The transfer portal definitely opens up the possibility of second tier sort of D1 level developmental teams existing to take on Nick Saban's cast off 5 star recruits and let them rebuild value, which was one potential issue with the pool of have's getting too small. It just strikes me as weird for a whole host of periodic top 25 level programs (Virginia, VA tech, Arizona's. etc.) to suddenly be stuck on the outside looking in. If the ACC has enough of the contract hook they might be the anchor for a 3rd conference. Someone at Notre Dame might get their own crazy idea to start a conference... Or there just seems like a ton of unknowns so the field of outcomes is rather wide. Over the years this expansion discussion has happened I don't ever remember USC and UCLA being mentioned, so it is rather chaotic territory.