Originally Posted by
budwom
I strongly disagree about Duke being unable to compete in football in the Big 10. Northwestern, despite being lousy the past two seasons, has competed very well, with winning conference records in five of the last eight years (including two ten win seasons and a nine win season)...No, we may not compete with Michigan and OSU for championships, but much of the Big 10 just isn't that tough in football and Duke could be extremely competitive.
Looking at Sagarin's final rankings for 2022, Duke had a higher rating than Purdue, MSU, Nebraska, Indiana, NW and Rutgers...
This past season, the ACC Atlantic division had a higher overall rating than the Big 10 West...
Having said that, I agree that, due to our private school status and thus limited fan following, a fractional membership could make sense, the devil (ha) of course being in the details.