What if College Football had promotion and relegation? (A BBCF Dynasty)

[SecretAgentMan]

Part 1: BREAKING NEWS- NCAA leadership replaced in "coup" attempt
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"The NCAA is dead! Long live NCAA 2.0! The NCAA is dead! Long live NCAA 2.0"

In a bizarre scene far beyond the imaginations of most sports college fans, it was announced on the steps of NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis this morning that a coup had occurred in the ranks of college athletics leadership. The prior president has apparently been deposed and forced from his position, and a low-level NCAA employee named J.J. Moore had ascended to the presidency. Moore and his acolytes apparently waited until most of the NCAA leadership was out of the building at the national championship game and just....took over operations. While details are scant, the takeover was apparently so comprehensive that the current NCAA administration has already admitted defeat, and been taken in exile to a secret location.

Throngs of college football fans welcomed the news, and a spontaneous crowd descended upon Indy and gathered at the entrance to the administration building for the NCAA.

Little is known about Moore at this point, other than that he is a midwestern football fan who had apparently been working for some time to infiltrate NCAA offices. He apparenly has full support of a strong majority of NCAA employees and is expected to put out a statement in the near future explaining his vision for the new NCAA, which is being termed "NCAA2" by the throngs of fans gathering outside.

Many collegiate coaches and athletic directors were taken aback by the news, and none were immediately available for comment due to the unusual nature of the situation. Many were furiously working to reach contacts at NCAA offices, but outside communication from the NCAA appears to have been temporarily disabled.

When reached for comment, a spokesman for the U.S.Congress simply snorted and stated "Nope, the NCAA is on its own this time. They've head more than enough time to figure this one out" before walking away with a smile on his face. The FBI and local law enforcement groups are also declining comment.

More details on this story are expected to emerge in the coming days.

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*Standard disclaimer* This is CLEARLY a work of fiction. The stories you are reading are being crafted using the seminal college football sim Bowl Bound College Football and the overactive imagination of one midwestern college football fan. Any resemblance to real-life events is purely coincidental. Any depictions of forceful restructuring of the NCAA should not be used as a guide for actual real-world actions. Because, let's face it, the real world of college football is going to continue to do anything it can to money-grab while it transforms into a very different version of what it once was, and there's nothing you or any of us can do about it. And let's face it, we're still probably going to watch anyway.

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Part 2: From the Desk of J.J. Moore:

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Dear college football fan:
There has been a lot of speculation recently about the future of college athletics. As I am now in a position of power to do something about that, it is vital that I explain directly to you, the fan, what you can expect.

INTRODUCING THE NCFA
First, it's not correct that I am now the president of the NCAA. The NCAA, under current administration, is going to stay in its' current form, with one exception- football. Let me therefore announce the creation of the NCFA, the National Collegiate Football association, which I shall oversee as its' first president. The NCFA will take over all Division 1 College football from the NCAA and run it in a way that makes sense for fans and coaches and athletes alike. I can tell you that some changes are going to happen to make college football better. I believe that college football is an amazing and wonderful thing, but I also believe that it has lost its' way in recent years. So, we will fix it. Simple as that. Let's explain how.

CONFERENCE STRUCTURE
I think large conferences are complete nonsense. So most of the NCFA will follow the 12-team, 2-division structure that has worked so well in the past for many conferences. A few conferences will also be 9 teams in a single division. That way, every team in the country gets 8 conference games- 4 home, and 4 on the road.

POWER 5: PRESERVING THE PAC-12
I also hate at the NCAA has allowed the traditions of the PAC-12 to wither away. So the NCFA is restoring the Pac-12 with 12 West region teams as an official "Power 5" conference. For that matter, each of the 5 regions in the country will have a "Power 5" conference with 12 teams. The ACC will serve the Atlantic East, the Big 10 will serve the Midwest, the SEC will serve the Southeast, and the Big 12 will serve the Great Plains region.

GROUP OF 5: SOME GEOGRAPHIC SENSE
We also value geography in the NCFA. The NCAA's conferences make no geographic sense at the Power 5 level, but they are actually even worse at the "Group of 5" level. So that will be fixed as well. Each Group of 5 conference will follow the same structure as the Power 5, with 12 teams from a particular region split into two divisions. So the American Athletic Conference will focus on the Atlantic East, the MAC will focus on the Midwest, the Sunbelt will focus on the Southeast, Conference USA will focus on the Great Plains, and the Mountain West Conference will focus on the West.

ENTRY 5: ELIMINATING THE FBS/FCS NONSENSE
Having two "Division 1s" makes no sense. Either call FCS "Division 2", or open it up and make a much bigger Division 1. We think "All Football is Good Football", so expanded Division 1 is the way to go. That means the "Entry 5" conferences will be part of Division 1 football. Each of these conferences will have 9 teams in a single division. The Colonial Athletic Association will represent the Atlantic East, the Missouri Valley Football Conference will represent the Midwest, the Southern Conference (SoCon) will represent the Southeast, the Southland conference will represent the Great Plains, and the Big Sky will represent the West. Now, if you are counting carefully, that means that Division 1 football will have 165 teams spread through 15 conferences.

PROMOTION & RELEGATION PROCESS
Perhaps the most radical change is the idea of promotion and relegation. It's also the change that requires the most honesty. It's nice to dream about Cinderella teams winning the national title in college football, but it will never happen in the NCAA's current format. Teams from outside the POWER 5 have no chance in reality of winning a title. So the way to address that change is simple. Give GROUP OF 5 teams and ENTRY 5 teams a realistic chance of becoming a POWER 5 team, so that they have a chance of winning a title in the future. Here's how it will work. Every conference will have a conference championship game. The conference champion from each of the ENTRY 5 schools will automatically get promoted into the nearby GROUP OF 5 conference every year, while the worst GROUP OF 5 team in each conference will get relegated to the ENTRY 5 conference in their geographic region. Similarly, the conference champion in each GROUP OF 5 school every year will be promoted to the POWER 5, while the worst POWER 5 team in each conference will get relegated to the GROUP OF 5 conference in their region.

In addition, the 2nd place team in each ENTRY 5 and GROUP OF 5 conference will have one more chance to get promoted. Those 2nd place teams will play each other in their postseason bowl games, and the teams who win their bowl game will get promoted to the next level. This means that the 2nd worst team in each POWER 5 and GROUP of 5 conference is ALSO at risk for getting relegated at the end of the season depending on the bowl game results.

EXPAND THE POSTSEASON, BUT MAKE IT MEANINGFUL
Speaking of bowl games...if we can't seem to prevent 5-win teams from making bowl games, then let's at least make the bowl games MEAN something. First of all, the postseason will expand to 51 games, including many brand new bowls in locations that haven't hosted bowls before.

Technically, the postseason will continue to start with conference championship week. As a reminder, those games will be quite meaningful, since the ENTRY 5 and GROUP of 5 conference championship game winners get promoted, while the POWER 5 conference championship winners strongly increase their odds of making it into the 4-team playoff at the end of the season.

As for the actual bowl games...each POWER 5 conference will play each other POWER 5 conference at least once. The POWER 5 conference with the best record against other POWER 5 conferences will see their bowl game payouts increase, while the conference with the worst record will see a decrease in payouts. Similar structures will occur at the GROUP of 5 and ENTRY 5 levels, so individual conferences will have a chance to become more prestigious than the rest of their level.

Of course, the "Promotion Bowls" will be highly charged as well. Each of these 5 bowls gives the GROUP of 5 and ENTRY 5 teams a chance to win their way into promotion to the next level. Conference Champions in the GROUP OF 5 and ENTRY 5 will also get to play in a bowl game against a team in their future conference, so that they can begin establishing rivalries at that level as well.

And finally, the 4-team playoff bowls will continue to be incredibly impactful as we crown a definitive national champion on the field.

EXPAND ACCESS TO DIVISION 1 FOOTBALL
Team invitations and conference setups will be revealed in the coming days, but know that the goal of the NCFA is to make sure that college football matters to the whole country. There will be Division 1 football programs in 48 states, and there will be end of season bowl games in 37 states. We will also be helping many programs expand their stadiums to help grow their fanbases.

REGIONAL TIES AND RIVALRIES MATTER
Finally, there's one more problem with the NCAA. Traditional rivalries and regional ties have not been preserved in recent years, and it has led to some very odd schedules being released. Well, no more. The NCFA's structure forces teams in the same geographic area to potentially play each other on a more regular basis. Traditional regional conferences are back, and we're going to play as many traditional rivalry games each season as we can. There will also be some new rivalries to develop as teams are finally forced to play would-be in-state rivals that they have been ducking for years. Some teams will find themselves in new conferences as a result of this structure, but it's going to lead to great schedules throughout. Traditions and regional identities will matter again in college football, and I believe that they will in fact be stronger than ever.

More information will come out in the days to come, but please know, college football fan, that these changes are going to make college football better and more fun for everyone involved, and I cannot wait for you to see the product on the field.

Regards,
J.J. Moore


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*Standard disclaimer* This is CLEARLY a work of fiction. The stories you are reading are being crafted using the seminal college football sim Bowl Bound College Football and the overactive imagination of one midwestern college football fan. Any resemblance to real-life events is purely coincidental. Any depictions of forceful restructuring of the NCAA should not be used as a guide for actual real-world actions. Because, let's face it, the real world of college football is going to continue to do anything it can to money-grab while it transforms into a very different version of what it once was, and there's nothing you or any of us can do about it. And let's face it, we're still probably going to watch anyway.

[Chas in Cinti]

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[SecretAgentMan]

Part 3: NCFA Conference Selections

You know that all of us here at the Wednesday Morning Quarterback (WMQB) Blog are committed to providing the most lukewarm of college football takes on the hottest news stories...from last week. So in that manner, let's be the 247th article to look at the NCFA Conference Selections and prestige values that were recently announced.

WEST REGION

PAC 12 NORTH
Oregon (82)
Washington (76)
Oregon State (67)
Washington State (64)
California (59)
Stanford (50)

PAC 12 SOUTH
Utah (75)
USC (69)
UCLA (66)
Arizona (60)
Arizona State (57)
Colorado (48)

Teams Removed: None
Teams Added: None

Analysis: Honestly, we just think it's funny that the PAC-12, the conference that the NCAA was willing to let completely fall apart, is the one that the NCFA left completely intact. It looks...like the PAC-12 we've come to know and love in years past. More PAC-12 After Dark, we say!

MOUNTAIN WEST NORTH
Boise State (64)
Air Force (61)
BYU (58)
Wyoming (51)
Colorado State (39)
Hawaii (37)

MOUNTAIN WEST SOUTH
Fresno State (58)
San Diego State (49)
Utah State (48)
San Jose State (45)
UNLV (43)
Nevada (37)

Teams Removed: New Mexico
Teams Added: BYU

Analysis: Sending BYU back to the Mountain West makes sense. To us, BYU just doesn't feel like a Power 5 school right now. Sucks for New Mexico, but we think they'll be happy with their landing spot (more on that in a bit). Our main concern here is the divisions. No, not the fact that the talent looks unbalanced right now (though that is true). It's the silly names. Mountain West North? And South? Really??

BIG SKY
Montana State (44)
Montana (42)
Weber State (34)
Sacramento State (33)
UC Davis (32)
New Mexico State (31)
Idaho (29)
New Mexico (28)
Eastern Washington (28)

Teams Removed: Northern Arizona, Portland State, Idaho State, Cal Poly, Northern Colorado
Teams Added: New Mexico State, New Mexico

Analysis: We're happy to see the Big Sky getting added to Division 1 as an "Entry 5" conference, and we think that fans are going to like the brand of football they play and their passion, especially up in Montana and Idaho. The two New Mexico schools feel like a good fit here, too.

GREAT PLAINS REGION

BIG XII NORTH
Kansas State (76)
Iowa State (68)
Missouri (67)
Texas Tech (66)
Baylor (63)
Kansas (56)

BIG XII SOUTH
Oklahoma (82)
Texas (80)
Texas A&M (72)
Oklahoma State (71)
TCU (68)
Arkansas (59)

Teams Removed: BYU, Cincinnati, West Virginia, UCF, Houston
Teams Added: Missouri, Texas A&M, Arkansas

Analysis: There's a lot of movement here, but it basically amounts to one thing: the old Big XII is back, baby! With the exception of Nebraska (which has committed to scheduling a Big XII foe each year), all of the previous Big 8/Big XII stalwarts are here, and the addition of Arkansas provides some fun Southwest Conference flair. We can't wait! The North division looks a little bit weaker, but that's nothing we haven't seen in the past anyways.

CONFERENCE USA NORTH
Tulane (56)
Louisiana (51)
Tulsa (42)
Arkansas State (36)
Louisiana Tech (33)
UL-Monroe (29)

CONFERENCE USA SOUTH
SMU (61)
Houston (55)
UTSA (50)
North Texas (41)
Rice (33)
Texas State (33)

Teams Removed: Liberty, New Mexico State, Jacksonville State, W. Kentucky, MTSU, Sam Houston, UTEP, FIU
Teams Added: Tulane, Louisiana, Tulsa, Arkansas State, UL-Monroe, SMU, Houston, UTSA, North Texas, Rice, Texas State

Analysis: See, this is the kind of thing we like to see. This conference makes sense, right? You read that list and go, yes, of course those teams are in the same conference as each other. They seems like a natural fit. Except none of them were! The new C-USA is pretty much an amalgamation of old C-USA, the Sunbelt, and the AAC, but it works. Like, well. We are really pleased to see the existence of this conference. Plus, the notion that an entire division of "Conference USA" is made up entirely of teams from Texas is just....*chef's kiss*

SOUTHLAND
UTEP (30)
Sam Houston (28)
Incarnate Word (27)
Missouri State (26)
Central Arkansas (23)
SE Louisiana (21)
SE Missouri State (19)
Nicholls State (17)
Stephen F. Austin (15)

Teams Removed: Lamar, Houston Christian, Texas A&M-Commerce, Northwestern State, McNeese State
Teams Added: UTEP, Sam Houston, Missouri State, Central Arkansas, SE Missouri State, Stephen F. Austin

Analysis: There's a lot of turnover here, too, but less than Conference USA. Again, though, it's a group that feels like a good fit. No standout programs coming up from the FCS, but enough regional matchups that should lead to some fun. The addition of Missouri State from the MVFC should be a good fit as well.

MIDWEST REGION

BIG TEN EAST
Ohio State (92)
Michigan (90)
Cincinnati (62)
Michigan State (59)
Illinois (56)
Northwestern (53)

BIG TEN WEST
Notre Dame (82)
Iowa (70)
Wisconsin (70)
Minnesota (64)
Purdue (59)
Nebraska (58)

Teams Removed: Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland, Indiana
Teams Added: Notre Dame, Cincinnati

Analysis: We have mixed feelings here. On the one hand, Penn State and Indiana leaving the Big Ten feels so, so, wrong, even if there are good reasons in both cases. But Notre Dame to the Big Ten? That feels very, very right, and is something that should have happened a long time ago. The wild card is Cincinnati. Are they going to feel like an afterthought, or a valid member? And was their inclusion worth bumping Indiana down to the MAC?

MAC EAST
Toledo (51)
Miami OH (48)
Ohio U. (47)
Bowling Green (34)
Kent State (31)
Akron (21)

MAC WEST
Indiana (51)
W. Michigan (42)
N. Illinois (41)
Ball State (39)
C. Michigan (39)
E. Michigan (39)

Teams Removed: Buffalo
Teams Added: Indiana

Analysis: This sort of feels like a "whatever shrug" sort of situation. So, "whatever shrug". The conference is basically unchanged except for some division adjustments. Indiana isn't going to move the needle in any sort of way. What we're really looking forward to is Year 2 in the MAC, when two very interesting things will happen. 1) A strong program or two will get bumped down from the Big Ten, and 2) A Dakota program or two will likely ascend from the MVFC. Then things will get fun. This year, though: "whatever shrug"

MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE*(MVFC)
S. Dakota State (59)
N. Dakota State (57)
N. Iowa (36)
S. Illinois (34)
S. Dakota (30)
N. Dakota (30)
Youngstown State (29)
Illinois State (28)
Indiana State (15)

Teams Removed: Missouri State, Murray State, W. Illinois
Teams Added: None

Analysis: Want some outrage about this whole process? Here's where it should be directed. There is NO way that SDSU and NDSU shouldn't have been put into the MAC. To be honest, they already profile as borderline Big Ten schools, and to see them disrespected like this is a HUGE problem. They should sweep through the conference and both be favorites to get promoted immediately, but it's a shame that they have to take a year to do it in the first place.

SOUTHEAST REGION

SEC EAST
Georgia (95)
Tennessee (74)
Florida State (71)
Florida (67)
Kentucky (67)
Miami (60)

SEC WEST
Alabama (93)
LSU (80)
Mississippi (71)
Auburn (68)
Mississippi State (64)
S. Carolina (61)

Teams Removed: Missouri, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Vanderbilt
Teams Added: Florida State, Miami

Analysis: This is going to be so much fun. So. Damn. Much. Fun. The schools that are really Big 12 schools were sent back, and the current competitive chaff has been cut. And now....Miami and Florida State are finally here. So. Much. Fun. It just means more, am I right?

SUNBELT EAST
UCF (64)
Georgia Tech (53)
Coastal Carolina (47)
Navy (46)
Vanderbilt (41)
S. Florida (39)

SUNBELT WEST
Louisville (64)
Memphis (60)
Troy (54)
W. Kentucky (50)
UAB (46)
S. Alabama (43)


Teams Removed: James Madison, Appalachian State, Old Dominion, Georgia State, Marshall, Texas St., Arkansas State, Louisiana, Southern Miss, Louisiana Monroe, Georgia Southern
Teams Added: UCF, Georgia Tech, Navy, S. Florida, Louisville, Memphis, UAB, Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky

Analysis: The Sunbelt has been radically reshaped, but it stands to be the strongest Group of 5 conference. Louisville and UCF arguably both belong in power conferences, and Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt have also been demoted from Power conferences. There's a slew of other strong programs here as well, all clamoring for a chance to get into the SEC. Does anybody here have the power to stick? That remains to be seen.

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE (SOCON)
Florida Atlantic (44)
Georgia State (44)
Georgia Southern (41)
MTSU (40)
Southern Miss (36)
Jacksonville State (34)
Furman (26)
Florida International (22)
Wofford (15)

Teams Removed: Chattanooga, Mercer, WCU, Samford, VMI, ETSU, The Citadel
Teams Added: Florida Atlantic, Georgia State, MTSU, Southern Miss, Jacksonville State, Florida International, Georgia Southern

Analysis: Funny enough, this conference is basically functioning as junior version of the Sunbelt, rather than the traditional SOCON. That means very few truly "new" teams, and a lot of teams who will be disappointed to be demoted to the Entry 5 rather than maintaining a place in the Group of 5. It will be interesting to see who responds.

ATLANTIC EAST REGION

ACC ATLANTIC
Clemson (81)
NC State (65)
Maryland (62)
N. Carolina (61)
Wake Forest (59)
Duke (57)

ACC COASTAL
Penn State (84)
W. Virginia (65)
Pittsburgh (60)
Virginia Tech (56)
Syracuse (54)
Virginia (53)

Teams Removed: Florida State, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Miami, Boston College,
Teams Added: Penn State, W. Virginia, Maryland

Analysis: This is weird. Like, most of the rest of the conference being back feels like the ACC, and Maryland's return feels like the ACC. But Penn State? Really? Yes, it will provide some great rivalry matchups with Pittsburgh and West Virginia, but it feels really weird, since Penn State has been in the Big 10 for 30 years or so. Having said that...the potential to have a Clemson-Penn State conference championship every year seems like something we're down for. And Penn State has agreed to schedule a former Big 10 opponent each year, so that should help. We know that the NCFA is doing this for competitive balance perhaps, and we hope that their analysis is correct.

AAC ATLANTIC
Appalachian State (58)
James Madison (57)
Liberty (51)
E. Carolina (44)
Old Dominion (36)
Charlotte (28)

AAC COASTAL
Boston College (50)
Army (50)
Marshall (48)
Rutgers (47)
Buffalo (39)
Temple (33)

Teams Removed: SMU, Tulane, UTSA, Memphis, S. Florida, Rice, Navy, N. Texas, UAB, Florida Atlantic, Tulsa,
Teams Added: Appalachian State, James Madison, Liberty, Old Dominion, Boston College, Army, Marshall, Rutgers, Buffalo

Analysis: Much like Conference USA, this doesn't feel remotely like the same conference. It does show you just how little geographic identity there is in the Group of 5. Anyways, this group will have to try to find a way to form an identity as an "Atlantic East" conference. It should be interesting to see how that develops.

COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (CAA)
Villanova (29)
UConn (25)
Delaware (22)
Richmond (21)
New Hampshire (19)
William & Mary (19)
Rhode Island (16)
UMass (15)
Maine (15)

Teams Removed: Albany, Elon, Towson, Campbell, Monmouth, Hampton, NC A&T, Stony Brook
Teams Added: UConn, UMass

Analysis: It's a shame that the prestige levels of these teams are so low, because this conference feels like a very cohesive distillation of the "Atlantic East" Region. Do they have any hope of being successful on a national, level, though? That's the real question that we have here.

Overall, while there are some oddities, those of us here at Wednesday Morning Quarterback can't wait to see what the first season of the NCFA will bring! Look for our next article next week breaking down the new bowl tie-ins, which will be announced....yesterday morning. See you soon!

*Standard disclaimer* This is CLEARLY a work of fiction. The stories you are reading are being crafted using the seminal college football sim Bowl Bound College Football and the overactive imagination of one midwestern college football fan. Any resemblance to real-life events is purely coincidental. Any depictions of forceful restructuring of the NCAA should not be used as a guide for actual real-world actions. Because, let's face it, the real world of college football is going to continue to do anything it can to money-grab while it transforms into a very different version of what it once was, and there's nothing you or any of us can do about it. And let's face it, we're still probably going to watch anyway.​

[SecretAgentMan]

Part 4: 2024 Bowl Tie-Ins

-For Immediate Release from NCFA Offices in Indianapolis, Indiana-

The NCFA has announced the 2024 Bowl Pairings. They are as follows:

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New Year's Six - Week 20
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Cotton Bowl (Dallas, Texas)- Playoff Semi
Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Arizona)- Playoff Semi
Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)- Big 10 #1 vs Pac 12 #1
Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, Louisiana)- SEC #1 vs Big 12 #1
Orange Bowl (Miami, Florida)- ACC #1 vs At-Large
Peach Bowl (Atlanta, Georgia)- At large vs At-Large
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Power Five Bowls - Week 20
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Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL)- Big10 3 vs SEC 3
Music City Bowl (Nashville, Tennessee)- Big10 4 vs Big12 3
Las Vegas Bowl (Paradise, Nevada)- Big10 5 vs Pac12 3
Pinstripe Bowl (New York, NY) - Big10 6 vs ACC 3
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) SEC 4 vs Big12 4
Holiday Bowl (San Diego, CA)-SEC 5 vs Pac12 4
Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL)- SEC 6 vs ACC 4
Alamo Bowl (San Antonio, TX)- Big12 5 vs Pac12 5
Independence Bowl (Shreveport, LA) Big12 6 vs ACC 5
Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX)- Pac12 6 vs ACC 6
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Group of Five Champion Bowls - Week 20
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Motor City Bowl (Detroit, MI) MAC #1 vs Big10 #2
Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, AL) Sunbelt #1 vs SEC #2
Texas Bowl (Houston, TX)- C-USA #1 vs Big12 #2
LA Bowl (Inglewood, CA)- MWC #1 vs Pac-12 #2
Fenway Bowl (Boston, MA)- AAC #1 vs ACC #2
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Promotion Bowls (Go5 to P5) - Week 19
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Chicago Bowl (Promotion Bowl #1) Chicago, Illinois- MWC #2 vs C-USA #2
Seattle Bowl (Promotion Bowl #2) Seattle, Washington- MAC #2 vs Sunbelt #2
Denver Bowl (Promotion Bowl #3) Denver, Colorado- AAC #2 vs SoCon #2
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Lower Five Champion Bowls - Week 19
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Corn Bowl (Lincoln, Nebraska)- MVFC #1 vs MAC #3
Myrtle Beach Bowl (Conway, S. Carolina)- SoCon #1 vs Sunbelt #3
Tulsa Bowl (Tulsa, Oklahoma)- SLand #1 vs C-USA #3
Commonwealth Bowl (Richmond, Virginia) CAA #1 vs AAC #3
Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, Idaho)- BigSky #1 vs MWC #3
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Group of Five Bowls - Week 19
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Bahamas Bowl (Nassau, Bahamas)- MAC 4 vs C-USA 4
New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, New Mexico)- Sunbelt 4 vs MWC 4
Military Bowl (Annapolis, Maryland)- AAC 4 vs Sunbelt 5
Arizona Bowl (Tucson, Arizona)- MAC 5 vs. MWC 5
Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu, Hawaii)- C-USA 5 vs AAC 5
Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama) - MAC 6 vs Sunbelt 6
Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Florida) - MAC 7 vs AAC 6
Beehive Bowl (Salt Lake City, Utah) - C-USA 6 vs MWC 6
Gateway Bowl (St. Louis, Missouri) - C-USA 7 vs Sunbelt 7
Lambeau Bowl (Green Bay, Wisconsin) - MWC 7 vs AAC 7
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Promotion Bowls (Entry 5 to Group of 5) - Week 18
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Sycamore Bowl (Promotion Bowl #4) (Indianapolis, IN)- SLand #2 vs CAA #2
Ice Bowl (Promotion Bowl #5) (Minneapolis, MN)- Sky #2 vs MVFC #2
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Entry 5 Bowls - Week 18
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Steel Bowl (Pittsburgh, PA)- MVFC 3 vs CAA 3
Frontier Bowl (Laramie, WY)- SLand 3 vs Big Sky 3
Mayo Bowl (Charlotte, N. Carolina) CAA 4 vs SoCon 3
Beaver Bowl (Portland, Oregon) - MVFC 4 vs Big Sky 4
Magnolia Bowl (Jackson, Mississippi) - Sland 4 vs SoCon 4
Iowa Bowl (Iowa City, Iowa)- MVFC 5 vs SLand 5
Chili Bowl (Cincinnati, Ohio) - MVFC 6 vs SoCon 5
Bluegrass Bowl (Louisville, Kentucky) - CAA 5 vs SLand 6
Little Apple Bowl (Manhattan, Kansas) - CAA 6 vs Big Sky 5
Little Rock Bowl (Little Rock, Arkansas) - Big Sky 6 vs SoCon 6


*Standard disclaimer* This is CLEARLY a work of fiction. The stories you are reading are being crafted using the seminal college football sim Bowl Bound College Football and the overactive imagination of one midwestern college football fan. Any resemblance to real-life events is purely coincidental. Any depictions of forceful restructuring of the NCAA should not be used as guide for actual real-world change. Because, let's face it, the real world of college football is going to continue to do anything it can to money-grab while it transforms into a very different version of what it once was.
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