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[QUOTE="kingottoiii, post: 288689"]
That and the fact that too many ACC schools are intertwined for anyone to leave. 
 
VT won't be able to leave unless UVA leaves too.
UVA wants to stay with UNC.
UNC wants to stay in power.
NC St cannot go anywhere unless UNC leaves.
Duke is staying with UNC.
No one wants BC, SU, or Wake. 
GA Tech and MD like being with UNC, Duke, UVA and would only leave if those schools do.
Pitt might be able to get into the B1G if ND insists but cannot leave the ACC on their own.
Miami and Clemson can only leave if they are a package with FSU.
FSU would leave for the SEC and might leave for the B12 if the B12 agrees to go to 14 or 16 teams.
 
So worst case FSU, Miami, and Clemson leave. However the B12 does not want Miami and Texas rather stay at 10 let alone 14. So I doubt anything happens. Also note that FSU would be nuts to leave until the B12 contract is finalized and the 13 year GOR is signed. The B12 is NOT stable until that happens. So if FSU decides to stay in the ACC no matter what, I would not be surprised to see that GOR not signed by Texas. Which of course puts the questions about the B12 stability right back to where they were before. 
 
But back to the worst case IMO the ACC loses FSU, Clemson, Miami and needs to replace them with RU, UConn, and one of USF/UCF. They would hate to take USF or UCF academically but there are no other good choices in the East and the ACC needs a Florida presence as well as the markets. My guess would be USF.
 
North BC, UConn, SU, RU, Pitt, MD, VT
South USF, GA Tech, Wake, UNC, Duke, NC St, UVA
 
That IMO is worst case which is still a lot better for SU than where we were in the BE.
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