IMO the biggest winner from realignment is clearly the Pac 16. No other conference can match their audience share, alumni base, operating revenue, money, endowment, reach, or influence. The ACC is the next best winner primarily due to their basketball, already the best in the country, getting even better and the fulfillment of their long sought goal of staging the country's best basketball tournament on the biggest stage: Madison Square Garden. The SEC and Big Ten more or less stay the same but in the grand scheme fail to match the gains of the Pac 16. A new conference is cobbled together with the remnants of the Big East and the Big 12. The other conferences largely remain the same; this shuffle occurs among the top teams in football and barely effects the lower tier.

New member schools are italicized.

SUPER CONFERENCES

SEC - 14 teams

West Division
LSU
Alabama
Auburn
Arkansas
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
Texas A&M

East Division
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
West Virginia

Football Championship Game: Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA
Basketball Tournament: Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA

Pacific 16 - 16 teams

West Coast Division
USC
UCLA
California
Oregon
Stanford
Washington
Oregon State
Washington State

Frontier Division
Texas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas Tech
Arizona
Arizona State
Colorado
Utah

Football Championship Game: Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ
Basketball Tournament: Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA

ACC - 16 teams

Atlantic Division
Florida State
Maryland
North Carolina
Boston College
Wake Forest
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Connecticut

Coast Division
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
Miami
Clemson
Virginia
North Carolina
Duke
South Florida

Football Championship Game: Dolphins Stadium in Miami, FL
Basketball Tournament: Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY alternated biannually with Time Warner Arena in Charlotte, NC

Big Ten - 14 teams

Leaders Division
Ohio State
Penn State
Illinois
Indiana
Purdue
Northwestern
Rutgers

Legends Division
Michigan
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri

Football Championship Game: Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN
Basketball Tournament: Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN

SECOND CLASS CONFERENCES

Big American - 10 teams

Brigham Young
Texas Christian
Baylor
Kansas
Kansas State
Iowa State
Louisville
Cincinnati
Colorado State
Air Force

Mountain West - 8 teams

Boise State
New Mexico
Nevada
San Diego State
Nevada-Las Vegas
Fresno State
Wyoming
Hawaii

Conference USA

East Division
East Carolina
Marshall
Southern Mississippi
Memphis
Central Florida
Alabama-Birmingham

West Division
Houston
Southern Methodist
Rice
Tulane
Tulsa
Texas-El Paso

Football Championship Game: Site of member school with best season record
Basketball Tournament: FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN

BOTTOM FEEDERS

WAC - 7 teams

Idaho
San Jose State
New Mexico State
Louisiana Tech
Utah State
Texas-San Antonio
Texas State

Sun Belt - 10 teams

Troy
Middle Tennessee State
Arkansas State
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
North Texas
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Western Kentucky
South Alabama

Independents - 3 teams

Notre Dame
Army
Navy