The divisions will likely be East/West for travel reasons. This much seems certain
Locks for the West:
1. BYU, 2. Texas Tech, 3. Kansas State, 4. Kansas
Locks for the East:
1. UCF, 2. WVU, 3. Cinci, 4. Houston
how do you divvy up Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Baylor, and TCU? TBD. Several options:
- keep the old Big 8 together and send OSU and ISU to the West, with both TCU and BU going East.
- keep Baylor with Tech as founding members and send Baylor and OSU to the West with TCU and ISU to the East (yet ISU is a founding member too)
- follow pretty strict geography and send TCU and OSU West with ISU and BU going East
- ignore the above and just put all 4 TX schools + OSU and UCF in a south division with the rest in a North (this may be best for competitive balance but is problematic for travel and desire to get everyone a game in Texas each year)
Add in the complications of teams coming and going and it’s going to be a while before this is hammered out. Remember, as of now:
- BYU is scheduled to enter in 2023
- UH, UC, UCF are scheduled to enter in 2023 or 2024
- UT and OU are scheduled to be here until 2025
- My money is on everyone landing in their new home in 2023, but it is scheduled to and could be messier than that