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There has been much discourse since the latest round of realignment and media deals that every team in the ACC and the Big 12 should want to be in the Big Ten or SEC, because those conferences make the most money. But the fans themselves aren\u2019t seeing a dime of it. Their lone concern is whether their team wins on Saturday \u2014 and more money hardly guarantees more victories.<\/p>\n
With college football undergoing a massive facelift in 2024 \u2014 bigger conferences, an expanded College Football Playoff \u2014 every fan base in the country should be asking just one question: Is any of this going to help us win games?<\/em><\/p>\n For example: Oklahoma<\/a> will make a lot more money in the SEC than it would have in the Big 12. But it also faces a much tougher path to a national championship, whereas Kansas State<\/a>\u2019s chances of reaching the CFP have increased due to the Big 12\u2019s bigger field and the loss of Oklahoma and Texas.<\/p>\n So what about your school? Does its chances of success increase, decrease or remain the same in the sport\u2019s new world order?<\/p>\n To assess, I\u2019ve given all 67 power-conference schools a score between minus-5 and positive-5. The score is solely<\/em> about a team\u2019s ability to win, and does not take into account the team\u2019s current coaching staff or roster. Scoring a 0 means the school is neither better nor worse off. A score from 1 to 5 ranges from mildly better to far better, and -1 to -5 ranges from mildly worse to \u2026 uh oh.<\/p>\n