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TheOtherGuy
12/13/2009 1:41 PM
There has been some talk abut the Big Ten adding a twelfth team, splitting into two divisions, and playing a conference championship game. This makes relatively little sense, as there is no clear twelfth team to add and it will only create the same problems the Big XII has faced when their previously-undefeated team loses to a 2 or 3 loss opponent in the title game, giving the lesser team an automatic BCS bid and possibly keeping a more deserving team out (i.e. 1998 and 2003). This has not yet happened in the SEC, but it seems like it's only a matter of time until it does. For example, could you imagine an 8-4 Georgia getting an automatic BCS bid after edging 11-1 Auburn? Auburn gets an at large bid, and Georgia (who would have done just fine in the Peach Bowl) gets an automatic bid whereas 10-2 Alabama goes to the Peach Bowl. This is all hypothetical, but you see where problems can arise.
The best system in place in any conference right now would be in the Pac-10, where there are ten teams and nine conference games. It seems logical enough that every team should play every other team in the conference to decide who is conference champ, right? This isn't really possible with any conference larger than ten teams, because that would create a dearth of non-conference matchups. I mean, the SEC would have eleven conference games! Too bad not every conference has ten teams...
Yet.
Imagine, if you will, that the NCAA goes insane and decides to model all of D-1 FBS after the Pac-10. This may actually have less of a chance of happening than the Browns beating the Lions in the Super Bowl next year, but we can all dream, right? There are 120 teams; if each conference had ten teams that equals twelve evenly sized conferences with nine conference games and three non-conference matchups against other FBS teams; FCS games are out. Naturally, though, this would require some conferences to be re-aligned, possibly a lot, and one new conference to be created, in the addition of Notre Dame growing a pair and joining a conference. But, for humor's sake, let's take a look anyway.
Atlantic Coast
Boston College
Duke
Florida State
Maryland
Miami (FL)
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
Big East
Army
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Georgia Tech
Navy
Notre Dame
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
West Virginia
Big South (new conference)
Arkansas
Central Florida
Clemson
Colorado
East Carolina
Houston
South Carolina
South Florida
Southern Methodist
Southern Mississippi
Big Ten
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Northwestern
Ohio State
Purdue
Wisconsin
Conference USA
Buffalo
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Louisville
Marshall
Memphis
Rutgers
Temple
Tulane
UAB
Mid-American
Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
Miami (OH)
Ohio
Toledo
Western Michigan
Mountain West
Air Force
Boise State
Brigham Young
Fresno State
Hawaii
Idaho
Nevada
Texas Christian
Utah
Wyoming
Pacific-10
Arizona
Arizona State
California
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Washington
Washington State
Southeastern
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Southwestern (re-aligned Big XII)
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Sun Belt
Arkansas State
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Middle Tennessee State
North Texas
Northern Illinois
Rice
Troy
Tulsa
Western Kentucky
Western Athletic
Baylor
Colorado State
Louisiana Tech
New Mexico
New Mexico State
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV
Utah State
UTEP
So, there you have it. 120 teams, 12 conferences, everybody plays everybody, no arguments as to who wins the conference. As for a national champion? Well... you're on your own. Maybe 12 conference champs and 4 at large bids? The possibilites are endless.
Copyright ©2009 TheOtherGuy
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4 comments so far...
Re: Conference Re-Alignment
I had this idea myself a while ago. i would love to see CFB split into the 12 10-team conferences and have a true round robin in every conference. But....it will never happen. Nice to dream, though
By fericjaggar on
12/14/2009 8:43 AM
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Re: Conference Re-Alignment
I like the idea. I really do. If there is to be no conference championship, then a round robin is obviously the next best choice. My only issue is that if we are going to redistribute teams, we need to redistribute quite a bit more, so there might be parity sooner rather than later. I dislike the idea of the champions of the C-USA, Sunbelt, Mountain West, or MAC, getting an auto-bid to the playoffs when they don't have as tough of a road to get there. And although I love your Big East lineup, taking Penn State from the Big10 all but guarantees Ohio State of winning the Big10 for the next 5 or 6 years.
So, a little more redistribution would be nice. But I like where your head is at.
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