re: the SEC if you were God

I decided that if I could "play God", I would completely re-vamp the system. My idea is 8 conferences, 12 teams each (scheduling for FB and BB the same as the SEC), and an 8 team playoff between the conference champs. The FBS schools that don't make the cut of 96 would be sent down to the FCS.

My goal was to keep down the travel distances for division games. Ignoring Hawaii, there are only a handful over 500 miles (Miami and UTEP are the main culprits). The playoff rounds would take place on the 3rd weekend in Dec, the weekend before/during New Years, and the weekend after New Years. The games would be at regional neutral sites selected like the basketball tournament does. Teams that don't make the playoff would play in bowl games.

Big East "Coastal" - Army, Boston College, Connecticut, Rutgers, Temple, Syracuse
Big East "Appalachian" - Marshall, Maryland, Navy, Penn St, Pittsburgh, West Virginia
CG - Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Big 10 "Great Lakes" - Akron, Bowling Green, Michigan, Michigan St, Ohio St, Toledo
Big 10 "Ohio Valley" - Cincinnati, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Miami U, Purdue
(the OH/MI MAC schools are interchangeable)
CG - Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis

Big 12 "Great Lakes" - Illinois, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Wisconsin
Big 12 "Plains" - Iowa, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Missouri, Nebraska
CG - Edward Jones Dome, St Louis

ACC "North" - Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina St, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
ACC "South" - Central Florida, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Miami, South Carolina, South Florida
CG - Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte

MWC "Cascades" - Boise St, Idaho, Oregon, Oregon St, Washington, Washington St
MWC "Rockies" - Air Force, BYU, Colorado, Colorado St, Utah, Utah St
CG - Sports Authority Field, Denver

Pac-12 "North" - Cal, Fresno St, Nevada, San Jose St, Stanford, UNLV
Pac-12 "South" - Arizona, Arizona St, Hawaii, San Diego St, UCLA, USC
CG - Univ of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale

SEC "East" - Auburn, Florida, Florida St, Georgia, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
SEC "West" - Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, Miss St, Ole Miss, Memphis
CG - Georgia Dome, Atlanta

SWC "North" - North Texas (or Tulsa), Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech
SWC "South" - Baylor, Houston, Rice, Texas, Texas A&M, UTEP
CG - Cowboys Stadium, Arlington

Let me know if I missed any teams. I almost forgot Rutgers.

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SouGent

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Man, that post went right over your head, didn't it?

West: Alabama, Auburn, LSU
East: Florida, Georgia, Tennessee

Double round robin. Winner of conference declared national champion.

SEC West
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A&M
Arkansas
LSU
Mississippi State
Ole Miss

SEC East
Alabama
Auburn
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Florida State
South Carolina
Clemson

7 conference games
5 non-conference games which could include teams from the opposite division
1 conference championship game

Bye, bye Vanderbilt. Why couldn't your football team accomplish what Stanford and Northwestern have accomplished in recent years?