RE: Another Realignment Thread: Why? Just Because
I think there is room for a little growth in the top tier then perhaps a clean break away for football? Create a "FAS" to be above FBS which is above FCS.
With a little realignment (up to 74), we get 2 overriding conferences - SEC & B1G. They get split into 4 divisions of 9 each. Each school plays 12 games: 8 divisional games, 2 non-divisional conference games, and 2 OOC games (can be conference opponents but count as OOC). The independents must play a minimum of 13 games to be considered for the CFP. Conferences have 4-team playoffs with each division winner getting in. Here's how I would set it up:
FAS
SEC
West: Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, LSU, Memphis, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
Central: Alabama, Auburn, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Louisville, Mississippi, Mississippi St, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
North: Duke, East Carolina, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina St, Temple, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
South: Central Florida, Clemson, Florida, Florida St, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Miami, South Carolina, South Florida
B1G
West: Arizona, California, Oregon, Oregon St, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington St
Central: Arizona St, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas St, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Utah
North: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa St, Michigan St, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin
East: Boston College, Connecticut, Michigan, Ohio St, Penn St, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, West Virginia
Independents: BYU, Notre Dame
(This post was last modified: 09-08-2017 09:05 AM by BePcr07.)
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