These would seem to be the next tier of teams that would be left behind.

I present the potential BIGxx conference of 24 teams.

8 pods. You play the two teams in your pod and one team from the other 7 each year. This would be a total of 9 conference games. You would play every team home and away every 6 years.

POD 1
ARIZONA
ARIZONA STATE
CALIFORNIA

POD 2
BRIGHAM YOUNG
COLORADO
UTAH

POD 3
IOWA STATE
KANSAS
KANSAS STATE

POD 4
OKLAHOMA STATE
TEXAS CHRISTIAN
TEXAS TECH

POD 5
BAYLOR
CENTRAL FLORIDA
HOUSTON

POD 6
CINCINNATI
LOUISVILLE
DUKE

POD 7
VIRGINIA
WEST VIRGINIA
PITT

POD 8
GEORGIA TECH
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA STATE

I know it matters little, but as a basketball conference, holy smokes!!!

Thoughts?