But how little that school is willing to take from the B12 payouts over the next 8 years is not done. Whether they are willing to foot the bill for their conference payout or not has not been done. Whether they can get in for 2017 or 2018 is not done.

These criteria can potentially move teams 5 & 6 on the current rankings up above teams 3 & 4 if the deal is right because while team 1 may be far above 2-6 teams 2-6 are not that far a part that some interesting low ball negotiations could make a difference for who is invited in that range...