The chatter over the past 24 hours about Big Ten expansion has focused on Maryland, and then Rutgers.

But is it possible that another Atlantic Coast Conference school is also being eyed by the Big Ten? Jeff Ermann, whose Maryland.247sports.com site focuses on the Terrapins athletic program, indicated that his sources are telling him that Georgia Tech could be a Big Ten target.

The presumed order of dominoes to fall for another round of Big Ten expansion reportedly starts with Maryland, which has a Board of Regents meeting scheduled for Monday morning.

Perhaps the reason Maryland is the first piece is the $50 million exit fee the Atlantic Coast Conference now charges for teams to leave. That was instituted after the ACC added Notre Dame for all sports but football earlier this year.

Georgia Tech would, at least on paper, face the same exit fee.

By comparison, Rutgers' exit fee if it wants to leave the Big East is a relatively small $10 million -- presumably a lot easier to navigate than a second $50 million exit fee.