Hail Administration and Shahid Kahn Tier:
Job #1 for the committee is to find more people for this list. I don't have confidence they will, but that's what they need to do.
Here's an idea: look for ADs with midwestern ties at schools that aren't blue bloods but are having good success relative to their tradition or history. Here's just a few names you could take a look at:
Baylor: Ian McCaw has been AD since 2003. He is not a Baylor or Texas guy so maybe he could be lured away to a new challenge. (He went to school in Canada and got his masters at UMass.)
Ole Miss: Ross Bjork is the youngest Power 5 AD. He's from Kansas and got his Masters at Western Illinois. Illinois is a tough job, but Ole Miss is pretty tough too. Things are likely to go south quickly for him if he ever loses Hugh Freeze.
Miss St: Scott Stricklin is a Miss St alum and from Jackson, MS. No chance for him.
Arkansas: Jeff Long is from Ohio and his wife is from Ann Arbor. This is obviously a long shot, but Arkansas has unrealistic championship expectations. I just don't see how they rise up in the SEC West. Maybe a big pay package could lure him away and give our athletic department some credibility.
Missouri: Mack Rhoades previously worked at Akron, has a Masters from Indiana and hired Tom Herman at Houston. Missouri looks to be a bit of a dumpster fire, but you can't pin much of that on him. I also think Gary Pinkel was a once in a generation coach for them and they are very unlikely to rise up again in the SEC East, which has been really down the last few years. Maybe Illinois would actually be an upgrade.
Edit: Michigan State is the best example of a program that has risen beyond it's historical level. Mark Hollis is an MSU guy though as are a lot of the staff. No chance for him. Northwestern is another example, but we know about Jim Phillips and we know he's not available even though he's an alum.