Regional Conferences

[MNCyGuy]

So I threw it out as a joke in another thread, but then was interested in what such a thing might look like. Won't ever happen, but here is rough idea of what complete conference re-alignment might look like if the 120 FBS teams were organized with an eye only to geography:

Southeastern Conference:
South Division
1. Florida
2. University of Miami
3. South Florida
4. Florida International
5. Florida Atlantic
6. Central Florida

North Division
1. Georgia Tech
2. Auburn
3. Florida State
4. Georgia
5. South Carolina
6. Troy
2010 SEC Champ: Florida

Atlantic Coast Conference:
East Division
1. North Carolina
2. Clemson
3. East Carolina
4. North Carolina State
5. Wake Forest
6. Duke
West Division
7. Virginia Tech
8. Tennessee
9. West Virginia
10. Virginia
11. Kentucky
12. Marshall
2010 ACC Champ: Virginia Tech


Big East Conference:
North Division
1. Connecticut
2. Boston College
3. Rutgers
4. Buffalo
5. Syracuse
6. Army
South Division
7. Penn State
8. Pittsburgh
9. Navy
10. Maryland
11. Temple
12. Kent State
2010 Big East Champion: Penn State

Mid-American Conference:
North Division
1. Michigan
2. Michigan State
3. Eastern Michigan
4. Central Michigan
5. Toledo
6. Western Michigan
South Division
7. Ohio State
8. Cincinnati
9. Miami (OH)
10. Ohio
11. Bowling Green
12. Akron
2010 MAC Champion: Ohio State


Central States Conference:
North Division
1. Notre Dame
2. Wisconsin
3. Purdue
4. Illinois
5. Northern Illinois
6. Northwestern
South Division
7. Louisville
8. Indiana
9. Vanderbilt
10. Middle Tennessee State
11. Ball State
12. Western Kentucky
2010 CSC Champion: Notre Dame

Great Plains Conference:
North Division
1. Nebraska
2. Iowa
3. Iowa State
4. Kansas State
5. Minnesota
6. Kansas
South Division
7. Oklahoma
8. Oklahoma State
9. Missouri
10. Arkansas
11. Tulsa
12. Arkansas State
2010 Great Plains Champion: Nebraska


Deep South Conference:
East Division
1. Alabama
2. Ole Miss
3. Alabama-Birmingham
4. Mississippi State
5. Memphis
6. South Alabama
West Division
7. Louisiana State
8. Southern Mississippi
9. Louisiana Tech
10. Louisiana-Monroe
11. Louisiana-Lafayette
12. Tulane
2010 Deep South Champion: Alabama

Southwest Conference:
West Division
1. Texas
2. Texas Christian
3. Texas Tech
4. New Mexico
5. Texas-El Paso
6. New Mexico State
East Division
7. Texas A&M
8. Houston
9. Southern Methodist
10. Baylor
11. Rice
12. North Texas
2010 SWC Champion: Texas

Mountain West Conference:
North Division
1. Boise State
2. Colorado
3. Air Force
4. Colorado State
5. Wyoming
6. Idaho
South Division
7. Utah
8. Brigham Young
9. Arizona
10. Arizona State
11. Nevada-Las Vegas
12. Utah State
2010 MWC Champion: Boise State

Pacific-12 Conference:
North Division
1. Oregon
2. California
3. Washington
4. Oregon State
5. Nevada
6. Washington State
South Division
7. UCLA
8. South California
9. Fresno State
10. Stanford
11. San Diego State
12. San Jose State
2010 Pac-12 Champion: Oregon

[MLawrence]

I had the same idea, but it was more like 12 10-team division.This would be good if there was a 16-team playoff system in place. The division winner would get an automatic bid to the playoffs while there would be 4 at-large bids to fill the remaining slots. Each division would play a round robin schedule within the division which leaves three non-division games for each team. That just my theory on how college football should be.

[MNCyGuy]

I had the same idea, but it was more like 12 10-team division.This would be good if there was a 16-team playoff system in place. The division winner would get an automatic bid to the playoffs while there would be 4 at-large bids to fill the remaining slots. Each division would play a round robin schedule within the division which leaves three non-division games for each team. That just my theory on how college football should be.

That'd work too. I just gave the top 6-ranked conf. champs byes and did a 10-team playoff...gotta keep a little controversy

[MLawrence]

That'd work too. I just gave the top 6-ranked conf. champs byes and did a 10-team playoff...gotta keep a little controversy

My bad, I just wanted to give everybody a fair shake... I guess I forgot this was college football and how it's not an equal opportunity organization.

[TruClone]

Slow day at work?

[cyclones500]

I asked for your alignment in a previous post, and got it almost immediately.

It's a fun exercise. I'll look at it in-depth later. (I promise not to tear it apart )

My favorite thing so far: That U-M, MSU, et al are in the Mid-American.

[theshadow]

So I threw it out as a joke in another thread, but then was interested in what such a thing might look like. Won't ever happen, but here is rough idea of what complete conference re-alignment might look like if the 120 FBS teams were organized with an eye only to geography:

So Hawaii gets bumped out of FBS in favor of South Alabama, a team that's not even starting the transition to FBS until 2011?