Instead of 2 Power Conferences

[TAF]

Keep it at Power Five:

 

[GVF]

Looks like 5

 

[HeuperDrive]

That's 5 conferences, though.

But seriously, I’d give anything to go back to that era of CFB. Give me regionalism again, it’s what made this sport so special.

 

[TAF]

Looks like 5

Sorry..fixed

 

[volbound1700]

Looks bad... sorry OP. 2001 Conference setup was probably the best. Just do minor tweaks like putting Miami in ACC, Penn State and Notre Dame in the Big East, and move up programs like Utah and TCU.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

Just don't do anymore of this.....

 

[Big Orange Captain]

Just don't do anymore of this.....View attachment 776336

Yea that’s ridiculous. Also ridiculous that Mich St was still playing at 2:30 am eastern time at Southern Cal last Saturday.

 

[Pennheel]

Just don't do anymore of this.....View attachment 776336

Thats the great and mighty "ACC" for ya lol...

 

[Peradox1K]

Keep it at Power Five:

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Me likey

 

[Lawrence Wright]

Wake me up when this all shakes out, and Billy Napier is a claims adjuster for Farmers Insurance.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

Yea that’s ridiculous. Also ridiculous that Mich St was still playing at 2:30 am eastern time at Southern Cal last Saturday.

I remember falling asleep, then waking up and man, that **** was still on ... crazy...

 

[zjcvols]

This is how it should be. You play everyone in your division, one permanent other division and then rotate the other 2 every year. 9 conference games+1 other P5 opponent. 16 team playoff. P5 Conference Winner auto home game. No more than 4 schools per conference, everyone gets at least 2.

ACC
Miami
Florida State
UCF
Duke
Wake
NC State
UNC

Clemson
West Virginia
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Maryland
Boston College
Syracuse

SEC
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Louisville
South Carolina
Georgia
Georgia Tech

Florida
Alabama
Auburn
Miss State
Mississippi
LSU
Arkansas

Big 14
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
TCU
Baylor
Houston
SMU

Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas State
Nebraska
Iowa State

Big Ten
Penn State
Pitt
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan State
Indiana

Notre Dame
Purdue
Illinois
Northwestern
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota

Pac-14
Washington
Washington State
Oregon
Oregon State
Boise State
Utah
BYU

Colorado
Cal
Stanford
USC
UCLA
Arizona
Arizona State

 

[UTwild82]

7 conferences. 10 teams each. Welcome back Big East and SWC. Play everyone in your conference and a team from 3 conferences one year, other 3 the next. Protect rivalries such as UF v FSU, USC v ND, VA vs VTech, possibly bring back Oklahoma and Nebraska?

Pac 10 - Arizona, ASU, USC, Cal, Stanford, UCLA, Oregon, OSU, Washington WSU

Big ...8+2? 12-2? Maybe West? Anyway....Utah, BYU, Colorado, Kansas, KSU, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Iowa St, Minnesota

SWC - Texas, A&M, Tech, Houston, SMU, Baylor, TCU, Arkansas, Oklahoma, OK St

SEC - LSU, Ole Miss, MSU, Bama, Barn, Vandy, UT, Georgia, GA Tech, Florida.

Big Ten - Ohio St, Cincinnati, Michigan, Michigan St, Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin.

ACC - FSU, UCF, Miami, S Carolina, Clemson, UNC, Wake, NCST, Duke, UVA.

Big East - VA Tech, West VA, Kentucky, Louisville, Maryland, Pitt, Penn State, Syracuse, Rutgers, Boston College.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

Much more regional, and then have a playoff.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Just make one big "A" conference, a "B" conference, a "C" conference etc etc... and each year have relegation like European soccer. The regional conference has left the building never to return

 

[zjcvols]

7 conferences. 10 teams each. Welcome back Big East and SWC. Play everyone in your conference and a team from 3 conferences one year, other 3 the next. Protect rivalries such as UF v FSU, USC v ND, VA vs VTech, possibly bring back Oklahoma and Nebraska?

Pac 10 - Arizona, ASU, USC, Cal, Stanford, UCLA, Oregon, OSU, Washington WSU

Big ...8+2? 12-2? Maybe West? Anyway....Utah, BYU, Colorado, Kansas, KSU, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Iowa St, Minnesota

SWC - Texas, A&M, Tech, Houston, SMU, Baylor, TCU, Arkansas, Oklahoma, OK St

SEC - LSU, Ole Miss, MSU, Bama, Barn, Vandy, UT, Georgia, GA Tech, Florida.

Big Ten - Ohio St, Cincinnati, Michigan, Michigan St, Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin.

ACC - FSU, UCF, Miami, S Carolina, Clemson, UNC, Wake, NCST, Duke, UVA.

Big East - VA Tech, West VA, Kentucky, Louisville, Maryland, Pitt, Penn State, Syracuse, Rutgers, Boston College.

I think you are close with this. I really do like the regionality of it. If you had to keep the P4+Notre Dame (and restore Oregon State and Washington State) here's how I would do it, with a little more tradition and balance

ACC- FSU, UCF, Miami, Clemson, Ga Tech, UNC, Wake, Duke, NC State, UVA

B10- Michigan, Mich State, Ohio State, Purdue, Indiana, Northwestern, Illinois, Minnesota, Penn State, Wisconsin

Cen-10: Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Okie State, Colorado, Nebraska, BYU, Utah

METRO: Notre Dame, Pitt, Cincy, Louisville, Rutgers, Syracuse, Boston College, Va Tech, West Virginia, Maryland

Pac-10: Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington Washington State

SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Miss State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vandy

SWC: Houston, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU, Arkansas, LSU, Missouri

LSU out of the SEC and Iowa out of the B1 is probably the biggest gripe, but if I can't replace Rutgers with another Texas or Louisiana team, that's how I would do it.

Play everyone in conference. Must play 1 P7 team every year. Play 2 Group of 7 teams (we are going to 140 FBS team and bringing back the WAC!). Preseason FCS team. 8 team playoffs, all conference champions.

 

[zjcvols]

Here would be your group of 7 conferences

AAC- App State, Charlotte, East Carolina, James Madison, Liberty, Marshall, MTSU, Old Dominion, Richmond***, WKU

C-USA: Coastal, FAU, FIU, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Jax State, Kennesaw State, Troy, UAB, USF

Eastern Football League (EFL): Akron, Army, Buffalo, UConn, Delaware, Kent St, UMass, Navy, Rhode Island***, Temple

MAC: Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Mich, Eastern Mich, Miami OH, Northern Ill, Ohio, Southern Illinois***, Toledo, West Mich

MWC: Boise St, Fresno St, Hawai'i, Nevada, Sacramento State***, San Diego St, San Jose St, UNLV, Utah St, Wyoming

Sun Belt: Arkansas St, Louisiana, Louisiana-Monroe, La Tech, Memphis, Missouri St, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa

WAC: Air Force, Colorado St, New Mexico, New Mexico St, North Texas, Rice, Sam Houston St, Texas St, UTEP, UTSA

Top conference winner as determined by the BCS makes the playoff.

 

[ButchPlz]

Team	Proposed Division
Maryland	Atlantic Coast
Clemson	Atlantic Coast
Duke	Atlantic Coast
Georgia Tech	Atlantic Coast
NC State	Atlantic Coast
North Carolina	Atlantic Coast
Virginia	Atlantic Coast
Wake Forest	Atlantic Coast
Florida State	Atlantic Coast
UCF	Atlantic Coast
Cincinnati	Big East
West Virginia	Big East
Louisville	Big East
Notre Dame	Big East
UConn	Big East
Temple	Big East
Appalachian State	Big East
Liberty	Big East
Pittsburgh	Big East
Old Dominion	Big East
Illinois	Big Ten
Indiana	Big Ten
Iowa	Big Ten
Michigan	Big Ten
Michigan State	Big Ten
Minnesota	Big Ten
Northwestern	Big Ten
Ohio State	Big Ten
Purdue	Big Ten
Wisconsin	Big Ten
Memphis	Metro
Virginia Tech	Metro
Boston College	Metro
Miami (FL)	Metro
Syracuse	Metro
Penn State	Metro
Rutgers	Metro
South Carolina	Metro
Tulane	Metro
South Florida (USF)	Metro
Washington State	Pac10
Oregon State	Pac10
Oregon	Pac10
UCLA	Pac10
USC	Pac10
Washington	Pac10
Arizona	Pac10
Arizona State	Pac10
California	Pac10
Stanford	Pac10
Missouri	Plains
Oklahoma	Plains
Nebraska	Plains
Colorado	Plains
Iowa State	Plains
Kansas	Plains
Kansas State	Plains
Oklahoma State	Plains
Tulsa	Plains
Northern Illinois	Plains
Alabama	Southeastern
Auburn	Southeastern
Florida	Southeastern
Georgia	Southeastern
Kentucky	Southeastern
LSU	Southeastern
Ole Miss	Southeastern
Mississippi State	Southeastern
Tennessee	Southeastern
Vanderbilt	Southeastern
Arkansas	Southwestern
Texas	Southwestern
Texas A&M	Southwestern
Baylor	Southwestern
Houston	Southwestern
TCU	Southwestern
Texas Tech	Southwestern
SMU	Southwestern
UTSA	Southwestern
North Texas	Southwestern
Colorado State	Western Athletic
BYU	Western Athletic
Utah	Western Athletic
Boise State	Western Athletic
San Diego State	Western Athletic
Wyoming	Western Athletic
Fresno State	Western Athletic
Air Force	Western Athletic
UNLV	Western Athletic
San Jose State	Western Athletic

 

[05_never_again]

I think you are close with this. I really do like the regionality of it. If you had to keep the P4+Notre Dame (and restore Oregon State and Washington State) here's how I would do it, with a little more tradition and balance

ACC- FSU, UCF, Miami, Clemson, Ga Tech, UNC, Wake, Duke, NC State, UVA

B10- Michigan, Mich State, Ohio State, Purdue, Indiana, Northwestern, Illinois, Minnesota, Penn State, Wisconsin

Cen-10: Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Okie State, Colorado, Nebraska, BYU, Utah

METRO: Notre Dame, Pitt, Cincy, Louisville, Rutgers, Syracuse, Boston College, Va Tech, West Virginia, Maryland

Pac-10: Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington Washington State

SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Miss State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vandy

SWC: Houston, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU, Arkansas, LSU, Missouri

LSU out of the SEC and Iowa out of the B1 is probably the biggest gripe, but if I can't replace Rutgers with another Texas or Louisiana team, that's how I would do it.

Play everyone in conference. Must play 1 P7 team every year. Play 2 Group of 7 teams (we are going to 140 FBS team and bringing back the WAC!). Preseason FCS team. 8 team playoffs, all conference champions.

Put Miss St in the SWC and LSU back in the SEC.

 

[zjcvols]

Put Miss St in the SWC and LSU back in the SEC.

I'd rather do this if you gotta have LSU in the SEC

Vandy/Missouri in the Cen-10
Oklahoma/Oklahoma State to the SWC

But I don't love the Cen-10. That becomes clearly the weakest conference out of the P7.

 

[05_never_again]

I'd rather do this if you gotta have LSU in the SEC

Vandy/Missouri in the Cen-10
Oklahoma/Oklahoma State to the SWC

But I don't love the Cen-10. That becomes clearly the weakest conference out of the P7.

You could do that too. LSU's gotta be in the SEC. I've always thought Miss St was actually the SEC school that offered the least to the conference, even less than Vandy.

 

[zjcvols]

You could do that too. LSU's gotta be in the SEC. I've always thought Miss St was actually the SEC school that offered the least to the conference, even less than Vandy.

That's fair but I hate separating MSU and Mississippi. Actually, Kentucky being moved to the Cen-10 makes more sense.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

Here we go again.. (dmx voice)...