OU will not leave OSU. Or OSU will not let OU leave them behind.
WVU will get plucked by someone on the East coast, and the expansion of other conferences will then follow suit.
KU will get picked up on the basis of basketball only, probably by the Big10.
The SEC has been in talks of reorganizing their divisions to better suit travel schedules per geographic sense. Mizzou will soon enough be in the SEC West, other things will have to play into that for it to happen.
In this, look for realignment version, look for 'P5' conferences to contemplate cutting dead weight as well.
Somewhere, someone is going to get plucked and invited.
KState, ISU, Tech, and Baylor are toast to me. I think TCU very well falls into this camp as well. Their numbers and TV pull just really isn't there.
The plan for UNT should be to hitch the wagon to the Big12 rejects. That should be the absolute goal moving forward. And a 5 year plan should be put in place for just this, yesterday.