NIL and Realignment killing what made college football great IMHO: That said, one positive thing in this new realignment is that so many schools are being forced to prove their true worth and expose all their bumps and warts. No more hiding behind the skirts of the big programs and P5 status. This favors someone like UCF who has had to continually prove its value and still does. We hit the ground running lean and mean and in a total upswing. Teams like Oregon State, Washington State, Cal, Colorado have been sitting back fat and happy. Secure in their positions. Even Oregon struggling to prove its value. If they have to join the B12 it will be a big serving of humble pie.