Conference Re-alignment

All the talk right now in college football is about Ohio State and their situation, but what I want to talk about is the conference re-alignments.  Now personally, I would love to go back to how it used to be.  When you had the Big Ten with Ten teams, The original Big Eight Conference, The Southwestern Conference, The Southeastern Conference, the Original Big East and Atlantic Coastal and original independents.   I would love to go back to hay day of college football, when bowl games meant something and when it was all about the school and pride.  But that’s gone, now it’s about money, no longer about tradition of fight songs.  So let’s embrace it, lets try and fix college football while keeping as much tradition as possible.  The first thing needed is contraction, less teams, less bowls.  Schools like Denver and Middle Tennessee shouldn’t be division I-A (or FBS as it’s now known as).   Since the conferences as hell bound on getting bigger, lets eliminate some of the small conferences like the Sun Belt and the WAC and review some of the smaller schools to see if they should be division 1 schools. 

The Conferences should be as follows: ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC, Mountain West, and a merge of the C-USA, Sun Belt and the MAC

ACC

Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virgina, Wake Forest, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Boston College

Divisions

·         Atlantic- Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, North Carolina State, Wake Forest

·         Coastal- Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech

Big East

Central Florida, Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, Louisville, Marshall, Rutgers, South Florida, Southern Miss, Syracuse, TCU, Temple, UTEP, West Virginia

                Divisions

·         North- Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Rutgers, Temple, Syracuse, West Virginia

·         South- Central Florida, South Florida, Southern Miss, Marshall, TCU, UTEP, East Carolina

Big Ten

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Wisconsin

                Divisions

·         Legends- Michigan, Michigan State, Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern, Minnesota, Notre Dame

·         Leaders- Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Penn State, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Pittsburgh

Big 12

Baylor, BYU, Iowa State, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech

                Divisions

·         North- BYU, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Houston

·         South- Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech

Pac-12

Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, Southern Cal, Utah, Washington, Washington State

                Divisions

·         North- Oregon, Stanford, Oregon State, Washington, California, Washington State

·         South- Southern Cal, Arizona State, UCLA, Utah, Arizona, Colorado

SEC

Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

                Divisions

·         West- Alabama, LSU, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Auburn

·         East- Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Vanderbilt

Mountain West

Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Rice, SMU, Tulsa, Wyoming

                Divisions

·         North- Boise State, Colorado State, Air Force, Fresno State, Hawaii, Wyoming

·         South- Nevada, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Rice, SMU, Tulsa

C-USA/MAC/Sun Belt

Air Force, Akron, Army, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo (subject to subtraction), Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan (subject to subtraction), Kent State, Memphis, Miami (OH), Navy, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, UAB (subject to subtraction), Western Michigan, Troy, Florida International, Florida Atlantic, North Texas

                Divisions

·         North- Akron, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Central Michigan, Kent State, Miami (OH), Ohio, Toledo, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo

·         South- Air Force, Army, Memphis, Navy, Northern Illinois, UAB, Troy, Florida International, Florida Atlantic, North Texas

Other Conferences