Custom Tier Conferences

[itzBroseph]

I'm sure someone has done this idea before, but just wanted to share my personal setup. I am not a soccer fan, but I always liked the English Football League setup with multiple tiers, and teams that move up and down the ladder. I wanted to consolidate teams to make the most even and competitive conferences so I decided to try and come up with a tier system for NCAA 14. Here is my setup:

		WEST A (BIG 10)		EAST A (SEC)
		USC		OHIO STATE
		UCLA		PENN STATE
		STANFORD		LOUISVILLE
		OREGON		NOTRE DAME
		NEBRASKA		VIRGINIA TECH
		WASHINGTON		WEST VIRGINIA
		MIDWEST A (BIG 10)		SOUTH A (SEC)
		MICHIGAN		ALABAMA
		OKLAHOMA		GEORGIA
		LSU		CLEMSON
		TEXAS		FLORIDA
		TEXAS A&M		FLORIDA STATE
		WISCONSIN		AUBURN
		MICHIGAN STATE		TENNESSEE
	WEST B (PAC 12)	MIDWEST B (C-USA)		SOUTH B (BIG 12)	EAST B (ACC)
	WASHINGTON STATE	IOWA STATE		ARKANSAS	MARYLAND
	CAL	IOWA		OLE MISS	PITT
	ARIZONA	MISSOURI		MIAMI	MARSHALL
	COLORADO	BAYLOR		MISSISIPPI STATE	TEMPLE
	UTAH	TCU		NC STATE	RUTGERS
	KANSAS STATE	TEXAS TECH		SOUTH CAROLINA	SYRACUSE
	BYU	NORTHWESTERN		NORTH CAROLINA	CINCINNATI
	OREGON STATE	OKLAHOMA STATE		GEORGIA TECH	VIRGINIA
	ARIZONA STATE	HOUSTON		VANDERBILT	BOSTON COLLEGE
	BOISE STATE	MINNESOTA		MEMPHIS	PURDUE
	AIR FORCE	SMU		USF	ARMY
	HAWAII	TULSA		DUKE	NAVY
	WEST C (MT. WEST)	MIDWEST C (MAC)		SOUTH C (SUN BELT)	EAST C (AMERICAN)
	SAN DIEGO STATE	ILLINOIS		ECU	TOLEDO
	COLORADO STATE	NORTHERN ILLINOIS		WAKE FOREST	WESTERN KENTUCKY
	NEVADA	EASTERN MICHIGAN		ARKANSAS STATE	KENTUCKY
	SAN JOSE STATE	WESTERN MICHIGAN		SOUTHERN MISS	BALL STATE
	FRESNO STATE	CENTRAL MICHIGAN		UCF	OHIO
	UTAH STATE	NORTH TEXAS		FIU	AKRON
	WYOMING	TEXAS STATE		FLORIDA ATLANTIC	MIAMI OHIO
	UNLV	UTSA		GEORGIA STATE	UMASS
	NEW MEXICO STATE	UTEP		SOUTH ALABAMA	INDIANA
	IDAHO	LOUISIANA TECH		MIDDLE TENNESSEE	UCONN
	NEW MEXICO	LOUISIANA MONROE		COASTAL CAROL. (RICE)	BUFFALO
	KANSAS	LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE		APP STATE (OLD DOM)	BOWLING GREEN
	WEST D (INDP.)	MIDWEST D (INDP.)		SOUTH D (INDP.)	EAST D (INDP.)
	NDSU (UAB)	TULANE		GA SOUTHERN (TROY)	KENT STATE
	TIER 1	LAST PLACE TEAM FROM EACH DIVISION MOVES DOWN TO TIER 2
	TIER 2	ALL CHAMPS MOVE UP TO TIER 1 --- ALL LAST PLACE MOVE DOWN TO TIER 3
	TIER 3	ALL CHAMPS MOVE UP TO TIER 2 --- ALL LAST PLACE MOVE DOWN TO TIER 4
	TIER 4	ALL AUTO MOVE UP TO TIER 3

This is version 3.0 - I originally tried to split it North, South, East, West, but I had a hard time balancing out each one. I have also tried this current setup with the Tier 1 conference champions getting a bowl bid to play each other for the league championship, but it didn't always work out because sometimes one of the teams would make it to the BCS National Championship. I know some people may have some teams in different regions, but I worked on it for a while and this was the closest I could come to geographic alignment while keeping all teams from the same state together and keeping each region with a balanced number of teams. The South and Midwest have 1 more team in the Tier 1 division because of leftovers, and they are the more stacked regions anyways. I also have replaced 4 teams with Teambuilder's.


The way I like to play is I chose any team from Tier 3 or below and start with them in the Tier 4 Independent. If it's not the one listed in Independent I just swap them so there's only one. This gives you one year of recruiting before you step up to Tier 3. My goal is to climb the ladder with my team until I either win a Tier 1 conference championship or get fired. Once that happens I start over with a new team. I have been tweaking the system so I haven't made it very far yet, but I am really enjoying it so far. So pretty wild teams have been climbing and dropping, and it adds a nice change every season.


If anyone has any ideas or suggestions to improve the system, let me know! Thanks for reading!

[martywebb]

Love this idea! My friend and I have been doing the concept over the last few years, here's a couple of the set-ups we had.


The first attempt was 4 Big Conferences (with 3 Tiers in each.) This was when the WAC was in-game.

North, East, South, West, with the same amount of teams in the top 2 Tiers, and the leftovers in the Third Tier. It was a lot of fun, but we both ended up taking jobs at Oregon and Oregon State, so the N/E/S got a little neglected attention wise.

The second attempt that was a lot of fun was (with only 11 conferences in game, including Independents,) two 'leagues.' We drafted teams, placed them across Five Tiers, and the remaining were left in the Independents. The top two records in the Independents would float to our bottom Tier (using a coin-flip.) This also created some crazy stacked conferences, a lot of fun coach movements, and as we started in the bottom Tier, was a fun race to the top. I think it took 8 or 9 seasons for us to get even in the Top 2 because sliders are real.

The third was a solo attempt of mine. 11 Tiers! Somewhere there's an unfinished dynasty thread with me recounting the seasons on here. I recently updated the rosters and did the same, and now I have an 8-team playoff using the mods. The Top 4 Tiers have 9 Teams each, the 5th through 8th Teirs have 12 Teams, and the 9th and 10th have 14 Teams. Lowest of the lows go down to the Independents (11th Tier.)

So along with the crazy playoffs, and custom bowl set-ups, this world has been my favorite. Top Tier teams struggling (because a conference schedule of Ohio State/Michigan/Alabama/Stanford/etc is grueling, allows for a TON of coach movement. Georgia went from Tier 2 to Tier 6 in four seasons, that same world had June Jones takeover Army, Nick Saban takeover Eastern Michigan and Les Miles takeover UL-Lafayette to name a few.

I love seeing other people come up with the same or similar ideas. I wouldn't half-mind an Online Dynasty with 11 others doing a set-up like this.

[whughes]

There was a thread about this not too long ago. Check it out: http://www.operationsports.com/forum...r-dynasty.html

[itzBroseph]

Quote: Originally Posted by martywebb

Love this idea! My friend and I have been doing the concept over the last few years, here's a couple of the set-ups we had. The first attempt was 4 Big Conferences (with 3 Tiers in each.) This was when the WAC was in-game. North, East, South, West, with the same amount of teams in the top 2 Tiers, and the leftovers in the Third Tier. It was a lot of fun, but we both ended up taking jobs at Oregon and Oregon State, so the N/E/S got a little neglected attention wise. The second attempt that was a lot of fun was (with only 11 conferences in game, including Independents,) two 'leagues.' We drafted teams, placed them across Five Tiers, and the remaining were left in the Independents. The top two records in the Independents would float to our bottom Tier (using a coin-flip.) This also created some crazy stacked conferences, a lot of fun coach movements, and as we started in the bottom Tier, was a fun race to the top. I think it took 8 or 9 seasons for us to get even in the Top 2 because sliders are real. The third was a solo attempt of mine. 11 Tiers! Somewhere there's an unfinished dynasty thread with me recounting the seasons on here. I recently updated the rosters and did the same, and now I have an 8-team playoff using the mods. The Top 4 Tiers have 9 Teams each, the 5th through 8th Teirs have 12 Teams, and the 9th and 10th have 14 Teams. Lowest of the lows go down to the Independents (11th Tier.) So along with the crazy playoffs, and custom bowl set-ups, this world has been my favorite. Top Tier teams struggling (because a conference schedule of Ohio State/Michigan/Alabama/Stanford/etc is grueling, allows for a TON of coach movement. Georgia went from Tier 2 to Tier 6 in four seasons, that same world had June Jones takeover Army, Nick Saban takeover Eastern Michigan and Les Miles takeover UL-Lafayette to name a few. I love seeing other people come up with the same or similar ideas. I wouldn't half-mind an Online Dynasty with 11 others doing a set-up like this.

That's so awesome man! Yea I have seen some crazy stuff so far, but I love it. Nick Saban is in the hot-seat right now and I think he may get the boot after this year. I really like the idea of drafting teams. Might have to try that sometime with some buddies.

[itzBroseph]

Quote: Originally Posted by whughes

There was a thread about this not too long ago. Check it out: http://www.operationsports.com/forum...r-dynasty.html

Thanks! I'm interested to see how other people set it up.

[whughes]

Quote: Originally Posted by itzBroseph

Thanks! I'm interested to see how other people set it up.

No problem. Ive personally used timeyto's setup and jello's setup (you can find both in that other thread I linked) and they both work pretty well. Although I prefer jello's