Custom Conference Ideas in NCAA 14

[HozAndMoose]

Are we sure that the WAC wont be in? It is EA we are talking about here.

I completely forgot it was going away.

[boisejames]

Quote: Originally Posted by mre

Definitely will! The initial setup will simply be arranged using the Top 24 in Tier 1, and so on through the tiers. The geographic arrangement will be determined as teams are filled out. I have a Google Docs spreadsheet set up for it -- expanded upon when I did something similar in NCAA Football 12. I'll share that when I'm finished. However, I can give you a basic idea of what I expect the regions to be: Elite: Big Ten: west of Mississippi SEC: east of Mississippi Upper: Pac-12: West coast, potentially into Texas BIG XII: Southeast, also potentially into Texas ACC: Midwest, Northeast Lower: MWC: West coast, Rocky Mountain states C-USA: Texas, Louisiana Sun Belt: East coast, Florida to Virginia MAC: Midwest American: Northeast Independents can be anyone, obviously By the way, here's the setup I'm using in NCAA Football 12 (with the WAC): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...2c&usp=sharing The important/interesting tabs are the "Season YYYY" tabs. Green indicates conference champion Yellow indicates division champion Blue indicates highest-ranked non-champion Red indicates last-place team to be relegated Some of the moves are kind of odd (like Miami going to the West Coast-based Big Ten), but I figured, what's college football without some controversy?

Wow talk about a Mountain West (IRL) take over there in the last couple years.

[boisejames]

Quote: Originally Posted by HozAndMoose

Are we sure that the WAC wont be in? It is EA we are talking about here. I completely forgot it was going away.

Yes we are sure. It has been confirmed.

*Too lazy to find a link*

[mre]

Quote: Originally Posted by boisejames

Wow talk about a Mountain West (IRL) take over there in the last couple years.

Yeah, Fresno State has probably been one of the surprisingly good teams as of late in that dynasty.

[OmahaKnights]

I really dislike conferences having more than 12 teams, and the idea of every conference having 12 teams bothers me, too, so I'm going to have a lot of independents. It's still kind of up in the air at the moment. Losing the WAC makes it really, really difficult.

[wiscowilz]

Quote: Originally Posted by OmahaKnights

I really dislike conferences having more than 12 teams, and the idea of every conference having 12 teams bothers me, too, so I'm going to have a lot of independents. It's still kind of up in the air at the moment. Losing the WAC makes it really, really difficult.

I agree with the first part, but completely disagree with the second part...I too hate having more than 12 but I love that we can have every other conference have 12 teams and a conference championship in every conference.

[Timeetyo]

I have updated my plan with the removal of the WAC and I think it should work really well. Here goes the details:

- All teams have their own region designation (W,C,NE, SE)
- 4 total tiers of promotion / relegation
- Each team is 'stuck' in its new tier after any promotion / demotion for 3 years. This is to stop the constant flop of borderline teams and lend some stability.
- Elite tier is 2 super conferences with each individual region filling a division. This one should be loaded and totally cut-throat. Lowest eligible team in each division is dropped to High tier.
- High tier is 4 10 team conferences. Each eligible winner (or next highest eligible finisher) moves up to Elite. Lowest eligible team in each division is dropped to Mid tier.
- Med tier is 4 10 team conferences. Each eligible winner (or next highest eligible finisher) moves up to High. Lowest eligible team for the region which promoted an independent is demoted to independents.
- Low tier is 14 independents (3/4/3/4 per region). The eligible team with the best record (or next highest eligible finisher) moves up to Mid.







Conf Teams West Central Northeast Southeast
Elite 2 16 Big 10 W Big 10 C AAC NE AAC SE
High 4 10 PAC 12 Big 12 ACC SEC
Med 4 10 MWC C-USA MAC Sun Belt
Low 1 14 IND W IND C IND NE IND SE

[wiscowilz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Timeetyo

I have updated my plan with the removal of the WAC and I think it should work really well. Here goes the details: - All teams have their own region designation (W,C,NE, SE) - 4 total tiers of promotion / relegation - Each team is 'stuck' in its new tier after any promotion / demotion for 3 years. This is to stop the constant flop of borderline teams and lend some stability. - Elite tier is 2 super conferences with each individual region filling a division. This one should be loaded and totally cut-throat. Lowest eligible team in each division is dropped to High tier. - High tier is 4 10 team conferences. Each eligible winner (or next highest eligible finisher) moves up to Elite. Lowest eligible team in each division is dropped to Mid tier. - Med tier is 4 10 team conferences. Each eligible winner (or next highest eligible finisher) moves up to High. Lowest eligible team for the region which promoted an independent is demoted to independents. - Low tier is 14 independents (3/4/3/4 per region). The eligible team with the best record (or next highest eligible finisher) moves up to Mid. Conf Teams West Central Northeast Southeast Elite 2 16 Big 10 W Big 10 C AAC NE AAC SE High 4 10 PAC 12 Big 12 ACC SEC Med 4 10 MWC C-USA MAC Sun Belt Low 1 14 IND W IND C IND NE IND SE

I would love to see your team alignment when you get it figure out.