And, I would say go all in.

BYU, Boise State, San Diego State, Air Force and UNLV....plus Gonzaga for Olympic sports.

BYU could get some regional rivals to help the schedule while also affiliate with easily the closest thing to an actual P6 conference. The expansion would decimate the MWC and truly relegate the post-expansion MWC to MAC and CUSA status. 

The schedules could focus on regional play within only a couple of out-of-region games each season (one home, one road). So, BYU could play Boise State, San Diego State, Air Force and UNLV annually, and then most others on a 3 or 4 year rotation, perhaps favoring more Houston, SMU, and Tulsa.  

With BYU, Boise State, SDSU, and Air Force, the expanded AAC could easily grab a couple more solid bowl game options and a firm hold on an annual NY6 bowl game. The expanded AAC bowl lineup could look like this:

• Peach/Cotton/Fiesta bowl v. NY6
• Los Angeles v. PAC 12
• Military v. ACC
• Fenway v. ACC
• Armed Forces v. B12
• Pool #1 (1 or 2 teams)
• • Birmingham v. SEC
  • Gasparilla v. SEC
  • First Responders v. ACC/B1G
• Hawaii v. MWC
• Pool #2 (3 or 4 teams)
  • Cure
  • Boca Raton
  • Myrtle Beach
  • New Mexico
  • Frisco 
  • Arizona
  • Famous Idaho Potato

With the western expansion, Olympic sports could boast a region-friendly scheduling structure that focuses on mostly in-region teams (10 games) and then only a couple of out-of-region road trips, while still staging quality cross-region matchups.. 

WEST: BYU, Boise State, San Diego State, Air Force, UNLV, Gonzaga

CENTRAL: Wichita, Tulsa, SMU, Houston, Tulane, Memphis

EAST: Temple, Cincinnati, ECU, UCF, USF, VCU