If Conferences were realigned regionally

Below are 10 Conferences all with 12 teams in each. Rearrange as you would like. If there was no tradition in College football and all the schools were new. Why wouldn't the conferences look like this?

Western Athletic Conference
University of Colorado, Boulder CO
Colorado State University CO
Brigham Young University UT
University of Utah UT
Utah State University UT
Boise State University ID
University of Idaho ID
University of Wyoming WY
University of Oregon OR
Oregon State University OR
University of Washington WA
Washington State University WA

Big Country Conference
Baylor University TX
University of Houston TX
University of North Texas TX
Rice University TX
Southern Methodist University TX
Texas A&M University, College Station TX
Texas Christian University TX
Texas Tech University TX
University of Texas at Austin TX
University of Texas at El Paso TX
University of New Mexico NM
New Mexico State University NM

Pac-12 Conference
California State University, Fresno CA
University of California, Berkeley CA
University of California, Los Angeles CA
San Diego State University CA
San Jose State University CA
University of Southern California CA
Stanford University CA
University of Nevada, Las Vegas NV
University of Nevada NV
University of Arizona AZ
Arizona State University AZ
University of Hawaii, Manoa HI

Mid West Conference
University of Kansas KS
Kansas State University KS
Western Kentucky University KY
University of Missouri, Columbia MO
Purdue IN
University of Tulsa OK
University of Oklahoma OK
Oklahoma State University OK
University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
U.S. Air Force Academy CO
Ball State IN
Indiana IN

Buckeye Conference
Akron OH
Bowling Green OH
Cincinnati OH
Kent State OH
Miami (OH) OH
OSU OH
Ohio University OH
Toledo OH
Pennsylvania State University PA
University of Pittsburgh PA
Temple University PA
Notre Dame IN

Canadian Conference
Central Michigan University MI
Eastern Michigan University MI
University of Michigan MI
Michigan State University MI
Western Michigan University MI
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities MN
University of Iowa IA
Iowa State University IA
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
University of Illinois, Champaign IL
Northern Illinois University IL
Northwestern University IL

Mid South Conference
Clemson University SC
University of South Carolina, Columbia SC
Duke University NC
North Carolina State University NC
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC
Wake Forest University NC
East Carolina University NC
Middle Tennessee State University TN
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN
Vanderbilt University TN
University of Kentucky KY
University of Louisville KY

Southern Conference
University of Mississippi MS
Mississippi State University MS
University of Southern Mississippi MS
Arkansas State University AR
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR
University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA
University of Louisiana at Monroe LA
Louisiana State University LA
Louisiana Tech University LA
Tulane University LA
University of Memphis TN
University of Alabama at Birmingham AL

Southeastern Conference
University of Central Florida FL
University of Florida FL
Florida Atlantic University FL
Florida International University FL
Florida State University FL
University of Miami (Florida) FL
University of South Florida FL
University of Georgia GA
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL
Auburn University AL
Troy University AL
Georgia Institute of Technology GA

Northeastern Conference
University of Maryland, College Park MD
U.S. Naval Academy MD
U.S. Military Academy NY
Boston College MA
Rutgers, State Univ of New Jersey, New Brunswick NJ
University of Virginia VA
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University VA
West Virginia University WV
University of Connecticut CT
Marshall University WV
University at Buffalo, the State University of New York NY
Syracuse University NY