I have a feeling a great reset is coming to college sports, particularly at the G6 level.
With the introduction of revenue sharing, we're beginning to see which programs are serious about investing in football and which ones simply cannot keep up financially.
The average football budget among the top 25 G6 programs is approximately $20.7 million. While that isn't necessarily a hard cutoff, I think it gives us an idea of what the financial expectations could look like moving forward.
My prediction is that programs unable or unwilling to keep pace will eventually face a difficult decision: move down to the FCS level voluntarily or risk being left without a conference home as realignment continues.
I genuinely believe there's a scenario where conferences like the MAC and CUSA cease to exist because too many of their members can no longer afford to compete at the FBS level.
We're approaching a point where simply wanting to play FBS football won't be enough. Schools will have to prove they can financially support it.
And I think that reality is going to reshape college football dramatically over the next decade.
These are the teams that I believe are safe: