Posted by NeoPrankster  11/29/2020 10:14 pm | #1 |
Imagine if you were handed a map of all the FBS and FCS programs in College Football and were tasked with drawing up a new conference alignment? How would things look?
For me, things would look something like this:
PAC (Pacific Athletic Conference)
North
Boise State
Oregon
Oregon State
Utah
Washington
Washington State
South
Arizona
Arizona State
Cal
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Mountain West Conference
Pacific
Hawaii
Fresno State
San Jose State
San Diego State
UNLV
Nevada-Reno
Mountain
Air Force
BYU
Colorado State
North Dakota State
New Mexico
Wyoming
Big XII
North
Colorado
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma
South
Texas
Oklahoma State
Texas Tech
TCU
Baylor
Texas A&M
Conference USA
East
Louisiana Tech
Old Dominion
FIU
UNC Charlotte
UAB
Troy
West
Utah State
Houston
UTEP
Rice
Texas State
North Texas
SEC
East
Florida
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Kentucky
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
West
Alabama
Auburn
LSU
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
Tulane
Sun Belt
Division A
FAU
Coastal Carolina
App State
South Alabama
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Division B
Southern Miss
Louisiana Lafayette
Louisiana Monroe
Mid Tennessee State
Arkansas State
WKU
Big Ten (or Great Lakes Conference)
West
Iowa
Iowa State
Illinois
Northwestern
Minnesota
Wisconsin
East
Michigan
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Purdue
Indiana
Ohio State
Atlantic Coast Conference
Duke
North Carolina
NC State
Wake Forest
Clemson
South Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
Penn State
UMass
Temple
Big East
Boston College
Cincinnati
UConn
Louisville
Miami FL
Rutgers
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
UCF
USF
MAC
East
Miami OH
Ohio
Akron
Bowling Green
Kent State
Buffalo
West
Ball State
Northern Illinois
EMU
CMU
WMU
Toledo
Independents
Arkansas
Navy
Army
Memphis
Marshall
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Posted by sportsfan7 11/30/2020 1:50 am | #2 |
I set these Conferences up several years ago to maximize traditional rivalries. Each team plays 12 Games. The 10-team conferences play a 9 game round robin, except for the Independence Conference, which only plays 4 conference games. The 12-team conferences play an 8 game conference slate, with various amounts of protected games, depending on the conference. Every conference has a Championship Game. After teams play a traditional (pre-BCS/Bowl Alliance/Bowl Coalition) the #1 and #2 teams in the country are selected to play in the National Championship Game. The 20 teams not listed would ether drop down to FCS or drop Football. Looking back, I probably would've included Buffalo, Nevada, and Lousiana at the expense of Ball State, San Jose State, and Utah State, respectively.
ACC
Boston College
Maryland
Virginia
Wake Forest
Duke
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Florida State
Big 10
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan State
Indiana
Purdue
Northwestern
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
SEC
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Auburn
Alabama
Mississippi
Mississippi State
LSU
Arkansas
Big 12
Iowa State
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Baylor
PAC-10
Washington
Washington State
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
Cal
USC
UCLA
Arizona State
Arizona
Independence (Conference-in-Name-Only for the sake of a Championship Game)
Army
Navy
Air Force
Penn State
Notre Dame
Miami
BYU
Rice
Temple
Hawaii
Big East
Connecticut
Syracuse
Rutgers
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Louisville
Virginia Tech
Memphis
Houston
Central Florida
South Florida
WAC
Tulsa
TCU
SMU
New Mexico
Colorado State
Wyoming
Boise State
Utah
UNLV
San Jose State
Fresno State
San Diego State
Conference-USA
Northern Illinois
Marshall
Utah State
East Carolina
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
North Texas
UTEP
UTSA
Louisiana Tech
Tulane
Southern Mississippi
MAC
Kent State
Akron
Ohio
Miami (OH)
Toledo
Kent State
Eastern Michigan
Central Michigan
Western Michigan
Ball State
Major Bowl Games (There are others that I won't list. Ideally ~50% of team would be bowl-eligible)
One of the 5 At Large Teams must be a champion of the WAC, Conference-USA, or MAC.
Rose Bowl
Big 10 Champ vs PAC-10 Champ
Orange Bowl
Big East Champ vs At Large
Sugar Bowl
Big 12 Champ vs SEC Champ
Peach Bowl
ACC Champ vs At Large
Cotton Bowl
Independence Champ vs At Large
Fiesta Bowl
At Large vs At Large
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Posted by CCLXXXVII 12/01/2020 3:00 pm | #3 |
I would remove 2 teams from the current FBS lineup so that there could be 8 conferences of 16 teams each, 4 divisions of 4 teams apiece. 4 upper tier conferences, 4 lower tier.
6 games in division (1 home, 1 away against every other team)
6 games in conference (1 home, 1 away against 2 teams per the other 3 divisions)
3 games out of conference in your tier (1 per conference)
1 designated rivalry game
Top team in every division makes postseason, seeded 1-4
Conference Semifinals - 1 vs 4, 2 vs 3
Conference Finals - winners of semis
8 conference winners are seeded 1-8
Quarterfinals - 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5
Semifinals
National Championship
The NY6 bowls are the sites for the quarterfinals and semifinals. Natty is at a predetermined site.
