I am going to repost this as we have started to talk about the value of teams that are left:
The SEC won't be expanding to Oregon, or the left coast. No need and the complexities of it are absurd.
The SEC will choose schools from the following list if it makes financial sense (in sort of an order of best to worst):
Clemson
FSU
UNC
Duke
UVa
Miami
OkSU
WV
NCState
VaTech
Louisville
Kansas
Truthfully, not many of these deliver that many eyeballs:
19. Clemson — 1.74M
22. Oklahoma State — 1.58M
25. Florida State — 1.27M
35. Miami — 1.038M
36. North Carolina — 1.032M
40. West Virginia — 948K
50. Louisville — 616K
51. Virginia — 611K
54. Kansas — 540K
56. NC State — 525K
62. Virginia Tech — 447K
96. Duke — 64K
They can go to 20 or 22, I can't see 8 teams that are worthy and would bring enough to the table to justify getting a piece of pie.
I'd go to 22 with a 3-6-6-6 schedule, and bring in:
19. Clemson — 1.74M
22. Oklahoma State — 1.58M
25. Florida State — 1.27M
36. North Carolina — 1.032M
Then 2 of these, with the hoops schools being first choice:
96. Duke — 64K
54. Kansas — 540K
50. Louisville — 616K
51. Virginia — 611K
35. Miami — 1.038M
40. West Virginia — 948K
Out:
56. NC State — 525K
62. Virginia Tech — 447K