SEC - Division A
Alabama
Auburn
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
LSU
Arkansas

SEC - Division B
Texas
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
*Oklahoma State
Missouri
*Kansas

SEC - Division C
Florida
*Florida State
Georgia
*Georgia Tech
South Carolina
*Clemson

SEC - Division D
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
*Louisville
*North Carolina
*North Carolina State

Summary: Infinite supply of good football content, (besides Duke) the three biggest basketball brands, the South is almost completely locked down (besides Miami and Duke), 14 total states covered. The tier 3 content of this league would be like Louisville vs. Arkansas, which makes the Tier 2 content something like Tennessee vs. Auburn. The Tier 1 content is amazing in both money sports.

Big Ten - Division A
*Connecticut - After they win their 6th title this year they will be too good to ignore.
Rutgers
*Miami
*Notre Dame
Maryland
*Virginia
(but...*Virginia Tech/Duke here if you can't accept UConn)

Big Ten - Division B
Penn State
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan State
Indiana
Purdue

Big Ten - Division C
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Northwestern

Big Ten - Division D
USC
UCLA
Oregon
Washington
*Colorado
*Utah

Summary: Not at the SEC 24 level, but impressive football brands of Penn State, Ohio State Michigan, Notre Dame, USC, and Miami. Good basketball coverage with UConn and UCLA (and a very strong second tier of Michigan State, Indiana, Maryland, Virginia, and Michigan). Massive 19-state reach (18 with Virginia Tech instead of UConn). This would be seen as the "National Conference" and would cover the metros of LA, NY, and Chicago.

Leftovers (note: they all could get in over Oklahoma State/UConn/Virginia Tech):
Arizona
Arizona State
Texas Tech
West Virginia
TCU
Duke
Virginia Tech/UConn/Duke

... Nobody else really has an argument. Cal and Stanford are basically worthless as shown by their current evaluation from the Big Ten (hard pass) and ACC (yes, but we're paying you in crackers).

(02-19-2024 11:12 PM)Sparty Baby 84 Wrote:  SEC - Division A
Alabama
Auburn
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
LSU
Arkansas

SEC - Division B
Texas
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
*Oklahoma State
Missouri
*Kansas

SEC - Division C
Florida
*Florida State
Georgia
*Georgia Tech
South Carolina
*Clemson

SEC - Division D
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
*Louisville
*North Carolina
*North Carolina State

Summary: Infinite supply of good football content, (besides Duke) the three biggest basketball brands, the South is almost completely locked down (besides Miami and Duke), 14 total states covered. The tier 3 content of this league would be like Louisville vs. Arkansas, which makes the Tier 2 content something like Tennessee vs. Auburn. The Tier 1 content is amazing in both money sports.

Big Ten - Division A
*Connecticut - After they win their 6th title this year they will be too good to ignore.
Rutgers
*Miami
*Notre Dame
Maryland
*Virginia
(but...*Virginia Tech/Duke here if you can't accept UConn)

Big Ten - Division B
Penn State
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan State
Indiana
Purdue

Big Ten - Division C
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Northwestern

Big Ten - Division D
USC
UCLA
Oregon
Washington
*Colorado
*Utah

Summary: Not at the SEC 24 level, but impressive football brands of Penn State, Ohio State Michigan, Notre Dame, USC, and Miami. Good basketball coverage with UConn and UCLA (and a very strong second tier of Michigan State, Indiana, Maryland, Virginia, and Michigan). Massive 19-state reach (18 with Virginia Tech instead of UConn). This would be seen as the "National Conference" and would cover the metros of LA, NY, and Chicago.

Leftovers (note: they all could get in over Oklahoma State/UConn/Virginia Tech):
Arizona
Arizona State
Texas Tech
West Virginia
TCU
Duke
Virginia Tech/UConn/Duke

... Nobody else really has an argument. Cal and Stanford are basically worthless as shown by their current evaluation from the Big Ten (hard pass) and ACC (yes, but we're paying you in crackers).

Rutgers making it in is what sold me on this

I like the idea of the Big 10 adding Colorado & ASU for a contiguous east-west conference and UVa-Duke-GT-Miami for a contiguous north-south conference. I would then do a Breakaway 1 and declare my own "National" champions. They haven't had much success competing with the SEC, so might as well do your own thing. Notre Dame would be sure to join, too, once confronted with alternatives.

(02-19-2024 11:12 PM)Sparty Baby 84 Wrote:  SEC - Division A
Alabama
Auburn
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
LSU
Arkansas

SEC - Division B
Texas
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
*Oklahoma State
Missouri
*Kansas

SEC - Division C
Florida
*Florida State
Georgia
*Georgia Tech
South Carolina
*Clemson

SEC - Division D
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
*Louisville
*North Carolina
*North Carolina State

Summary: Infinite supply of good football content, (besides Duke) the three biggest basketball brands, the South is almost completely locked down (besides Miami and Duke), 14 total states covered. The tier 3 content of this league would be like Louisville vs. Arkansas, which makes the Tier 2 content something like Tennessee vs. Auburn. The Tier 1 content is amazing in both money sports.

Big Ten - Division A
*Connecticut - After they win their 6th title this year they will be too good to ignore.
Rutgers
*Miami
*Notre Dame
Maryland
*Virginia
(but...*Virginia Tech/Duke here if you can't accept UConn)

Big Ten - Division B
Penn State
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan State
Indiana
Purdue

Big Ten - Division C
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Northwestern

Big Ten - Division D
USC
UCLA
Oregon
Washington
*Colorado
*Utah

Summary: Not at the SEC 24 level, but impressive football brands of Penn State, Ohio State Michigan, Notre Dame, USC, and Miami. Good basketball coverage with UConn and UCLA (and a very strong second tier of Michigan State, Indiana, Maryland, Virginia, and Michigan). Massive 19-state reach (18 with Virginia Tech instead of UConn). This would be seen as the "National Conference" and would cover the metros of LA, NY, and Chicago.

Leftovers (note: they all could get in over Oklahoma State/UConn/Virginia Tech):
Arizona
Arizona State
Texas Tech
West Virginia
TCU
Duke
Virginia Tech/UConn/Duke

... Nobody else really has an argument. Cal and Stanford are basically worthless as shown by their current evaluation from the Big Ten (hard pass) and ACC (yes, but we're paying you in crackers).

Va Tech gets in before Louisville or Kansas, assuming UVA goes BIG

West Virginia may have a chance at being included, small but a chance.

Duke might be in before Ga Tech. Close to the same except Duke is better in most sports. Another in this category is Boston College if Mass is wanted by anyone. Syracuse would do the same for NY.

An Arizona team gets in one of the conferences. If its BIG then Miami, Utah or Colorado arent in or Notre Dame is independent. Does Oregon State have any chance? Washington State would be well behind OSU.

If this happens, dont see ND being able to be independent. Why would everyone else let them have a different set of rules?

The motives of the selectors is the key, Is it all on perfromance or market or including a state or a mixture? Is 48 more than needed?

if you want to separate and hold ur own playoff's, you need to include the whole country.
ASU, Utah, Colo, Kansas gives BIG 22, BIG will wait for ND [maybe forever] & NE school [Conn]

I don't see 14 schools that can help SEC & BIG [FSU, Clemson, NC, Va]

42 schools would be enough to hold 14 school playoff