Conference Expansion - Where Are We Headed?

It's been a while since my last post. But with everything swirling around about this particular subject, I could not resist throwing my two cents out there. I'm sure anyone who cares enough to read this post already knows that Texas A&M has finally been officially accepted into the SEC, effective on June 30, 2012. This will end a 16-year stint in the Big 12 Conference for the Aggies. This move will give the new SEC 13 teams; however, it surely will not be the only move made. Conference realignment has definitely been the hot topic in college football for the past year, beginning with the announcement of Colorado and Utah bolting from their conferences to join the newly aligned Pac-12 and Nebraska jumping to the Big 10. It seems that having four or five proposed "super conferences" is becoming an inevitability, but what does this mean for the current powerhouse conferences?

I feel like today's major conferences will remain in existence with the possible exception of the Big 12. The conference has already lost three teams (Colorado to the Pac-12, Nebraska to the Big 10, and Texas A&M to the SEC), dropping the conference to nine remaining members. Furthermore, some of the remaining members are not ruling out moving on to other conferences. Rumors are floating around out there that the Missouri Tigers plan to seek acceptance into the SEC as well and Oklahoma and Texas have expressed interest in the Pac-12. If these three teams leave, the Big 12 will dissolve, plain and simple.

Personally, I would be all for conference expansion. I could picture a 16-team SEC possibly coming into existence with the acceptance of Missouri and Texas A&M in the western division. The two teams that I would love to see come into the eastern division are Florida State and Clemson. Obviously, this remains to be seen. For the sake of argument, let's just assume that only Texas A&M and Missouri enter the SEC, leaving it at 14 teams. If this happens, I think the divisions would have to realign slightly to allow the two new teams into the western division. This is how I see the divisions being carved out:

Western Division

Arkansas

Alabama

Ole Miss

Mississippi State

Texas A&M

Missouri

LSU

Eastern Division

Auburn

Florida

Georgia

Kentucky

Vanderbilt

Tennessee

South Carolina

How do you guys see conference expansion progressing? Do you think it will come to this? Will the Big 12 dissolve or will the NCAA step in to prevent that from happening? I would love to hear your opinions on this debate.