(12-07-2014 09:20 AM)GSU Eagles Wrote: With UAB leaving, CUSA is really turning into two separate conferences geographically especially if a school from Louisiana, Arkansas or Texas are added. Given the south/southwest and eastern split the best move could be to go to 18. Each division would only play the teams in their division with a championship game determining the champion.
If Hawaii were to also drop football, or go independent, it may be time to reorganize the G5 into the G6 by splitting Conference USA:
Mountain West - San Diego State, San Jose State, Fresno State, Nevada, UNLV, Boise State, Utah State, Wyoming, Air Force, Colorado State
Southwest - New Mexico, UTEP, Rice, UTSA, North Texas, La Tech, So Miss, NMSU, Tulsa, Tulane
Sun Belt - Idaho, Texas State, Arkansas State, Louisiana, ULM, USA, Troy, Georgia State, Georgia Southern, App State
Conference USA - FAU, FIU, Charlotte, Marshall, Old Dominion, Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, Ohio, East Carolina, Navy
American - USF, UCF, UConn, Temple, Buffalo, UMass, SMU, Houston, Cincinnati, Memphis
Mid-American - Northern Illinois, Ball State, WMU, CMU, EMU, Miami-OH, Toledo, Bowling Green, Kent, Akron
The G6 could make up for the lack of a conference championship game by getting an exception passed that allows a 10-team or 11-team conference to play a 13th game against the champion of another 10-team or 11-team conference. The highest ranked of the three G6 champions gets the access bowl berth.