re: Arkansas, South Carolina, Texas A&M, and ... Missouri?

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Does it really make sense to cram all of the good teams in to one conference?

What if the SEC went to 16 by adding Texas, OU, FSU and Miami? It sounds great on the surface but it would have long term negative implications for the national title chances of too many good teams.

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This is somewhat of a chicken and egg proposition. In a playoff scenario, it doesn't matter as the champion will have his shot. IMO, one of the steps to get to the playoff scenario is a rationalizing of the FBS so that the bigger conferences can keep control of the money. This will kind of be like going to 12 team conferences. The 1st one to 16 will go to 4 div and a 4 team playoff. They will make a lot of money. Then the other conferences will follow. At that point they will either form a separate div within the NCAA (preferable) or break off entirely.

This is not some planned out scheme that's being implemented; it's just where the forces are pushing things. So it could take a number of years to get there.