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[QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4579313, member: 5685"]
As long as the ACC has Clemson and FSU, it will be #3. The only real football brands left are those 2 schools and ND. The B12 can have 50 schools and it won't change that fact. On top of that the ACC has better markets. And if we look at fanbase size (top teams attendance), the ACC is on top as well.

A national conference would make sense but it would only work if started from scratch. All three conferences have too much fat to make it work via expansion. It needs to come from the outside, but who has the vision?

IMO 28 teams works out great as you can have 7 divisions of 4 and a 9 team conference tournament. Assuming it would be allowed. You would play everyone outside your division once every 4 years with a 10 game conf schedule.

New Conference
UNC, NC State, GA Tech, Clemson, FSU, Miami, UVA, VA Tech, Pitt, SU, BC, Houston, TCU, Kansas, UCF, Cincinnati, BYU, Oklahoma State, Utah, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Stanford, Arizona, Arizona State plus 3 others. Would Notre Dame join? I think at that point they would. Which leaves 2 from the below.

ACC
Duke, Wake, Louisville

B12
Baylor, Texas Tech, West Virginia, Iowa State, Kansas State

P12
Cal, Washington State, Oregon State

Others
Memphis, UConn, San Diego State, UNLV, Tulane, Temple
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