We talk about conference realignment a lot. Pretty much every day. It's become the third sport of...
We talk about conference realignment a lot. Pretty much every day. It's become the third sport of college football, right after recruiting. But how do we figure out who's winning it?
Here's an attempt at assigning a Realignment Value to every school in or close to joining FBS, so we can figure out exactly which conferences are winning (and by how much) and how big the remaining moves are.
— What's Your College Football Program Worth? Introducing Realignment Value Rankings - SBNation.com
Wake gets slotted in at 69th, which honestly isn't bad. Usually we see the Deacs in the 80s-90s when these kinds of lists come out, so to see them valued at higher means that the substantial investments have paid off -- if only a little bit.

