to show how the 4 or 5 power conferences could seamlessly continue growing until they become super conferences and then just as easily break up into smaller regional conferences without the media and fan bases blinking an eye.

As far as swapping UVA and Miami goes, it ain't going to happen because then that would require VT-UVA becoming a protected cross-division game. It would also mean both VA schools wouldn't play the other 7 teams in the other division. Hence why I said the ACC would continue with the zipper model so it could protect the "South's Oldest Rivalry" and keep the SEC's "Deep South's Oldest Rivalry" as the second longest continuous conference rivalry.

I don't think it is just regular access to FL that the schools are concern about, but regular access to the Southeast Region (SC, GA, and FL). Otherwise, the ACC wouldn't have split Clemson and GT into opposite divisions for either sport. From the Southeast Region access the North-South still gives the North team regular access to the region (assuming the conference plays a 9 game schedule with 2 rotating cross-division games.

Year 1: 1 NC school and 1 FL school
Year 2: 1 NC school and 1 SC/GA school
Year 3: 1 NC school and the other FL school
Year 4: 1 NC school and the other SC/GA school
Year 5: Opposite of Year 1
Year 6: Opposite of Year 2
Year 7: Opposite of Year 3
Year 8: Opposite of Year 4 *cycle is complete*

Even the South Division can follow a similar structure when you see the 8 North teams are paired nicely:

BC/Syracuse
Pitt/WVU
Notre Dame/L'ville
VT/UVA

Even if the ACC opts for rotating pods, which BTW failed when the WAC attempted it, will still have an impact on some rivalries because it depends on whether the 4 pods are based on regions or implement some version of the zipper model. Does the ACC place the 4 NC schools in 1 pod (4), 2 pods (2 each), or 4 pods (1 each)? What about the 4 southern most schools? If WVU is 1 of the additional schools, then is it placed in a pod with Pitt or VT? Does VT end up in a pod with UVA, WVU, or neither? If neither, then VT could still end playing either school as a protected cross-division game. Does BC end up in a pod with Syracuse, Notre Dame, or neither? If neither, BC could end up still playing either school as a protected cross-division game. If the ACC opts for regional pods, then the 4 could look like this:

Pod 1 - BC, Syracuse, Pitt, and Notre Dame
Pod 2 - WVU, L'ville, VT, and UVA
Pod 3 - 4 NC schools
Pod 4 - Clemson, GT, FSU, and Miami

If the pairings are 1-2 and 3-4, then the ACC kills the "South's Oldest Rivalry" as an annual conference game. If the pairing is 1-4 and 2-3, then the ACC kills both the "Backyard Brawl" and "Textile Bowl" as annual conference games. If the ACC were to attempt the pod method, then it seems the logical approach would be to use the zipper model for all 4 pods which would include 1 NC and 1 SC/GA/FL school in each pod. While the remaining 8 fill the remaining 2 spots in each pod.

Also, keep in mind that when the new whatever forms, it could be regional base. So VT and UVA could be in the Mid-Atlantic Division. While Duke and UNC are in the Southern Division.
[Post edited by VTHokie2000 at 05/22/2018 6:05PM]