(12-19-2018 11:16 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(12-19-2018 02:09 PM)buffdog Wrote:  

(12-18-2018 02:27 PM)ken d Wrote:  This is an attempt to realign FBS conferences to achieve the following goals:

1. Keep the high resource schools in the NCAA within the existing FBS structure.
2. Keep current conferences as intact as possible.
3. Provide a path, however unlikely, for all 130 teams to reach the CFP.
4. Expand access to the New Year's Day contract bowls beyond the current P5 schools.
5. Establish the CFP winner as undisputed national champion.

The new conference divisions are shown below. Schools printed in blue are new additions to their respective confereces. In parentheses are likely annual games outside the divisions (provided both schools want them). The annual games in bold are OOC games. The others are protected crossover games within the conference. The fact that the divisions are shown side by side is not meant to suggest that the schools on the same line are annual crossovers. The format shown was just intended to save space. Schools without an annual in-conference crossover partner would rotate their 8th game however their conference chooses.

The PSW (Pacific Southwest Conference) is divided in a zipper format, with a nine game conference schedule, in order to accommodate the unique scheduling needs caused by their geography. Because it is a zipper arrangement and not a geographic alignment, I had to make up division names. To give credit where it is due, somebody else thought of these before me.


SEC East...............................................SEC West
Kentucky (Louisville)..............................Auburn
Tennessee (Alabama)...............................Alabama (Tennessee)
Vanderbilt...............................................Ole Miss
South Carolina.........................................Mississippi State
Clemson (Georgia Tech)........................LSU
Georgia (Auburn, Georgia Tech)...............Arkansas
Florida (Miami)......................................Texas A&M (Texas)
Florida State (Miami)............................Missouri (Kansas)

B1G East..............................................B1G West
Michigan (Michigan State).........................Michigan State (Michigan)
Purdue (Indiana).....................................Indiana (Purdue)
Ohio State..............................................Illinois
Penn State (Pitt)....................................Northwestern
Maryland (West Virginia, Virginia).........Wisconsin
Rutgers (Syracuse)................................Minnesota
NC State (UNC, Duke)...........................Iowa (Iowa State)
Virginia Tech (Virginia).........................Nebraska

PSW Legends.........................................PSW Leaders
Washington (Washington St, Oregon)..........Washington St (Washington, Oregon St)
Oregon St (Oregon, Washington St)............Oregon (Oregon St, Washington)
California (Stanford, UCLA)........................Stanford (California, USC, Notre Dame)
USC (UCLA, Stanford, Notre Dame)...........UCLA (USC, California)
Utah (Colorado, Arizona, BYU)...................Colorado (Utah, Arizona St, Colorado St)
Arizona St (Arizona, Colorado)...................Arizona (Arizona St, Utah)
Oklahoma (Texas, Oklahoma St)...............Texas (Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Texas A&M)
Texas Tech (Oklahoma St, Texas)..............Oklahoma St (Texas Tech, Oklahoma)

ACC North...............................................ACC South
Boston College..........................................Wake Forest
Syracuse (Rutgers)..................................North Carolina (NC State)
Pitt (Penn State).....................................Virginia (Virginia Tech, Maryland)
Louisville (Kentucky)................................Georgia Tech (Clemson, Georgia)
West Virginia (Maryland)........................Miami (Florida St, Florida)
Cincinnati...............................................Duke (NC State)

Big 12 North...........................................Big 12 South
Iowa State (Iowa)....................................Tulsa
Kansas (Missouri).....................................Houston
Kansas State.............................................Tulane
Baylor.......................................................Memphis
TCU..........................................................South Florida
SMU........................................................Central Florida

AAC (football only)
Connecticut
Temple
East Carolina
Navy (Air Force, Notre Dame)
Army (Air Force)
Massachusetts
Liberty
Old Dominion

C-USA replaces Old Dominion with New Mexico State, leaving only Notre Dame and BYU as football independents. The MAC, Mountain West and Sunbelt remain unchanged.

The postseason schedule becomes:

Week 14: Army-Navy, G7 CCG's and AQ conference semifinals
Week 15: CFP quarterfinals **
New Year's Eve (approx): CFP semifinals
New Year's Day:
....Rose Bowl (B1G vs PSW)
....Sugar Bowl (SEC vs PSW)
....Orange Bowl (ACC vs SEC)
....Fiesta Bowl (MWC vs PSW)
....Peach Bowl (SEC vs B1G)
....Cotton Bowl (Big 12 vs B1G)

** 3 AQ conference finals plus the 2 highest ranked G7 conference champions or independents who play off for the 4th CFP berth.

Because of existing contracts, including Grants of Rights, this configuration would take a lot of cooperation among the NCAA, schools, conferences and media partners. Maybe too much. But it's the best I can come up with given my stated goals.

Can't take this seriously. You have added nearly all of the AAC and left Fresno State out.

Left Fresno State out of what?