1. Rutgers
2. Nebraska
3. Missouri
I can assure you, it will NOT be Notre Dame.
| Public | Private | Canadian |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana University | Brandeis University | McGill University |
| Iowa State University | Brown University | University of Toronto |
| Michigan State University | California Institute of Technology | |
| The Ohio State University | Carnegie Mellon University | |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Case Western Reserve University | |
| Purdue University | Columbia University | |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | Cornell University | |
| Stony Brook University-State University of New York | Duke University | |
| Texas A&M University | Emory University | |
| University at Buffalo, The State University of New York | Harvard University | |
| The University of Arizona | The Johns Hopkins University | |
| University of California, Davis | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| University of California, Berkeley | New York University | |
| University of California, Irvine | Northwestern University | |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Princeton University | |
| University of California, San Diego | Rice University | |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | Stanford University | |
| University of Colorado at Boulder | Syracuse University | |
| University of Florida | Tulane University | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | The University of Chicago | |
| The University of Iowa | University of Pennsylvania | |
| The University of Kansas | University of Rochester | |
| University of Maryland at College Park | University of Southern California | |
| University of Michigan | Vanderbilt University | |
| University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | Washington University in St. Louis | |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Yale University | |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | ||
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| University of Oregon | ||
| University of Pittsburgh | ||
| The University of Texas at Austin | ||
| University of Virginia | ||
| University of Washington | ||
| The University of Wisconsin-Madison |
In regards to Nebraska, Mizzou and ISU, I have a hard time seeing a break-up of the old Big 8 group.
It could be nice if Iowa and ISU were in the same conference, but there are some great in state rivalries involving teams from different conferences (Florida-FSU, Georgia-Georgia Tech, USC-Clemson, Kentucky-Louiville, Colorado-CSU). Having the team in different leagues actually adds to the rivalry.
After the way Nebraska got jobbed in the Big 12 conference championship game I couldn’t blame them.
OTOH, at least IMHO, Missouri would be a good fit for the Big 10.