Maroon Eagle's post about Charlotte got me really looking at the Mid-Major (aka Group of 5) conferences and how they'll shake out after this round of realignment sets up in the next 2-3 years.
By 2024, we'll have:
Looking at those line-ups, I would say The American is still technically the top G5 conference, but I don't think there's a lot of daylight between them and the Sun Belt, who I'd place at #2.
Conference USA is VERY clearly at the bottom and I'd put Mountain West above the MAC, so I would rank them out at:
1. AAC
2. Sun Belt
3. MWC
4. MAC
5. CUSA
By 2024, we'll have:
| AAC | CUSA | MAC | MWC | Sun Belt |
| ECU | FIU | Akron | Air Force | App St |
| Memphis | LaTech | Bowling Green | Boise St | Ark St |
| USF | MTSU | Buffalo | Fresno St | Coastal |
| SMU | UTEP | Kent St | Colorado St | Georgia So |
| Temple | WKU | Miami OH | Nevada | Georgia St |
| Tulane | Jacksonville St | Ohio | UNLV | JMU |
| Tulsa | Liberty | Ball St | New Mexico | ULL |
| UAB | NMSU | Central Mich | SDSU | ULM |
| FAU | Sam Houston | Eastern Mich | SJSU | Marshall |
| Charlotte | Kennesaw St | NIU | Utah St | ODU |
| UNT | Toledo | Wyoming | USA | |
| Rice | Western Mich | Hawai'i | USM | |
| UTSA | Texas St | |||
| Navy | Troy |
Looking at those line-ups, I would say The American is still technically the top G5 conference, but I don't think there's a lot of daylight between them and the Sun Belt, who I'd place at #2.
Conference USA is VERY clearly at the bottom and I'd put Mountain West above the MAC, so I would rank them out at:
1. AAC
2. Sun Belt
3. MWC
4. MAC
5. CUSA
