I literally cannot wait for Oregon and Washington to realize they are no longer top dogs (more than they already haven't been in the Pac-12) than when they now have to play Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and USC.
Short term it might make sense financially, but I hope those schools fucking burn long-term.
Over the past 20 years, switching from one P5 conference to another hasn't been great for most of the teams who have done it. Some schools have initial success but then they seem to get lost in the mix.
ACC
Virginia Tech-Lots of early success in the ACC. They had eight 10 win seasons to start and won a few conference titles, but have fallen off in the last decade. One ten win season and have lost at least four games a year over the last decade.
Miami-Have never won an ACC title, only one 10 win season in their time in the ACC, a far cry from their dominant days in the Big East.
Syracuse: Sub .500 record since going to the ACC
Pitt: Has about stayed the same since joining the ACC, one conference title.
Louisville: 72-53 since joining the ACC, one division title
BC-Two ACC title game appearances in 07 and 08, since then 80-94 total record.
BIG 10
Maryland: 45-60 since going to the BIG
Rutgers: 29-66
Nebraska Pelini had them winning at least 9 games a year in their first four years of BIG play, but overall they're 75-72 since 2011.
BIG 12
WVU-73-63 since 2012, only really contended for a conference title once (2018)
PAC 12
Colorado 48-94, won their division once.
SEC
Texas A&M-First season was the 11-2 Johnny Football year where they beat Bama. But overall 90-48, not a bad overall record but only 3 winning records in SEC play in 11 years.
Missouri-Won their division twice in their first three years in the SEC. 75-61 since 2012, only a winning SEC record 3 times.
Other than Nebraska and Miami,, none are "premier" programs like USC, Texas, and Oklahoma so it will be interesting to see how they do when they switch conferences. But they've always been the top dogs wherever they've been (Big 8/12, Pac 10) and now they're not. How will they handle that?
If you're in the Power 2 (BIG/SEC) you're in a financially stable and powerful conference, but if you're not one the elites, competing for a championship just became harder than ever. Congrats Illinois and Minnesota, you're in the club, but now you have three more great programs to go through (UW, Oregon, and USC) on top of PSU, OSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Michigan State. Same thing in the SEC, Kentucky, Ole Miss Arkansas, South Carolina, you're in a great conference but you have to go through Bama, Auburn, LSU, Florida, UGA, Tennessee, Texas, and Oklahoma, good luck.