Future Realignment Thread

Football
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Now that the best source is reporting this, it seems likely.

https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1827109965200326832

Big 12, UConn in discussions for Huskies to join Big 12 in football in 2031 & all other sports in 2026, sources told @ActionNetwork. Big 12 presidents must approve, but commish Brett Yormark has been long-time proponent of the Huskies, sources said

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This all tells me the ACC will definitely stay together

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3143

This is telling me kind of the samething, no FSU/Clemson to B12 imho. So he’s moved on to make a splash with UConn. Not liking this move if it happens


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3144

I just don’t see the real value of adding them. We currently have enough quality, their BB is good, nothing else is, and the B12 is very good as is with BB.

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3145

Especially this close to the February deadline
there is no rush to add UCONN right now

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Plus
they are in the Big East.

Yes, the Big 12 is a great Basketball conference, but so is the Big East

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Thats my thing. Can we wait until March to start sniffing around the Uconn tree again.

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3148

Not sure I agree.

This simply takes away another backfill option for the ACC.

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3149

So
we add 3 ACC schools instead of 4 now?

Wonder if this was leaked to get certain ACC schools to commit to the Big 12, contingent upon the news in February .

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So whats the ideal Basketball focused Trio that we can land (assuming we do take UCONN)?

  • Duke
  • L-Ville
  • NC-State/UVA
3151

Also Miami

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Yeah, Miami is a strong basketball and adds football and a neighbor to UCF

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This makes since to me that it’s inevitable UConn join the Big 12, because Yormark/Big 12 would not leak this if they did not already have the 12 votes.

It’s going to be unanimous because presidents do not want the negative attention of being the villain especially if they know it’s going to pass.

Reference: Texas A&M on UT vote to join SEC

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BY is a genius. Haha.

What football investment guarantees does UConn have to make?

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3155

Could also be leaked to keep FSU from entertaining an invite to the B12.

If this was basketball only I could get on board but football? No way.

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3156

Theyve been given 8 years to build it
They dont join in FB until 2031.

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Football Landscape Late 2030s/2040

SEC (ESPN)

  1. Alabama
  2. Arkansas
  3. Auburn
  4. Florida
  5. Georgia
  6. Kentucky
  7. LSU
  8. Ole Miss
  9. Miss State
  10. Missouri
  11. Oklahoma
  12. South Carolina
  13. Tennessee
  14. Texas
  15. Texas A&M
  16. Vanderbilt
  17. North Carolina
  18. Virginia
  19. Ohio State
  20. Michigan
  21. Penn State
  22. Wisconsin
  23. Nebraska
  24. Notre Dame

Big 12 (FOX, CBS, NBC)

  1. Arizona
  2. Arizona State
  3. Baylor
  4. BYU
  5. UCF
  6. Cincinnati
  7. Colorado
  8. Houston
  9. Iowa State
  10. Kansas
  11. Kansas State
  12. Oklahoma State
  13. TCU
  14. Texas Tech
  15. Utah
  16. UConn
  17. Florida State
  18. Clemson
  19. UCLA
  20. USC
  21. Oregon
  22. Washington
  23. Miami
  24. Louisville

The “Have Nots” (Nickolodeon)

  1. Illinois
  2. Indiana
  3. Iowa
  4. Maryland
  5. Michigan State
  6. Minnesota
  7. Northwestern
  8. Purdue
  9. Rutgers
  10. Boston College
  11. Cal
  12. Duke
  13. Georgia Tech
  14. NC State
  15. Pitt
  16. SMU
  17. Stanford
  18. Syracuse
  19. Virginia Tech
  20. Wake Forest
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3158

We need to get it going in football and baseball. And women’s basketball. We could just find ourselves in that have not group.

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3159

No one one passing on a University with 7.34M potential eyeballs in there viewership area in football crazy part of the nation. Some of the stuff up here people speculate and say and think is quite laughable.

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Not disagreeing, but to which school or schools are you specifically referring?