Conference Realignment: What Next?

[butlerguy03]

Butler is considered a regional university and was ranked #1 in the Midwest.

[DudeAnon]

At SJ we have competitive grad programs but our ranking will always suffer academically due to our mission of bringing in a bunch of 1st generation college students. Good mission, but will always hurt the rankings being fairly unselective for undergrad.

Sounds like an honorable mission. These rankings are really just for pompous administrators to pat themselves on the back.

[ArmyVet]

AAC is looking to expand.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... alignment/

AAC is expected to move first on any additional expansion because it lost three valuable pieces and is down to only eight members. If it loses two more members, the AAC's automatic qualification status for the NCAA Tournament could be impacted. Sources also tell CBS Sports that ESPN could rework its media rights deal with the AAC at a lower price due to a membership composition clause in their contract.

Sources say the clause could be activated if the AAC lost UConn, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF. UConn left the AAC entirely in 2020, becoming an independent in football while joining the Big East for basketball and other sports.

AAC commissioner Mike Aresco is not worried about a reworking of the deal, persons close to those discussions tell CBS Sports. Aresco has been telling constituents that he hopes to keep the value of the conference's media rights payout equal to what it was before Cincinnati, Houston and UCF left for the Big 12. AAC schools are paid approximately $7 million annually as part of a deal signed in 2019 with ESPN.

[Husky_U]

AAC is looking to expand.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... alignment/

AAC is expected to move first on any additional expansion because it lost three valuable pieces and is down to only eight members. If it loses two more members, the AAC's automatic qualification status for the NCAA Tournament could be impacted. Sources also tell CBS Sports that ESPN could rework its media rights deal with the AAC at a lower price due to a membership composition clause in their contract.

Sources say the clause could be activated if the AAC lost UConn, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF. UConn left the AAC entirely in 2020, becoming an independent in football while joining the Big East for basketball and other sports.

AAC commissioner Mike Aresco is not worried about a reworking of the deal, persons close to those discussions tell CBS Sports. Aresco has been telling constituents that he hopes to keep the value of the conference's media rights payout equal to what it was before Cincinnati, Houston and UCF left for the Big 12. AAC schools are paid approximately $7 million annually as part of a deal signed in 2019 with ESPN.

So Aresco and the AAC are going after Boise, San Diego State, Colorado State, and Air Force, but should that western pod decline, it's UAB, FAU, UTSA, and Rice...

[DeltaV]

At this point, the American should just merge back in with CUSA maybe split between east and west to save travel money. Weren't most of those schools there at one point or another?

It's kinda sad at this point. They tried for football power relevancy, and failed. Give it up and stop wasting your money.

[Django]

AAC is expected to move first on any additional expansion because it lost three valuable pieces and is down to only eight members. If it loses two more members, the AAC's automatic qualification status for the NCAA Tournament could be impacted. Sources also tell CBS Sports that ESPN could rework its media rights deal with the AAC at a lower price due to a membership composition clause in their contract. Sources say the clause could be activated if the AAC lost UConn, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF.

What will the new espn deal be and when would they rework the deal?

[kayako]

What will the new espn deal be and when would they rework the deal?

Whenever Central Florida, Houston, and Cincinnati leave for the B12. I am guessing 2022 or 2023.

[kayako]

So Aresco and the AAC are going after Boise, San Diego State, Colorado State, and Air Force, but should that western pod decline, it's UAB, FAU, UTSA, and Rice...

Whether they expand west or south, imagine being Temple...

[Django]

So if the B12 stays in the P5, are Temple, USF (Big East) and SMU (Southwest) the only 3 remaining teams in the G5 that at one time were in a major conference? Then fell off?

[kayako]

So if the B12 stays in the P5, are Temple, USF (Big East) and SMU (Southwest) the only 3 remaining teams in the G5 that at one time were in a major conference? Then fell off?

Tulane left the SEC if that counts.