This is what I just don't understand when this keeps coming up. If they break into their own league, what if the "others" don't play them. They'd have to play each other twice a year, home and away. So how do you think Oklahoma or say Michigan is going to like having Bama, OSU, and Georgia TWICE on their schedule? Fun huh? These teams all want heir "little brothers" on the schedule.....Absolutely ... sports competitions are a zero-sum game. If you have your winners ... then you necessarily have to have your losers.
What happens when a former perennial winner becomes the new cellar-dweller? They rapidly want to exit their current predicament.