(06-23-2017 10:05 AM)BePcr07 Wrote:  What if the 4 conferences of 16 looked similar to the NFL for football but retain regionalism for everything else? Presume the current power schools (65 - Baylor) are kept. It could be interesting!

American
Pacific: California, Stanford, USC, UCLA
Southeastern: Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas St
Atlantic: Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Boston College
Northern: Purdue, Northwestern, Minnesota, Wisconsin

National
Pacific: Arizona, Arizona St, Utah, Colorado
Southeastern: Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
Atlantic: North Carolina, North Carolina St, Duke, Wake Forest
Northern: Nebraska, Iowa, Iowa St, Kansas

United
Pacific: Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Texas Tech, TCU
Southeastern: Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Atlantic: Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Louisville
Northern: Indiana, Penn St, Maryland, Rutgers

Federal
Pacific: Washington, Washington St, Oregon, Oregon St
Southeastern: Texas A&M, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi St
Atlantic: Miami, Florida St, Georgia Tech, Clemson
Northern: Michigan, Michigan St, Ohio St, Illinois

For basketball, the Pacific pod schools would play under the PAC, the Southeastern pod schools would play under the SEC, the Atlantic pod schools would play under the ACC, and the Northern pod schools would play under the B1G.

Obviously just a rough draft. With a 3-2-2-2 conference schedule, you would play everyone every 4 years. Then rotate pods every 4 years. Use non-conference games to play rivals like Illinois-Northwestern or Virginia-North Carolina.

Umm. The American Athletic Conference might have something to say about the names