How soon thismayoccur remains to be seen, but the the additional millions in revenue the new college football playoff will provide BCS conferences, coupled with their decision to eliminate the one source in which smaller schools could obtain a piece of those funds, will almost certainly accelerate the timetable for any such fracturing.
Thismay be more likely to occur when you first wake up in the morning, after they have dried up a bit and become smaller than the pits where they were lodged.