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What you said is basically my greatest fear. TCU needs to do whatever it can to get into a power five conference.
I don't see it happening. The only thing we have going for us is being in a Top 5 media market and recruiting hotbed. That is our trump card over Baylor. I think the ACC adds West Virginia to get to 15 and will push hard to get Notre Dame permanent. If not they could try to expand into Texas and maybe we would be an option. UCF would be an option as well but the ACC already has the Florida market. ACC's problem is they don't really have any obvious options outside of West Virginia. Cincinnati might be a pick that makes sense.
I see the Pac 12 staying put. I don't think they expand just to expand. They would have to go against their academic/Christian school principles to add any Big 12 leftovers. The Pac 12 missed the boat with Texas/OU. They aren't going to add the Texas Tech and Oklahoma States of the world. I think its more likely the Pac 12 takes a gamble with flagship MWC schools with a high upside like UNR/UNLV(not both) and UNM.