YOUR plans for Conference Re-Alignment

[T-Moar]

I finally got around to making that pure geographic realignment I was talking about. Here it is, for the people that want to use it.
Disclaimer: It's not my best work. I made sure that there are NO independents, though. And all of the conferences' names are much improved, IMO.

Lone Star Conference (WAC)

Championship Game: Cowboys Stadium

Mirabeau B. Lamar Division

Texas

UTEP

Texas Tech

UTSA

North Texas

TCU

Sam Houston Division

Texas A&M

Houston

Rice

Baylor

SMU

Texas State

Protected Rivals:

Texas - Texas A&M

Baylor - Texas Tech

Houston - UTEP

Texas State - UTSA

SMU - TCU

Rice - North Texas

Four Corners Conference (MWC)

Colorado

Colorado State

Air Force

New Mexico

New Mexico State

Arizona

Arizona State

BYU

Utah

Utah State

Golden Gate Conference (Pac-12)

USC

California

San Jose State

San Diego State

UCLA

Fresno State

Stanford

UNLV

Nevada

Hawai'i

Conference 54-40 (C-USA)

Oregon

Oregon State

Boise State

Idaho

Washington

Washington state

Wyoming

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Mississippi River Conference (SEC)

Louisiana Tech

LSU

Tulane

Southern Miss

Ole Miss

Mississippi State

UL-Monroe

UL-Lafayette

Arkansas

Arkansas State

Dust Bowl Conference (Big XII)

Oklahoma State

Tulsa

Kansas

Kansas State

Missouri

Nebraska

Oklahoma

Iowa

Iowa State

Colonial South Conference (ACC)

Championship Game: Bank of America Stadium

Tobacco Road Division

North Carolina

Duke

NC State

Wake Forest

East Carolina

South Carolina

Clemson

Deep South Division

Virginia

Virginia Tech

Georgia

Georgia Tech

Marshall

West Virginia

Independence League (Big East)

Championship Game: Lincoln Financial Field

John Adams Division

Navy

Connecticut

Maryland

Rutgers

UMass

Boston College

Ben Franklin Division

Syracuse

Army

Penn State

Pittsburgh

Temple

Buffalo

Protected Rivals:

Army - Navy

Syracuse - Rutgers

Penn State - Maryland

Buffalo - UMass

Boston College - Temple

Pittsburgh - Connecticut

Graceland Conference Championship Game: Liberty Bowl

Rock N' Roll Division

Tennessee

Middle Tennessee State

Vanderbilt

UAB

Alabama

Auburn

Troy

Memphis

Bluegrass Division

Ball State

Kentucky

Louisville

Western Kentucky

Notre Dame

Indiana

Purdue

Protected Rivals:

Tennessee - Kentucky

Alabama - Notre Dame

UAB - Louisville

Vanderbilt - Northwestern

Middle Tennessee State - WKU

Troy - Ball State

Auburn - Indiana

Great Lakes Conference (Big Ten)

Championship Game: Home Field

Ohio Division

Ohio State

Ohio

Toledo

Akron

Cincinnati

Miami (OH)

Kent State

Bowling Green

Michigan Division

Michigan State

Michigan

Central Michigan

Eastern Michigan

Western Michigan

Illinois

Northwestern

Northern Illinois

Protected Rivals:

Michigan - Ohio State

Northern Illinois - Toledo

Michigan State - Cincinnati

Sunshine Conference (Sun Belt)

Florida

Miami (FL)

Florida State

Central Florida

South Florida

Florida International

Florida Atlantic

[bwburke94]

Quote: Originally Posted by wkukicksbutt

Another Custom Conference possibility: First, I ranked all the teams by the number of wins that they have in the past 4 years(08-11). For Ohio State fans, if you have vacated victories, those numbers don't count. So if NCAA 13 DID have violations, then teams would be penalized in the future, but more on that a bit later. So I ranked the teams by the number of wins they have, and then by the number of losses they have. Then, if they are still tied, then rank them by their most recent season until the tiebreaker is broken. Conference 1 has teams ranked 1-12. Conference 2 has teams ranked 13-24, and etc. There is 8 12-team conferences and 3 9-team conferences. I would rerank these every 4 years. Conference 1 1 Boise St 2 Alabama 3 TCU 4 Oregon 5 Oklahoma 6 Virginia Tech 7 Oklahoma St 8 Utah 9 LSU 10 Florida 11 USC 12 Wisconsin Conference 2 13 BYU 14 Penn St 15 Texas 16 Nebraska 17 West Virginia 18 Cincinnati 19 Michigan St 20 Stanford 21 Houston 22 Missouri 23 Auburn 24 Iowa Conference 3 25 Florida St 26 Nevada 27 Northern Illinois 28 Arkansas 29 Tulsa 30 Southern Miss 31 South Carolina 32 Georgia 33 Georgia Tech 34 Texas Tech 35 Pittsburgh 36 Air Force Conference 4 37 Navy 38 Clemson 39 Temple 40 North Carolina 41 Ohio 42 Rutgers 43 Northwestern 44 Notre Dame 45 California 46 Miami(FL) 47 UConn 48 South Florida Conference 5 49 East Carolina 50 Hawaii 51 Kansas St 52 NC State 53 UCF 54 Troy 55 Boston College 56 Ohio St 57 Western Michigan 58 Arizona 59 Fresno St 60 Michigan Conference 6 61 Texas A&M 62 Central Michigan 63 Baylor 64 Toledo 65 Louisiana Tech 66 Mississippi St 67 Oregon St 68 Kentucky 69 Arkansas St 70 Louisiana-Lafayette 71 Ball St 72 Ole Miss Conference 7 73 SMU 74 San Diego St 75 FIU 76 Louisville 77 Marshall 78 Tennessee 79 Middle Tennessee 80 Wyoming 81 Illinois 82 Wake Forest 83 Arizona St 84 Maryland Conference 8 85 UCLA 86 Virginia 87 Purdue 88 Syracuse 89 UTEP 90 Bowling Green 91 Rice 92 Iowa St 93 Kent 94 Louisiana-Monroe 95 Washington 96 Minnesota Conference 9 97 Utah St 98 Army 99 Kansas 100 Buffalo 101 Idaho 102 FAU 103 Vanderbilt 104 Miami(OH) 105 UAB Conference 10 106 Colorado St 107 Colorado 108 Duke 109 San Jose St 110 UNLV 111 Indiana 112 New Mexico St 113 Western Kentucky 114 Eastern Michigan Conference 11 115 North Texas 116 Memphis 117 Tulane 118 Akron 119 Washington St 120 New Mexico 121 Texas State 122 UMass 123 UTSA

I'd penalize Ohio State for the violations, but I'd move them down one conference instead of three. Also, conferences 9-11 should be cut down to 8 members to allow TSU/UMass/UTSA to be independent due to their transition status.

[SafetyGreen]

Does anybody have a simple link or spreadsheet with the REAL 2013 conferences are going to be?? And maybe the moves listed separately for future seasons?? All this is making my head hurt and I can't think straight.

[Madwolf]

It's hard to say right now without alignment being over. I'd say Louisville is in the Big12 soon with FSU probably coming too. Don't know who would be coming in addition to them.

[T-Moar]

Does anybody who makes classic realignments have a list of bowls with their previous conference tie-ins? I know Wikipedia has old tie-ins, but they don't list the order in which teams were chosen (i.e. they don't say where the SWC #1 went) Is there any database that does this?

[Freakydeaky9]

Quote: Originally Posted by souljahbill

Ball St. removed. Team in () is protected rival. WAC 1. Washington 2. Washington St. 3. Oregon 4. Oregon St. 5. Boise St. 6. Idaho 7. Cal 8. Stanford 9. Fresno St. 10. San Jose St. PAC-12 West 1. USC (Utah) 2. UCLA (Arizona St.) 3. San Diego St. (BYU) 4. Hawaii (Arizona) 5. Hawaii Tech (Teambuilder) (Utah St.) 6. Nevada (UNLV) East 7. UNLV 8. Utah 9. Utah St. 10. BYU 11. Arizona 12. Arizona St MWC 1. Wyoming 2. Colorado St. 3. Colorado 4. Kansas 5. Kansas St. 6. Nebraska 7. New Mexico 8. New Mexico St. Big 12 East 1.Houston (Texas Tech) 2.Rice (UTSA) 3.Texas A&M (Texas) 4.TCU (Baylor) 5.SMU (UTEP) 6.North Texas (Texas St.) West 7.Texas 8.Baylor 9..UTSA 10.Texas St. 11.UTEP 12.Texas Tech Sunbelt East 1. Alabama (LSU) 2. Auburn (LA Tech) 3. UAB (UL-Monroe) 4. Troy (UL-Lafayette) 5. Mississippi St. (Ole Miss) 6. Southern Miss (Tulane) West 7. Ole Miss 8. LSU 9. Tulane 10. LA Tech 11. UL-Lafayette 12. UL-Monroe SEC 1. Georgia 2. Georgia Tech 3. Florida 4. Florida St. 5. Miami 6. USF 7. UCF 8. FIU 9. FAU C-USA West 1. Oklahoma (South Carolina) 2.Oklahoma St. (Clemson) 3.Tulsa (Middle Tennessee St.) 4.Missouri (Vanderbilt) 5.Arkansas (Tennessee) 6.Arkansas St. (Memphis) East 7. Tennessee 8. Middle Tennessee St. 9. Memphis 10. Vanderbilt 11. South Carolina 12. Clemson Big 10 1. Indiana 2. Purdue 3. Notre Dame 4. Illinois 5. Northern Illinois 6. Northwestern 7. Wisconsin 8. Minnesota 9. Iowa 10. Iowa St. MAC North 1. Michigan (Ohio St.) 2. Michigan St. (Kentucky) 3. Eastern Michigan (W.K.) 4. Central Michigan (Louisville) 5. Western Michigan (Cincinnati) 6. Toledo (Miami OH) 7. Bowling Green (Ohio) 8. Kent St. (Akron) South 9. Kentucky 10. Louisville 11. Western Kentucky 12. Akron 13. Ohio 14. Ohio St. 15. Cincinnatti 16. Miami (OH) ACC 1. North Carolina 2. North Carolina St. 3. Duke 4. Wake Forest 5. East Carolina 6. Virginia 7. Virginia Tech 8. West Virginia 9. Marshall Big East 1. Boston College 2. UConn 3. Syracuse 4. Buffalo 5. Rutgers 6. Penn St 7. Pittsburgh 8. Temple 9. Maryland 10. UMass Independents 1. Army 2. Navy 3. Air Force

Just curious, I see a lot of people putting Nevada/UNLV in the PAC-12. Do you guys think that they will get in one day or deserve to get in? But I really like this setup, it makes the most sense

[RebelHog]

Quote: Originally Posted by SafetyGreen

Does anybody have a simple link or spreadsheet with the REAL 2013 conferences are going to be?? And maybe the moves listed separately for future seasons?? All this is making my head hurt and I can't think straight.

I think this is how it stands right now as of 5.27.12

It'll change tomorrow I'm sure.

[weeeeeeez]

Plan on doing relegation in NCAA 13. When release day comes closer I'll have to set everything up and which conferences to use as demotions.