With the Big East becoming more unstable every day and the new playoff system taking away their AQ status what would be the hurdles to forming a new conference with these teams. To me this is just as strong a conference as the MWC and has more large markets which are considerably larger than any in the MWC besides San Diego and Las Vegas. It would stand to reason that a conference with teams from Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Tulsa, El Paso, New Orleans, Birmingham, Tampa, Orlando, and Miami could get a better TV contract than what the MWC is able to get.
Tulsa
SMU
Rice
Houston
Tulane
UTEP
Tech
Southern Miss
Memphis
UTSA
UCF
USF
UAB
ECU
Marshall
FIU