Plus the more school added the harder it is to manage the conference and too many rivalries are eliminated. I can’t think of a good reason for any conference to go beyond 20 schools. Three conferences of 20 schools provides more than enough content for the networks. There will be 3 conferences of 20 teams

look, I'm not arguing with you, but never put a cap on the greed of these leagues (league commissioners are obsessed with growth). if it were up to me, we would have a dozen 7 team leagues playing 6 game conference schedules and 6 non conf games with a 6 home game cap followed by a 16 team playoff with 12 league champs and 4 at larges played at home sites for every round other than the final. but no one cares what I think...

So some g5 conferences will hang around

I definitely understand the sentiment. But the main G5 contenders have been absorbed into the B12. And with the ever increasing $$ disparity and the very strong likelihood of fewer non conference games in the near future, the G5 isn’t going to be able to compete, drastically reducing the likelihood of a Cincinnati or UCF rising up again 5-10 years from now.. And they may well prefer a choice to play for their own title, a la FCS schools. I also feel the B12 is being groomed to provide the “G5” aspect of the Power 2 era. It is possible that both the ACC and B12 are. And with the ever increasing size of these leagues, the resulting inclusion of the vast majority of teams with a history of modern football success would further reduce any notion of lack of access to parties who realistically could expect to make use of said access.. ** Edited by hokieZ71 at 8/21/2023, 9:55:05 PM

The BIG is gonna struggle with only 4 west coast schools and will have to poach from the Big12, but more likely will create a partnership to keep the name (unless they think the PAC name has more value) when it's deal gets close to running out. The BIG12's biggest challenge is going to be the knee jerk reaction of adding Cinci and UCF and they will have to do something to unload them because their 15 mins is pretty much over already. ESPN/ABC will partner with some new media that will increase the ACC's value, maybe dumping a couple like BC and Loooville. The ACC and SEC will be smaller but will have a larger number of high value properties, while the BIG will have the big media markets (which are less interested in college sports and share eyeballs with local pro teams, so it's a wash).