson, Virginia, Stanford, Cal and Notre Dame.
This creates a 6-team Pacific Division that makes some georgrahic/logistical sense and locks down the entire state of California as Big Ten country, while also getting Stanford's great Olympic sports teams and Cal & Stanford's academics.
The SEC takes UNC, Duke, Miami and Virginia Tech (although I'm not 100% convinced they would even want the latter two.)
The rest go to the Big 12, with Memphis, UConn, Wazzu and Oregon State.
BIG TEN (4x6)
USC, UCLA, Stanford, Cal, Oregon, Washington
Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois
Notre Dame, Indiana, Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State
Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland, Virginia, Clemson, Florida State
BIG 12 (4x7)
Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, BYU, Colorado, Washington State, Oregon State
Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, SMU, Houston, Oklahoma State, Memphis
Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Cincinnati, Louisville, WVU, Pitt
UCF, Ga Tech, NC State, Wake Forest, Syracuse, BC, UConn
SEC (2x10)
Miami, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Duke, Virginia Tech, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Kentucky
Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Alabama, Auburn
But just musing on what could happen if the ACC dissolved... here's a setup where the Big Ten takes FSU, Clemson, Virginia, Stanford, Cal and Notre Dame.
This creates a 6-team Pacific Division that makes some georgrahic/logistical sense and locks down the entire state of California as Big Ten country, while also getting Stanford's great Olympic sports teams and Cal & Stanford's academics.
The SEC takes UNC, Duke, Miami and Virginia Tech (although I'm not 100% convinced they would even want the latter two.)
The rest go to the Big 12, with Memphis, UConn, Wazzu and Oregon State.
BIG TEN (4x6)
USC, UCLA, Stanford, Cal, Oregon, Washington
Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois
Notre Dame, Indiana, Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State
Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland, Virginia, Clemson, Florida State
BIG 12 (4x7)
Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, BYU, Colorado, Washington State, Oregon State
Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, SMU, Houston, Oklahoma State, Memphis
Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Cincinnati, Louisville, WVU, Pitt
UCF, Ga Tech, NC State, Wake Forest, Syracuse, BC, UConn
SEC (2x10)
Miami, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Duke, Virginia Tech, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Kentucky
Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Alabama, Auburn
