How To Align Conferences For The Long Haul

[hee163]

Quote: Originally Posted by NaptownMVP

Why is everyone moving Indiana out of the Big Ten? Move Northwestern. Nobody likes those nerds. But seriously, if you're moving IU, why move them to the WAC? Why not the MAC?

WAC just for simplicity. There's a gap left there by Boise.

[DOSMedia4SC]

I wouldnt move stanford. They are a pretty strong team and theres a lot of Pac 10 rivalries with them. If you move anyone, move the Arizona Schools.

The Zona schools were not part of the original Pac 8 and have only been in the conference since the 70s. No other school in the Pac 10 has a rivalry with them except each other. These two schools are the only two you could move in order to preserve all conference rivalries in the Pac 10.

Stanford vs USC btw is the oldest Pac 10 rivalry, which is another reason not to move Stanfraud.

[Husker88Chief]

EA has already said they will not be realigning the conferences this year.

I wish they would've done what Madden '02 did and at the end of the first season added the Texans and an expansion draft, but we'll just have to live with it now.

The big dilemma is what is more important to you? Accurate conference teams or accurate bowl tie-ins.

I don't think you can move the Big Ten to the MAC because then they lose BCS automatic eligibility. But by shifting everyone around you end up having the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and maybe Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl lineups being different.

If you're willing to live with that, like me, then great. As a Husker fan I NEED to be in the Big Ten by 2011 in the game.

[TheGamingChef]

I just handled this myself actually. I decided to start up a new dynasty and wanted the conferences to be as accurate as possible. Here is what I have (the conference name listed is the name of the in-game conference):

**ACC: Consists of the 12 real-life Big 10 teams in their "Leaders" and "Legends" divisions
**Big 12: Consists of the 12 real-life Pac-12 teams in their North and South divisions
**Big East: After some debate, replaced USF with TCU. USF is now in the Wasteland Athletic Conference (WAC)
**Big Ten: Consists of 11 ACC schools. Couldn't keep them all, so Duke was shunted to the wasteland as well (WAC).
**Independents: Moved BYU to independent and put Army in the WAC also.
**Mountain West: Consists of the new upcoming conference as best I could do it (added Hawaii, Fresno State, Nevada, and Boise State. Removed TCU, BYU, and Utah.) However, I had to remove one more team to make room, so New Mexico also got stuck in the WAC.
**Pac 10: Consists of the 10 real-life Big 12 teams, playing their nine-game round robin schedule
**WAC: Decided to rename this the Wasteland Athletic Conference because it's basically the dump for teams that don't have a home. USF should (hopefully) rule this conference for the near future.

C-USA, MAC, SEC, and Sun Belt were unaffected.

I made the changes this way because out of all of the major conferences, the ACC is one that I don't care for as much, so I didn't really worry about keeping it right. I considered switching the Big East for a 9 team conference, but I didn't want the Mountain West sans Utah and TCU getting an automatic bid in the BCS.

It is a little weird seeing a "traditional" Rose Bowl matchup of Oklahoma-Virginia Tech, but oh well, I can live with that!

Anyone try to do something like this too?

[johntom2000]

so many choices...What to do, what to do!

[franch1se]

Quote: Originally Posted by duckfever8

Only one I'll do is Boise to the MWC right away. Swap them with Wyoming. And then I'll replace Wyoming with Gonzaga teambuilder team.

keep Wyoming and swap Boise with BYU since they are going Independent. Utah and TCU are other options since they are leaving as well.

[Deuce2223]

Here is my new setup that I plan on using for any Dynasties moving forward. I feel like because there is no way to acutally create the true conferences, then might as well go with big time changes all around. I did this adding EWU, Appalichian State and Villanova. If you wanted to keep Ball State, ULM and ULL in which are the 3 teams I removed, you can tweak however you want but easy moves would be to put Tulsa in WAC for EWU, UCF could move to the ACC for Appy State and Ball State could take Villanova spot in the MAC.

THE CAROLINA DIVISION (ATLANTIC)

North Carolina
NC State
Wake Forest
Duke
Appalachian State**
East Carolina

THE VIRIGINIA DIVISION (COASTAL)

Virginia
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Marshall
Maryland
BC

(ONCE KNOWN AS THE BIG EAST/ WILL STILL GET AUTOMATIC BCS BID)

KANSAS
K-STATE
IOWA
IOWA STATE
ILLINOIS
NORTHWESTERN
INDIANA
NORTHERN ILLINOIS

OHIO STATE
NEBRASKA
WISCONSIN
PITT
PENN STATE
MISSOURI
NOTRE DAME
MICHIGAN STATE
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
PURDUE

(Once known as the Big 12)

NORTH

COLORADO
UTAH
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON STATE
OREGON
OREGON STATE

SOUTH

CAL
STANFORD
USC
UCLA
ARIZONA
ARIZONA STATE

(Formly known as the BIG 12/PAC-10)

TEXAS
TEXAS TECH
TEXAS A&M
BAYLOR
TCU
HOUSTON
SMU
ARKANSAS
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA STATE

EAST

FLORIDA
FLORIDA STATE
MIAMI FL
USF
TENNESSEE
GEORGIA TECH

WEST

ALABAMA
AUBURN
CLEMSON
SOUTH CAROLINA
GEORGIA
LSU

SOUTHERN (FORMER EAST)

MISSISSIPPI STATE
OLE MISS
SOUTHERN MISS
VANDERBILT
MIDDLE TENNESSEE
MEMPHIS

NORTHERN (FORMER WEST)

WESTERN MICHIGAN
EASTERN MICHIGAN
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
LOUISVILLE
KENTUCKY
WESTERN KENTUCKY

BOISE STATE
NEVADA
FRESNO STATE
HAWAII
UTAH STATE
BYU
UNLV
SAN DIEGO STATE
UTEP

EASTERN WASINGTON**
IDAHO
NEW MEXICO
NEW MEXICO STATE
COLORADO STATE
WYOMING
SAN JOSE STATE
NORTH TEXAS
RICE

THE OHIO DIVISION (EAST)

CINCINNATI
OHIO
BOWLING GREEN
TOLEDO
MIAMI OH
AKRON
KENT STATE

NORTHERN DIVISION (WEST)

UCONN
SYRACUSE
RUTGERS
BUFFALO
TEMPLE
VILLANOVA**

(ALSO KNOWN AS THE INDEPENDENTS)

ARMY
NAVY
AIR FORCE

ARKANSAS STATE
TULANE
TROY
TULSA
UAB
UCF
FAU
FIU
LA TECH

[BoSoxPujols]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deuce2223

Here is my new setup that I plan on using for any Dynasties moving forward. I feel like because there is no way to acutally create the true conferences, then might as well go with big time changes all around. I did this adding EWU, Appalichian State and Villanova. If you wanted to keep Ball State, ULM and ULL in which are the 3 teams I removed, you can tweak however you want but easy moves would be to put Tulsa in WAC for EWU, UCF could move to the ACC for Appy State and Ball State could take Villanova spot in the MAC. THE CAROLINA DIVISION (ATLANTIC) North Carolina NC State Wake Forest Duke Appalachian State** East Carolina THE VIRIGINIA DIVISION (COASTAL) Virginia Virginia Tech West Virginia Marshall Maryland BC (ONCE KNOWN AS THE BIG EAST/ WILL STILL GET AUTOMATIC BCS BID) KANSAS K-STATE IOWA IOWA STATE ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN INDIANA NORTHERN ILLINOIS OHIO STATE NEBRASKA WISCONSIN PITT PENN STATE MISSOURI NOTRE DAME MICHIGAN STATE MICHIGAN MINNESOTA PURDUE (Once known as the Big 12) NORTH COLORADO UTAH WASHINGTON WASHINGTON STATE OREGON OREGON STATE SOUTH CAL STANFORD USC UCLA ARIZONA ARIZONA STATE (Formly known as the BIG 12/PAC-10) TEXAS TEXAS TECH TEXAS A&M BAYLOR TCU HOUSTON SMU ARKANSAS OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA STATE EAST FLORIDA FLORIDA STATE MIAMI FL USF TENNESSEE GEORGIA TECH WEST ALABAMA AUBURN CLEMSON SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA LSU SOUTHERN (FORMER EAST) MISSISSIPPI STATE OLE MISS SOUTHERN MISS VANDERBILT MIDDLE TENNESSEE MEMPHIS NORTHERN (FORMER WEST) WESTERN MICHIGAN EASTERN MICHIGAN CENTRAL MICHIGAN LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY WESTERN KENTUCKY BOISE STATE NEVADA FRESNO STATE HAWAII UTAH STATE BYU UNLV SAN DIEGO STATE UTEP EASTERN WASINGTON** IDAHO NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO STATE COLORADO STATE WYOMING SAN JOSE STATE NORTH TEXAS RICE THE OHIO DIVISION (EAST) CINCINNATI OHIO BOWLING GREEN TOLEDO MIAMI OH AKRON KENT STATE NORTHERN DIVISION (WEST) UCONN SYRACUSE RUTGERS BUFFALO TEMPLE VILLANOVA** (ALSO KNOWN AS THE INDEPENDENTS) ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE ARKANSAS STATE TULANE TROY TULSA UAB UCF FAU FIU LA TECH

Props on all this.

Love the creativity.