I decided that since they allowed us so much flexibility that I might try my hand at the rumored “Super Conferences”. So I grabbed the team grades (from original rosters, haven’t had the time to base this off an updated roster file) and assigned a number value for offense, defense, special teams and for. The scores were then given a percentile value (how they compare to all other teams) and then I gave weight each attribute. This produces a score on a 100% scale. I then took the 80 highest scoring teams and regionally grouped them into the Big East, Big 10, Big 12, SEC and Pac 12. I used the same team scoring system to then determine the divisions.
A purist (or an ACC fan) will likely not care for this approach but many of the traditional teams remained in their usual conferences while other current BCS AQ schools got relegated to the non-BCS ranks
The conferences are pretty balanced. The SEC is still the best and the Big East is still the bottom but it isn't a terrible gap. I set the these five conferences as the only automatic BCS qualifiers and they have no bowl tie-ins.
Oh, the game would not allow me to empty out the independent schools, which I had originally hoped, so Army remains as the sole independent. I believe I originally had them slotted for C-USA.
BCS Automatic Qualifying Conferences |
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Conf/Div/School
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Big 10
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| Big East
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| SEC
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A
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| A
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Illinois
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| Boston College
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| Auburn
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Iowa State
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| Connecticut
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| Clemson
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Kentucky
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| ECU
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| Georgia Tech
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Michigan State
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| Navy
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| Miami
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Nebraska
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| Penn State
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| Mississippi State
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Northwestern
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| Pittsburgh
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| South Carolina
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Ohio State
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| Rutgers
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| South Florida
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Purdue
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| Virginia
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| Vanderbilt
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B
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| B
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| B
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Cincinnati
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| Duke
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| Alabama
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Indiana
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| Maryland
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| Florida
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Iowa
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| NC State
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| Florida State
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Louisville
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| North Carolina
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| Georgia
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Michigan
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| Syracuse
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| Ole Miss
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Minnesota
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| Tennessee
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| Southern Miss
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Notre Dame
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| Virginia Tech
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| Troy
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Wisconsin
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| West Virginia
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| UCF
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Big 12
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| Pac 12
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A
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Arkansas
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| Arizona
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Kansas
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| BYU
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Kansas State
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| California
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LSU
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| Nevada
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Missouri
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| Oregon
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Oklahoma
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| San Diego State
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SMU
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| USC
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Tulsa
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| Utah
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B
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| B
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Baylor
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| Air Force
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Colorado
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| Arizona State
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Houston
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| Boise State
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Oklahoma State
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| Fresno State
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TCU
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| Oregon State
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Texas
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| Stanford
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Texas A&M
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| UCLA
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Texas Tech
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| Washington
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Non-Automatic Qualifying Conferences |
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Conf/Div/School
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ACC
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| MAC
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| Sun Belt
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Arkansas State
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| Akron
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| FIU
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Marshall
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| Bowling Green
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| Florida Atlantic
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Memphis
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| Kent State
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| Louisiana Tech
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Mid Tenn State
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| Miami Univ.
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| Tulane
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Temple
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| Ohio
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| UAB
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Wake Forest
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| Toledo
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| UL Lafayette
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Western Kentucky
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| MW
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| UL Monroe
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C-USA
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| Colorado State
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| WAC
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Ball State
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| Idaho
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| Hawaii
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Buffalo
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| New Mexico
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| North Texas
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Central Michigan
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| New Mexico State
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| Rice
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Eastern Michigan
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| UNLV
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| San Jose State
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Northern Illinois
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| Utah State
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| UTEP
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Western Michigan
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| IND
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| Washington State
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| Army
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| Wyoming
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