Talk around here in NC is that the ACC won't last much longer. Maryland is going to the Big 10, and I would think one or more of the major conferences would want the TV markets that some of the ACC teams possess.
The Big 10 wanted Maryland and Rutgers because it brought them the Washington DC/Baltimore and NYC TV markets. The major markets left that would interest the SEC would be the larger cities in NC and Virginia.
I think the SEC would probably prefer to pick up UNC and UVA.
UNC would cover the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill TV market as well as the Charlotte and the Greensboro/W-S TV markets. They're the school in NC that would have the largest following. Problem is UNC views itself as another Ivy League type university and they don't want to be associated in a conference they consider to be academically below their standards. That could be their one hangup. In that case, the other school that would have an almost equal following would be NC State. Same statewide appeal and TV markets, just not quite as big a support base. NC State would jump in a second.
In Virginia, if the SEC were to pick up UVA, that would capture the Washington DC market on the Virginia side plus Richmond and most of the rest of the state. But they have the same issues as does UNC in they are snobs academically. The only other school in the state would be Va Tech which would be a nice pickup, but just not the coverage that UVA would have since it's much closer to DC and Richmond. Like NC State, I also think Va Tech would jump just by being asked.
Florida won't want FSU or Miami to be included, UGA won't want GTech, and So. Carolina won't want Clemson, so I really think those are off the table. Besides, those 4 don't really add any TV market (except Miami). A team in NC and VA would open up two new states and much more TV market. And TV market is why these other conferences are grabing schools.
Other thoughts?
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