so who forms this new league?
top tier:
michigan, ohio state, penn state, usc, washington, texas, oklahoma, alabama, georgia, lsu, florida, florida state, notre dame.
next tier brought on by proximity to top tier:
ucla, michigan state, oregon, miami, auburn, texas a & m, clemson.
that's 20.
who else gets in?
north carolina for sure but probably not duke. colorado maybe? arizona for the phoenix market? stanford or cal? probably not if they couldnt even make the big ten cut. boston college?
the easier thing to do would be to just take the big ten and sec, add notre dame, north carolina, clemson, and florida state (and maybe miami) and start from there.
part of me would love to see michigan casting the vote to exclude purdue, illinois, and rutgers.