The Conference Realignment I would have preferred (Ohio, teams, Big 12)

[Davros]

Here's what I wish had happened ...

Big 10

West
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Northwestern

East
Penn State
Michigan
Ohio State
Michigan State
Indiana
Purdue

8 conf games (5/3)
Title Game

SEC
no changes
8 conf games (5/3)
Title Game

ACC

South
Florida State
Miami
Duke
North Carolina
NC State
Clemson
Georgia Tech

North
Boston College
Virginia Tech
Virginia
West Virginia
Pitt
Maryland
Wake Forest

8 conf games (6/2)
Title Game


Independents
Notre Dame (Big East other sports)
Texas (Big East other sports)
BYU (West Coast Conference other sports)

Big 8

Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Colorado
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Iowa State

8 conf Games,
Round Robin + Rematch of Top 2 for Title Game

Pac 12

South
USC
UCLA
Cal
Stanford
Arizona
Arizona State

North
Oregon
Oregon State
Washington
Wazzu
Boise State
Utah

9 conf Games 5/4
Title Game

(Boise State has earned a place in a big time conference)

Big East

South
USF
UCF
TCU
Baylor
Houston
Louisville

North
Syracuse
Villanova
Rutgers
UConn
Navy
Cincinnati

8 conf games 5/3
Title Game

C-USA

West
Tulsa
Rice
SMU
UTEP
La. Tech
Tulane

East
Army
So. Miss
Memphis
E. Carolina
UAB
Fla. Int'l

8 conf games (5/3)
Title game

MAC

East
Temple
Buffalo
Eastern Mich
Central Mich
Western Mich
Akron
Kent State

West
N. Illinois
Ball State
Bowling Green
Miami Ohio
Toledo
Ohio
Marshall

9 conf games (6/3)
Title Game

Mtn West

Air Force
Colo State
New Mexico
SD State
UNLV
Montana
Montana State
E. Washington

7 conf games,
Round Robin, no title game

WAC
Nevada
Fresno State
San Jose State
Hawaii
NM State
Utah State
Idaho
Texas State

7 conf games
Round Robin, no title game

Introducing new end of season non-conf game
"Western League Title Game" WAC Champ Vs. Mtn West Champ
played during the week of conference title games

Sun Belt

West
N. Texas
Ark. State
W. Kentucky
San Diego
Texas Southern

East
Fla. Atlantic
Troy
La. Lafayette
La. Monroe
Mid. Tenn State

7 conf games (4/3)
Title game

Non-conf games

B10 4
SEC 4
ACC 4
P12 3
B8 4
BE 4
MAC 3
CUSA 4
MWC 5
WAC 5
SB 5


Some of the great new non-conf annual rivalry games created
Texas Vs. Oklahoma
Texas Vs. Texas A&M
Texas Vs. Notre Dame (plus they'd be rivals in the Big East in Bbal)


So, that's what'd happen if I were in charge.

[IXCell]

I havent looked at your entire layout, but I want to give you props for typing all of that out in a relatively organized way...

[jodipper]

I would merge the Mountain West and the WAC. The rest seems ok. Boise State does not qualify academically for the PAC 12. It hasn't been all that long since they were a junior or community college.

[Toxic Toast]

Originally Posted by jodipper

I would merge the Mountain West and the WAC. The rest seems ok. Boise State does not qualify academically for the PAC 12. It hasn't been all that long since they were a junior or community college.

The Mountain West was born out of those schools no longer wanting to be in the 16 team WAC. I can't imagine why they would go back to that.

[CHIP72]

If I had my way for Division I-A football, some of the conference alignments would be like this (includes only teams currently in Division I-A):

Big East (9)
Boston College
Connecticut
Maryland
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
Temple
West Virginia

ACC (10)
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Miami (FL)
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

SEC (12)
East
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

West
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Louisiana State
Mississippi
Mississippi State

Big Ten (10)
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Northwestern
Ohio State
Purdue
Wisconsin

Big 12 (12)
North
Colorado
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Nebraska

South
Baylor
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech

Pacific 10 (10)
Arizona
Arizona State
California
Oregon
Oregon State
Southern California
Stanford
UCLA
Washington
Washington State

Conference USA (9)
Alabama-Birmingham
Cincinnati
Central Florida
East Carolina
Louisville
Marshall
Memphis
South Florida
Southern Mississippi

"New" Southwest (8)
Houston
Louisiana Tech
North Texas
Rice
Southern Methodist
Texas Christian
Tulane
Tulsa

Mountain West (9)
Air Force
Boise State
Brigham Young
Colorado State
New Mexico
San Diego State
Texas-El Paso
Utah
Wyoming

Western Athletic (8)
Fresno State
Hawaii
Idaho
Nevada (Reno)
Nevada-Las Vegas
New Mexico State
San Jose State
Utah State

Mid-American (12)
East
Akron
Ball State
Buffalo
Kent State
Miami (OH)
Ohio

West
Bowling Green
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
Toledo

Sun Belt (8)
Arkansas State
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Middle Tennessee State
Troy
Western Kentucky

Independents (3)
Army
Navy
Notre Dame

Two other provisions:
1) Teams play an 11 game regular season
2) Each of the 12 conference champions plus 4 at-large teams qualify for a 16 team playoff. The first round and quarterfinal round would be played at campus sites (higher seeded team), while the semifinals and championship game would be played at neutral (bowl) sites that would rotate among 5-6 of the current major bowls. The semifinals would be played on New Year's Day and the championship game would be played 2-3 weeks after New Year's Day on a Saturday night (or late afternoon if the game was played in the west).