Who did better? PAC 12 or Mountain West?

meangreenfaninno · 2025-01-08T14:46:47Z

And how did the AAC fair coming thru latest realignment as well. I think the AAC fared well and is better than both!

greenjoe · 2025-01-08T15:42:38Z

I wish the American had been able to get the Air Force Academy to join us.

RBP79 · 2025-01-08T15:42:40Z

PAC has join the "Group of 5" to make it G6. The last realignment hurt both them and MWC. AAC came out on top of both....IMO

keith · 2025-01-08T15:54:01Z

In terms of the Pac12/MWC tweet above and what they both started with (not the legacy Pac, the WSU and OSU Pac), the Pac12 came out way ahead of the MWC. They need 1 more right? Where do they get it or do they try to add more than one.

In terms of the AAC, SMU out and Army In. Love having another service academy as a conference mate and it was probably the best move the conference could make...national recognition and following. The whole Army/Navy game piece is kind of a monkey wrench. Overall, with SMU's performance and getting into the CFP this year makes the loss of SMU a bit more that the addition of Army (at least this year). Let's see how the next couple years pan out.

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ColoradoEagle · 2025-01-08T16:00:39Z

The PAC stands a real chance of becoming the 'Big East of the West', but I think they'll still be fighting to get into the CFP each year with the rest of the G5.

MWC obviously is a huge downgrade since they're the conference that got raided. The best thing they have going for them is stability. Outside of AFA and, to a lesser degree, NIU and UNLV, no one has any interest in those schools.

AAC did well with the Army pickup. What happens in the next few years under the new commissioner will be important. As a conference, we've scheduled ourselves into a one bid joke like Sun Belt or CUSA. They've gotta figure out some strategy there. For football, it's hard to say we're better or worse off than last year. SMU going to the CFP was a fluke compared with the past 30 years, but I imagine they'll be a stronger program in general than they were in the AAC due to the amount of money and attention the ACC brings. At least while it lasts...

TripleGrad · 2025-01-08T16:47:05Z

MWC is a push in overall terms from before the raid to after. Still a solid G6 but lower than the AAC in my mind.

PACx has survived, which is all one can really expect for a conference that got shattered in the realignment. But the 2 legacy P4 schools cannot elevate that new version higher than the G6 bunch.

Both of the conferences will get low-to-mid TV coverage, and fill the late schedule spots.

For the AAC, I'm happy with Army over SMU. I wish we could have pulled Air Force, but so be it.

I do expect the PACx to make another run at Memphis, that should be interesting.

Fun fact: I've been tracking the realignment via a spreadsheet. As of the NIU change, 46 teams have changed conferences since OUT announced their move to the SEC.

greenjoe · 2025-01-08T17:25:38Z

OUT gave me pause. I like it.

MrAlien · 2025-01-08T18:39:30Z

What do the TV deals look like for each conference? Did the Pac12 ever get one? I Know MWC had a TX deal with FOX, but with all the movement is the deal still in place?

The Pac12 probably came out better, but they are no longer a power conference.

The MWC was a strong G5 conference, now average at best, but I do think given the circumstances they added the right schools.

The winners in all this are the schools that left the Pac12

What does this mean for the AAC? The AAC could become the top G6 conference, if al the schools pull their weight.

MCMLXXX · 2025-01-08T19:01:39Z

The MWC is at this point only attractive to New Mexico State and FCS schools that want to move up. Otherwise, I think they have exhausted their expansion options.

If the PAC12 is unable to lure UNLV away from the MWC then I think their best option is to land a Texas Trifecta. I don't see a single Texas School wanting to be an outlier in the PAC (Texas State might go alone but I doubt it). Of course, any big media deal would change my opinion, but I doubt that happens.