This would lead to a four/eight or even 16 team playoff. That could be conference or division based.

what program did you use to make this.

you did make these right?

Definitely a complete fantasy alignment but incredibly well executed! Kudos!

I stopped reading after I saw Notre Dame and Memphis in the same conference.

(02-23-2014 10:47 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  I stopped reading after I saw Notre Dame and Memphis in the same conference.

Pretty!

Cool maps. That said, I hope this never even comes close to happening. Not a fan of the whole four super-conference thing. Actually, I'm really on the opposite side of the coin - I hope in the next half century that population growth and economic prosperity elevates another 10-12 programs into the P5 and a viable 6th power conference reemerges (likely one of the G5s taking itself to the next level).

Note this is coming from someone who roots for two soon to be Big Ten schools. Just think more is merrier and do not want the structure of college athletics to mirror the pros (generally even numbered divisions/conferences with a generally finite number of teams).

if we are going that big id do a setup like this:

much better cultural fit

SEC
1. aggie
2. LSU
3. ole miss
4. Miss state
5. bama
6. auburn
7. georgia
8. Florida
9. s. carolina
10. kentucky
11. tenn
12. vandy
13. arkansas
14. Louisville
15. texas
16. oklahoma
17. oklahoma st.
18. FSU
19. miami
20. clemson
21. georgia tech
22. UNC
23. duke
24. NC state
25. virginia
26 virginia tech
27. wake forest
28. wvu

big ten
1. rutgers
2. maryland
3. penn state
4. OSU
5. michigan state
6. michigan
7. IU
8. purdue
9. illinois
10. nebraska
11. northwestern
12. iowa
13. minn
14. wisky
15. colorado
16. washington
17. cal
18. stanford
19. ucla
20. usc
21. notre dame
22. syracuse
23. pitt
24. boston college
25. missouri


pac12
1. oregon
2. oregon state
3. washington state
4. utah
5. arizona
6. arizona state
7. BYU
8. utah state
9. new mexico
10. texas tech
11. TCU
12. SMU
13. Baylor
14. Rice
15. colorado state
16. tulsa
17. Kansas state
18. iowa state
19. nevada
20. UNLV
21. Boise
22. frenso
23. san jose
24. SDSU
25. wyoming
26. kansas
27. Air Force
28. tulane

Independents
1. Army
2. UCF
3. USF
4. cincy
5. temple
6. memphis
7. army

playoffs: 3 automatic bids for winning the conference. one at large. an independent gets an at large if they achieve a certain ranking

As an ACC fan, I vote no.

Buffalo and Old Dominion in but Kansas state out?..........................

I thought this looked amazing, until I started reading the fine print.

(02-24-2014 06:37 AM)Wolfman Wrote:  As an ACC fan, I vote no.

As an ND fan, I vote hell #%&^ no.

Nice maps, though.

Why not three forty school conferences?

ECU in the SEC? That's way too much for anyone.

(02-24-2014 06:45 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  Buffalo and Old Dominion in but Kansas state out?..........................

I think they are listed in the PAC 20.

(02-24-2014 08:39 AM)virgosports Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 06:45 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  Buffalo and Old Dominion in but Kansas state out?..........................

I think they are listed in the PAC 20.

My bad. It's hell getting old and reading map on a Smartphone. Lol!

Lots of leaps but I can see the reasoning/plausibility until you put Old Dominion in the SEC.

That has a less than zero chance of happening.

Everything else I would say has a .000001% chance of happening but it "could" happen.

Old Dominion (no slam on that school just know the SEC would never go there) is your Achilles Heel.

(02-24-2014 09:26 AM)GO Coogs GO!!! Wrote:  Lots of leaps but I can see the reasoning/plausibility until you put Old Dominion in the SEC.

That has a less than zero chance of happening.

Everything else I would say has a .000001% chance of happening but it "could" happen.

Old Dominion (no slam on that school just know the SEC would never go there) is your Achilles Heel.

i think his Achilles Heel is putting the two private schools of tulsa & smu (combined enrollment 10,100) in the most land grant orientated conference (average enrollment 39k)

(02-24-2014 09:35 AM)john01992 Wrote:  i think his Achilles Heel is putting the two private schools of tulsa & smu (combined enrollment 10,100) in the most land grant orientated conference (average enrollment 39k)

There is that but Northwestern has less than 9,000 undergrads its not unheard of.

That said both are good schools on the academic front. SMU gets them into Texas and the DFW market.

Tulsa.... ehh I can see the argument both ways just like every school he listed with the exception of Old Dominion.

I see no valid (however slim) argument to the SEC adding them.

(02-24-2014 10:14 AM)GO Coogs GO!!! Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 09:35 AM)john01992 Wrote:  i think his Achilles Heel is putting the two private schools of tulsa & smu (combined enrollment 10,100) in the most land grant orientated conference (average enrollment 39k)

There is that but Northwestern has less than 9,000 undergrads its not unheard of.

That said both are good schools on the academic front. SMU gets them into Texas and the DFW market.

Tulsa.... ehh I can see the argument both ways just like every school he listed with the exception of Old Dominion.

I see no valid (however slim) argument to the SEC adding them.

northwestern makes up for that with 11k post grads. so calling them a small school is a stretch.

the b10 academics are orientated towards post grad anyways, the acc is the more undergrad orientated academic conference

oh and.......

US news
NU 12
smu 60

arwu
NU 22 national 30th international
SMU 132 national 401st international

endowment
NU $7.9 bill
SMU $1.17 bill

no offense to SMU but they are undeserving of being put in the same sentence as NU when discussing academics.

(02-24-2014 05:15 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 10:14 AM)GO Coogs GO!!! Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 09:35 AM)john01992 Wrote:  i think his Achilles Heel is putting the two private schools of tulsa & smu (combined enrollment 10,100) in the most land grant orientated conference (average enrollment 39k)

There is that but Northwestern has less than 9,000 undergrads its not unheard of.

That said both are good schools on the academic front. SMU gets them into Texas and the DFW market.

Tulsa.... ehh I can see the argument both ways just like every school he listed with the exception of Old Dominion.

I see no valid (however slim) argument to the SEC adding them.

northwestern makes up for that with 11k post grads. so calling them a small school is a stretch.

the b10 academics are orientated towards post grad anyways, the acc is the more undergrad orientated academic conference

oh and.......

US news
NU 12
smu 60

arwu
NU 22 national 30th international
SMU 132 national 401st international

endowment
NU $7.9 bill
SMU $1.17 bill

no offense to SMU but they are undeserving of being put in the same sentence as NU when discussing academics.

Don't get me wrong I am not advocating for either of them or think there is a snowballs chance but however slim the reasoning I see what the intent was.

With the exception of Old Dominion.

So with the post-grad Northwestern is a 20k school. Still not light years ahead of a 12k in SMU.

If you really want to play the numbers game by all means look at Tulsa's numbers just over 4k is very very tiny.

Now to your points. US News is a joke. Its the cliff notes of academic rankings and that is being generous. Not a thing to do with our (Houston's) place on that list just a fact stated over and over again by acadmics who really keep track of this stuff.

Oh and by the way.....

NU Established in 1851, SMU in 1911

But like I said (as I realize I am king a case for SMU......) none of this will ever happen.