2023 NCAA conference realignment (12/20: the PAC-2 join the WCC)

[Santander]

Gonzaga finally leaving the WCC for a bigger conference seems to be the obvious one to me. Either they go to the PAC-12 (makes sense geographically or the Big Twelve, where they were rumored to be going earlier, with a slim possibility of the Big East also there).

lol.

[Santander]

SMU as in Southern Methodist University in Dallas? Kind of a ways away from the Pacific, don't you think?

CU is already on the other side of the Continental Divide.

[Santander]

The Big Twelve is looking to add another school.

While the odds favor Arizona, I'm personally hoping the school in question is Nebraska. (or alternatively, Memphis, I suppose.)

Nebraska isn't walking away from Big Ten money and stability, lol.

[Santander]

I agree picking up solid non-P5 teams is the most likely outcome for the ACC. It's clear Oregon and Washington want to join the B1G. But if they don't get invited, I could imagine them joining the ACC if the PAC 12 doesn't get a media rights done deal soon.

If the ACC sits around and continues to do nothing in the era of Superconferes, it will die. The SEC will pick off FSU and Clemson. Then the B1G will pick off UNC and UVA.

The rump Pac-12 is still better than the ACC. Even if they can't get into the Big Ten, Washington and Oregon could walk into the Big 12 and become immediate top dogs in a better conference. And if the Big Ten wanted to scavenge the corpse of the ACC, Duke would be the logical partner to UNC which is the obvious biggest prize.