<p>An important question would be: why would they want to be in the Ivy league? Most of them are doing really well for themselves on their own.</p>
<p>Take the Big 10 (11 counting Penn State). For years there had been underground efforts to get Notre Dame in the Big 10 – for a while it was the most competitive conference in college football. Notre Dame repeatedly shut the B10 down, because they were winning national championships and gaining lucrative TV contracts all on their own. They didn’t need to be in a prestigious football conference, because they were plenty prestigious on their own.</p>
<p>MIT, Caltech, and Stanford aren’t exactly hurting in the reputation department.</p>
<p>Of course the efforts have been revived today, only now both the Big 10 and ND are mediocre… :p</p>