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I realize that this will never happen, but my idea would be to reduce the FBS down to 96 teams, with 8 regional conferences, consisting of 12 teams per conference. Then have a playoff with all 8 conference champions. When you factor in the conference championship games, it would basically be a 16 team playoff. Every team in the nation would have a pathway to make the playoffs.
PACIFIC
Hawaii
Fresno State
San Diego State
UCLA
USC
Cal
Stanford
Oregon State
Oregon
Washington
Washington State
Boise State
MOUNTAIN
Nevada
UNLV
BYU
Utah
Arizona State
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Colorado State
Air Force
Wyoming
Nebraska
SOUTHWEST
Texas Tech
North Texas
SMU
TCU
Baylor
Rice
Houston
Texas A&M
Texas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Tulsa
SOUTHEAST
Arkansas
Arkansas State
Tulane
LSU
Mississippi State
Mississippi
Auburn
Alabama
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Memphis
Middle Tennessee
ATLANTIC
Central Florida
Florida
Florida State
Miami
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Clemson
South Carolina
NC State
North Carolina
Duke
Wake Forest
CENTRAL
Kansas State
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa State
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Purdue
Indiana
MIDWEST
Michigan
Michigan State
Central Michigan
Western Michigan
Toledo
Ohio
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Marshall
West Virginia
Louisville
Kentucky
BIG EAST
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Penn State
Pitt
Temple
Rutgers
Maryland
Army
Navy
Syracuse
U Conn
Boston College
An all-mountain time zone conference sounds appealing due to the beauty of the region but unfortunately in reality, it would be a colossal failure all to itself. The talent among those states is nowhere near as plentiful as that as the Southeast, California, Texas, Midwest etc. Maybe that conference gets a swing 5-star recruit or two out of California or Texas but that's not going to be enough to keep up with everyone else.
Colorado State and New Mexico could be potential Pac/Big 12 members, but I don't see any major expansion/reshuffling conference changes anytime soon.
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