staying as the second best conferwnce but of oerhaps taking over as the best conference. That won't happen until all the autonomy stuff is done and the P5 get to vote on things like academic entrance requirements and guaranteed 4 year scholarships. ...all of which will really hurt the football mills in the SEC. If a kid can't make it in big time academics, they shouldn't be playing big time football. There are plenty of small nonacademic schools where thise kids can go.
I can just imagine Nick Saben's head exploding when a vote passes that for a kid to attwnd a P5 school that they actually have to pass a required number of pre college classea with B's or better, oh and that you can't cut them from the team...unless there are quantitative grounds for dismissal from the university.