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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4729276, member: 5685"] I think adding Stanford, Cal, SMU would put a dent into B12 recruiting. First the lost of Texas and Oklahoma will make it harder to recruit Texas even with the 4 Texas schools. Then having SMU and their NIL taking kids would make it even harder. ASU, Arizona, Utah, Colorado no longer play games in Cali. That is going to hurt. Looking at the Top 25, I think that gives an indication of how the B12 will always start behind and need to work their way up. And it will be harder to move up when you have no marquee games. Top 13 teams... Future SEC - 5 Future B18 - 5 ACC - 2 B12 - 0.0 In fairness they do have 3 of the next 4 ranked teams. But the point being they won't likely have a preseason Top 10 team to carry them. Their margin for error in getting a 2nd team in the playoff is very small. The ACC will at least have chances for name Ws. [/QUOTE]