Add to ACC: Navy or UConn?

[vgunn]

Here's how I did mine:

INDEPENDENT
Notre Dame

ACC

NORTH
Syracuse
Boston College
Connecticut
West Virginia
Pitt
Penn State
Rutgers
Maryland

SOUTH
Virginia
Virginia Tech
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Duke
Wake Forest
UCF
USF

AMERICAN
Army
Navy
Buffalo
UMass
Temple
Marshall
Old Dominion
East Carolina

BIG TEN

WEST
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Iowa State
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas State
Nebraska

EAST
Cincinnati
Indiana
Purdue
Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Illinois
Northwestern

BIG XII

EAST
Houston
Baylor
TCU
SMU
Rice
Memphis

WEST
Boise
BYU
Utah
Colorado
Nevada
UNLV

C-USA

Tulsa
Arkansas State
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Lafayette
Louisiana Monroe
North Texas
Texas State
UTSA

PAC TEN

LEFT
USC
UCLA
Cal
Stanford
Washington
Washington State
Oregon
Oregon State

RIGHT
Arizona
Arizona St.
Texas Tech
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Arkansas

MAC

EAST
Ohio
Miami Ohio
Toledo
Kent State
Akron
Bowling Green

WEST
Ball State
Northern Illinois
Western Kentucky
Western Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Central Michigan

MWC

WEST
San Diego State
Fresno State
UTEP
New Mexico State
San Jose State
Hawaii

MOUNTAIN
Idaho
Utah State
New Mexico
Colorado State
Air Force
Wyoming

SEC

SOUTH
LSU
Ole Miss
Miss State
Alabama
Kentucky
Louisville
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

EAST
Auburn
Georgia
Clemson
South Carolina
Georgia Tech
Florida
Florida State
Miami

SUN BELT
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Southern Miss
Tulane
UAB
Troy
South Alabama
Middle Tennessee
Georgia State

[richmondn96]

Quote: Originally Posted by vgunn

Here's how I did mine:

I like your ACC north, but I wanted to keep Clemson, Miami, GA Tech, and FSU in the ACC in mine so I found that the ACC was way too big. That's why I made the American basically a big ACC North and the ACC the ACC South.

[vgunn]

Quote: Originally Posted by richmondn96

I like your ACC north, but I wanted to keep Clemson, Miami, GA Tech, and FSU in the ACC in mine so I found that the ACC was way too big. That's why I made the American basically a big ACC North and the ACC the ACC South.

I think I've found the best way to get conferences tied closely by location and rivalries. Also creation of true power conferences. Every week in the Big Ten, Pac 12, and the SEC there will be big games. ACC and Big XII are not quite at that elite level, but still some very good teams.

With its tradition, Notre Dame is the only team I really like as an independent (outside perhaps of the service academies).

[vgunn]

Quote: Originally Posted by vgunn

I think I've found the best way to get conferences tied closely by location and rivalries. Also creation of true power conferences. Every week in the Big Ten, Pac 12, and the SEC there will be big games. ACC and Big XII are not quite at that elite level, but still some very good teams. With its tradition, Notre Dame is the only team I really like as an independent (outside perhaps of the service academies).

For the teams leaving the ACC, Miami's only rival is Virginia Tech, Florida State has a lopsided one with Virginia, Clemson with NC State, and Georgia Tech has Virginia Tech. With their moves to the SEC all four of these teams could schedule an out of conference game with their rivals, making for an ACC vs SEC bragging rights situation.