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There's going to be a BIG reshuffling of conferences come the middle of the next decade and I anticipate SBU will get an FBS invite somewhere in the middle of all that chaos.

just curious for more color on this, as it's intriguing.  what are you basing this on and thanks for your thoughts.

Schools in the Big 12, Oklahoma specifically aren't very happy with the league and could be looking elsewhere towards another conference once the GOR for the Big 12 expires in 2025. Big Ten, SEC, and Pac 12 could all be destinations. Oklahoma was heavily in favor of the Big 12 expanding last year, but the league decided against it:
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/9/22/16350026/bob-bowlsby-big-12-commissioner-contract

There's also the issue of CUSA, which overexpanded in 2013 taking mediocre schools only because they were in big media markets having their TV revenue drop from ~2M per school per year to just 200k per year per school. That small amount of TV money, when combined with all the travel they have to do in that league poses a huge problem for CUSA that they'll have to address. A split or some kind of reshuffling with the Sun Belt may happen down the road.
http://www.sunherald.com/sports/college/conference-usa/university-of-southern-mississippi/article83199052.html

Then there's always the spectre of Big East expansion. Potentially bringing Uconn back into the fold.
http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-jacobs-column-uconn-big-east-0219-20170218-column.html

Any one of these events could have a trickle down effect through all of the conferences. Realignment never happens in a vacuum. The biggest catalyst is likely to be anything involving the Big 12, and then the moves would happen from there. There could be a lot of movement like in the great realignment of 2010-13, and this time SBU will hopefully be in prime position to claim a spot with our great academics, competitive programs and great facilities. 

There's also the possibility of the CAA football schools moving to FBS as independents, then forming a new conference later. OR that league forming as a part of the eastern split of CUSA. Liberty going to FBS as independent has opened the door for other schools to do the same.
https://pilotonline.com/sports/columnist/harry-minium/minium-ncaa-exception-for-liberty-was-right-call-but-could/article_cccaf7d1-88de-5c93-bf5d-1943f64e9aaa.html

Interesting times are ahead! I also wouldn't be too shocked if a move to the A10 or CAA happened for us before 2025. I used to be vehemently anti CAA calling it a lateral move, but I'm starting to reconsider my stance on that one.