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[QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4693439, member: 5685"]
IMO the B16 broken down by tiers:

Tier 1 (31%)
Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, Nebraska, USC

Tier 2 (19%)
Wisconsin, Michigan State, Iowa

Tier 3 (19%)
Purdue, UCLA, Minnesota

Tier 4 (31%)
Indiana, Rutgers, Illinois, Maryland, Northwestern

That is well balanced. If the B16 were to expand evenly, it would not be any harder for the 1st Tier.

Tier 1 (goes down to 25%)
Notre Dame

Tier 2 (goes up to 25%)
Washington, Miami, GA Tech

Tier 3 (goes up to 25%)
UNC, Pitt, UVA

Tier 4 (goes down to 25%)
Stanford

There is now an equal amount in each tier. Yes, the Tier 1 teams will have slightly harder schedules with less Tier 4 games and more Tier 2/Tier 3 games. But they should still win those games, and get the other Tier 1 games slightly less often. The top programs won't all of a sudden go 8-4 now.

Same goes for the SEC. If they are adding FSU, Clemson, VA Tech, BYU, NC State, Arizona State, Colorado, Kansas then they are adding an equal amount of teams in each Tier and they will play the Tier 1 teams LESS often. There is no reason to think that 8-4 will win the conference.
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