Power 4 / 16-team Custom Conferences
I've decided on making a POWER 4 conference setup. Each of these conferences have sixteen teams and are the only four which have championship games. Aiming for defacto semi-final matchups with the setup.
The four power conferences are: BIG TEN, BIG XII, PAC-12, SEC. The ACC has been relegated to a non-power conference. Permanent crossover games are in (). Another goal is to try to keep as many rivalry games intact as possible, as well as a geographic relationship. Here is what it looks like: ACC 1 Old Dominion 2 East Carolina 3 Duke 4 Wake Forest 5 UCF 6 USF 7 Charlotte 8 Georgia State 9 Florida Atlantic 10 Florida International AMERICAN 1 Syracuse 2 Buffalo 3 Boston College 4 UMass 5 UConn 6 Rutgers 7 Army 8 Temple 9 Marshall 10 Navy BIG TEN EAST 1 Virginia (Indiana) 2 Virginia Tech (Purdue) 3 Maryland (Illinois) 4 Penn St. (Michigan St.) 5 West Virginia (Kentucky) 6 Pitt (Northwestern) 7 Ohio St. (Michigan) 8 Cincinnati (Louisville) WEST 9 Louisville 10 Kentucky 11 Michigan 12 Michigan St. 13 Indiana 14 Purdue 15 Illinois 16 Northwestern BIG XII NORTH 1 Wisconsin (Texas Tech) 2 Minnesota (TCU) 3 Iowa (Texas) 4 Iowa State (Texas A&M) 5 Kansas (Baylor) 6 Kansas St. (Oklahoma St.) 7 Nebraska (Oklahoma) 8 Missouri (Arkansas) SOUTH 9 Texas 10 Texas A&M 11 Texas Tech 12 Oklahoma 13 Oklahoma St. 14 Arkansas 15 TCU 16 Baylor C-USA 1 Tulsa 2 SMU 3 Houston 4 Rice 5 North Texas 6 UTSA 7 Texas State 8 UTEP 9 New Mexico 10 New Mexico St. Independent Notre Dame MAC 1 Toledo 2 Bowling Green 3 Ohio 4 Miami Ohio 5 Kent State 6 Akron 7 Ball State 8 Northern Illinois 9 Western Michigan 10 Eastern Michigan 11 Central Michigan MWC 1 Air Force 2 Idaho 3 Nevada 4 Utah State 5 UNLV 6 San Jose State 7 Colorado State 8 Fresno State 9 Wyoming PAC 12 NORTH 1 Washington (Colorado) 2 Washington St. (Boise) 3 Oregon (Arizona) 4 Oregon State (Arizona St.) 5 Stanford (BYU) 6 California (Utah) 7 USC (Hawai'i) 8 UCLA (San Diego State) SOUTH 9 Arizona 10 Arizona St. 11 BYU 12 Utah 13 Colorado 14 San Diego St. 15 Boise 16 Hawai'i SEC WEST 1 Alabama (Florida St.) 2 Auburn (Miami) 3 Ole Miss (South Carolina) 4 Miss St. (North Carolina State) 5 Georgia (Florida) 6 Georgia Tech (North Carolina) 7 Vanderbilt (Tennessee) 8 LSU (Clemson) EAST 9 Florida St. 10 Miami 11 Florida 12 Clemson 13 North Carolina 14 North Carolina State 15 South Carolina 16 Tennessee Sunbelt 1 Troy 2 South Alabama 3 Southern Miss 4 Tulane 5 Memphis 6 Middle Tennessee 7 Louisiana 8 Louisiana Tech 9 Louisiana Monroe 10 Arkansas State 11 Western Kentucky Power 4 Conference Championship Games (all in domes for ideal weather/playing conditions): BIG TEN @ Indianapolis BIG XII @ Dallas PAC 12 @ Phoenix SEC @ Atlanta To me this looks really good, with a couple caveats. The two last teams in were San Diego State and Hawai'i. A case could be made for adding any of two of these: Colorado State, Nevada, Air Force or Wyoming. From a conference perspective, San Diego provides the largest market and Hawai'i the strongest recruiting area of the five candidates. It also didn't seem right adding Air Force to the Power 4, while leaving out Army and Navy. Syracuse and Boston College are two teams that have the history and prestige to be a part of the Power 4. Yet it with the rivalries and geography it makes sense for them to be in the American. I also believe and this allows them a greater chance at getting an at-large bid vs playing a brutal conference schedule. Right now I do not have any BCS Bowl Tie-Ins. If I decide on it, I'd go with rotation: Even Years: BIG TEN (Rose Bowl) BIG XII (Sugar Bowl) PAC 12 (Rose Bowl) SEC (Sugar Bowl) Odd Years: BIG TEN (Orange Bowl) BIG XII (Fiesta Bowl) PAC 12 (Fiesta Bowl) SEC (Orange Bowl) |
Re: Power 4 / 16-team Custom Conferences
Running a test dynasty with these conferences and will post results. I am taking over as the HC for Air Force and still stay at the school for my entire career (assuming I don't get fired.
YEAR ONE Air Force (6-7) Armed Forces Bowl: Rice (8-5) 28 Air Force (6-7) 10 Conference Champions: ACC=Florida Atlantic (11-1 #23) AMERICAN=Marshall (9-3 UR) BIG XII=Oklahoma (11-2 #5) BIG TEN=Ohio State (13-0 #2) CUSA=Houston (11-1 #14) INDY=Notre Dame (7-5 UR) MAC=Bowling Green (11-1 #22) MWC=Fresno St. (9-3 UR) PAC-12=USC (13-0 #1) SEC=Clemson (12-1 #3) SUNBELT=Louisiana Tech (9-3 UR) Conference Championship Game Results: BIG XII #7 Oklahoma (11-2) 31 #12 Nebraska (10-3) 7 BIG TEN #2 Ohio State (13-0) 30 #6 Michigan State (10-3) 10 PAC-12 #1 USC (13-0) 41 #10 Arizona State (10-3) 14 SEC #3 Clemson (12-1) 34 #8 Georgia (11-2) 13 Heisman Trophy: E. Elliott HB Ohio State (runners-up: D. Watson QB Clemson, B. Mayfield QB Oklahoma, C. Cook QB Michigan State, C. Kessler QB USC) Pre-Bowl BCS Rankings: 1 USC 13-0 1.000 (PAC) 2 Ohio St. 13-0 .995 (B1G) 3 Clemson 12-1 .989 (SEC) 4 Auburn 11-1 .984 (SEC) 5 Oklahoma 11-2 .979 (B12) 6 Virginia Tech 10-2 .968 (B1G) 7 UCLA 10-2 .968 (PAC) 8 Georgia 11-2 .968 (SEC) 9 Florida St. 10-2 .958 (SEC) 10 Oregon 8-4 .950 (PAC) 11 Michigan St. 10-3 .950 (B1G) 12 Houston 11-1 .924 (CUSA) 13 Ole Miss 8-4 .920 (SEC) 14 Georgia Tech 8-4 .915 (SEC) 15 Oklahoma St. 9-3 .902 (B12) 16 Arizona St. 10-3 .902 (PAC) 17 Duke 10-2 .897 (ACC) 18 Alabama 7-4 .891 (SEC) 19 Nebraska 10-3 .883 (B12) 20 TCU 8-4 .859 (B12) 21 Arizona 9-3 .856 (PAC) 22 Florida Atlantic 11-1 .852 (ACC) 23 Washington 8-4 .842 (PAC) 24 Bowling Green 11-1 .837 (MAC) 25 Wisconsin 7-5 .833 (B12) Power 4 Conferences in the #25 BCS Rankings: SEC=7 PAC-12=6 BIG XII=5 BIG TEN=3 Non-Power Conferences=4 Fiesta Bowl Duke 37 Oklahoma St. 10 Orange Bowl UCLA 21 Houston 10 Rose Bowl Virginia Tech 14 Auburn 7 Sugar Bowl Oklahoma 35 Clemson 7 (next best bowl featuring highest ranked teams: Capital One Bowl Michigan State 28 Georgia 24) National Championship Game: Ohio State 33 USC 13 Final Top 25 Poll 1 Ohio State 14-0 2 Oklahoma 12-2 3 Virginia Tech 11-2 4 USC 13-1 5 Michigan St. 11-3 6 UCLA 11-2 7 Clemson 12-2 8 Auburn 11-2 9 Oregon 9-4 10 Georgia 11-3 11 Georgia Tech 9-4 12 Arizona St. 11-3 13 Houston 11-2 14 Duke 11-2 15 Florida St. 10-3 16 Nebraska 11-3 17 Alabama 8-4 18 Arizona 10-3 19 Florida Atlantic 12-1 20 Bowling Green 12-1 21 West Virginia 9-4 22 LSU 8-5 23 Oklahoma St. 9-4 24 Louisiana Tech 10-3 25 Marshall 10-3 Lets see how year #2 plays out! |
Re: Power 4 / 16-team Custom Conferences
Did you use the editors to change team rankings? This looks interesting, but I can already see the problem of non-power 4 teams playing in big bowl games. Think I may try these, but I'd put ND in the B1G, academies in the same conference, and UAB probably independent.
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Re: Power 4 / 16-team Custom Conferences
Year Two
Preseason Top 25 Poll 1 Ohio St. (B1G) 2 USC (PAC) 3 Oklahoma (B12) 4 Clemson (SEC) 5 Virginia Tech (B1G) 6 Michigan St. (B1G) 7 Georgia (SEC) 8 Auburn (SEC) 9 Oregon (PAC) 10 Alabama (SEC) 11 Florida St. (SEC) 12 UCLA (PAC) 13 LSU (SEC) 14 Arizona St. (PAC) 15 West Virginia (B1G) 16 Notre Dame (--) 17 Ole Miss (SEC) 18 Nebraska (B12) 19 Georgia Tech (SEC) 20 Baylor (B12) 21 Oklahoma St. (B12) 22 Arizona (PAC) 23 Texas A&M (B12) 24 Florida (SEC) 25 TCU (B12) Pre-season Heisman Watch E. Elliott RB Ohio St, D. Watson QB Clemson, B. Mayfield QB Oklahoma, C. Clement RB Wisconsin, L. Fournette RB LSU Air Force (9-4) Poinsietta Bowl: Baylor (9-4) 49 Air Force (9-4) 28 Conference Champions: ACC=Duke(11-1 #6) AMERICAN=Syracuse (9-3 #22) BIG XII=Oklahoma (10-3 #5) BIG TEN=Ohio State (13-0 #1) CUSA=Tulsa (11-1 #12) INDY=Notre Dame (8-4 #20) MAC=Western Michigan (11-1 #16) MWC=Fresno St. (8-4 UR) PAC-12=Washington (10-3 #14) SEC=Florida St. (12-1 #4) SUNBELT=Memphis (9-3 UR) Conference Championship Game Results: BIG XII #5 Oklahoma (10-3) 35 #UR Nebraska (8-5) 30 BIG TEN #1 Ohio State (13-0) 49 #22 Louisville (9-4) 7 PAC-12 #15 Washington (10-3) 34 #25 BYU (8-5) 13 SEC #8 Florida St. (12-1) 35 #2 Auburn (10-3) 21 Heisman Trophy: D. Cook RB Florida St. (runners-up: . J. Franklin RB Western Michigan, S. Jamabo RB UCLA, D. Watson QB Clemson, L. Fournette RB LSU) Pre-Bowl BCS Rankings: 1 Ohio St. 13-0 1.000 (B1G) 2 Clemson 10-2 .992 (SEC) 3 LSU 10-2 .987 (SEC) 4 Florida St. 12-1 .979 (SEC) 5 Oklahoma 10-3 .979 (B12) 6 Duke 11-1 .976 (ACC) 7 Miami 9-3 .968 (SEC) 8 Texas A&M 9-3 .968 (B12) 9 Georgia 9-3 .958 (SEC) 10 Auburn 10-3 .950 (SEC) 11 Oregon 9-3 .937 (PAC) 12 Tulsa 11-1 .931 (CUSA) 13 UCLA 9-3 .919 (PAC) 14 Washington 10-3 .914 (PAC) 15 West Virginia 9-3 .907 (B1G) 16 Western Michigan 11-1 .901 (MAC) 17 Arizona St. 8-4 .899 (PAC) 18 Stanford 8-4 .896 (PAC) 19 USC 7-5 .877 (PAC) 20 Notre Dame 8-4 .869 (--) 21 Arizona 9-3 .867 (PAC) 22 Syracuse 9-3 .866 (AMR) 23 Wisconsin 8-4 .850 (B12) 24 Alabama 7-5 .848 (SEC) 25 Texas 7-5 .833 (B12) Power 4 Conferences in the #25 BCS Rankings: SEC=7 PAC-12=7 BIG XII=4 BIG TEN=2 Non-Power Conferences=5 Fiesta Bowl Oklahoma 45 Washington 14 Orange Bowl Duke 37 Florida State 32 Rose Bowl Oregon 37 Texas A&M 34 Sugar Bowl Tulsa 31 West Virginia 28 (next best bowl featuring highest ranked teams: Cotton Bowl Miami 19 Missouri 14) National Championship Game: Clemson 17 Ohio St. 16 Final Top 25 Poll 1 Clemson 11-2 2 Duke 12-1 3 Ohio State 13-1 4 LSU 11-2 5 Oklahoma 11-3 6 Miami 10-3 7 Georgia 10-3 8 Oregon 10-3 9 Tulsa 12-1 10 Florida St. 12-2 11 Auburn 11-3 12 UCLA 10-3 13 Western Michigan 12-1 14 Texas A&M 9-4 15 Arizona St. 9-4 16 Arizona 10-3 17 USC 8-5 18 Notre Dame 9-4 19 Syracuse 10-3 20 Wisconsin 9-4 21 Alabama 8-5 22 Washington 10-4 23 West Virginia 9-4 24 Texas 8-5 25 Memphis 10-3 Florida State was the team really screwed over by the BCS. Their only loss was 29-28 to Florida and they won the SEC Championship game. Still Clemson was ranked above them and got into the NC game. On to season #3. |
Re: Power 4 / 16-team Custom Conferences
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Air Force from a geographic standpoint doesn't make sense with Army and Navy, unless you make just the service academies the three independent teams. UAB is changeable with Charlotte, App State, or Georgia Southern if you went teambuilder. |
Re: Power 4 / 16-team Custom Conferences
Year Three
Preseason Top 25 Poll 1 Ohio St. (B1G) 2 LSU (SEC) 3 Clemson (SEC) 4 Oklahoma (B12) 5 Georgia (SEC) 6 Florida St. (SEC) 7 Miami (SEC) 8 Oregon (PAC) 9 UCLA (PAC) 10 Auburn (SEC) 11 Texas A&M (B12) 12 USC (PAC) 13 Notre Dame (--) 14 Alabama (SEC) 15 West Virginia (B1G) 16 Baylor (B12) 17 Arizona (PAC) 18 Wisconsin (B12) 19 Texas (B12) 20 Arizona St. (PAC) 21 Washington (PAC) 22 Stanford (PAC) 23 Duke (ACC) 24 Virginia Tech (B1G) 25 Western Michigan (MAC) Pre-season Heisman Watch J. Franklin RB Western Michigan, S. Jamabo RB UCLA, S. Perine RB Oklahoma, M. Zaire QB Notre Dame, L. Fournette RB LSU |
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Year One (Duke (ACC) winner in Fiesta Bowl; Houston (CUSA) loser in Orange Bowl) Year Two (Duke (ACC) winner in Orange Bowl; Tulsa (CUSA) Winner in Sugar Bowl) I will play this out for a while to see what it looks like over time. |
Re: Power 4 / 16-team Custom Conferences
Year #3 -cont.-
Air Force (6-7) Armed Forces Bowl: Houston (8-5) 22 Air Force (6-7) 16 Conference Champions: ACC=Wake Forest (10-2 UR) AMERICAN=Navy (9-3 #22) BIG XII=Missouri (13-0 #2) BIG TEN=Virginia (11-2 #11) CUSA=New Mexico (8-4 UR) INDY=Notre Dame (10-2 #4) MAC=Bowling Green (12-0 #5) MWC=Fresno St. (11-1 #20) PAC-12=UCLA (13-0 #1) SEC=Alabama (12-1 #3) SUNBELT=Memphis (9-3 #23) Conference Championship Game Results: BIG XII #3 Missouri (13-0) 28 #14 TCU (9-4) 17 BIG TEN #13 Virginia (11-2) 35 #11 Michigan St. (11-2) 28 PAC-12 #2 UCLA (13-0) 37 #4 Arizona St. (10-3) 34 OT SEC #12 Clemson (11-2) 34 #1 Alabama (12-1) 24 Heisman Trophy: J. Franklin RB Western Michigan (runners-up: . K. Allen QB Texas A&M, L. Scott RB Michigan St, J. Jackson RB Northwestern, M. Zaire QB Notre Dame) Pre-Bowl BCS Rankings: 1 UCLA 13-0 1.000 (PAC) 2 Missouri 13-0 .995 (B12) 3 Alabama 12-1 .989 (SEC) 4 Arizona 11-1 .984 (PAC) 5 Notre Dame 10-2 .979 (--) 6 Bowling Green 12-0 .969 (MAC) 7 LSU 10-2 .960 (SEC) 8 Ohio St. 10-2 .957 (B1G) 9 Clemson 11-2 .955 (SEC) 10 Virginia Tech 9-3 .953 (B1G) 11 Virginia 11-2 .950 (B1G) 12 Arizona St. 10-3 .944 (PAC) 13 Western Michigan 10-2 .927 (MAC) 14 Michigan St. 11-2 .921 (B1G) 15 Oklahoma St. 8-4 .911 (B1G) 16 Washington 8-4 .898 (PAC) 17 Texas A&M 8-4 .887 (B12) 18 Marshall 9-3 .886 (AMR) 19 BYU 8-4 .875 (PAC) 20 Fresno St. 11-1 .867 (MWC) 21 Oklahoma 8-4 .866 (B12) 22 Navy 9-3 .855 (AMR) 23 Memphis 9-3 .849 (SUN) 24 TCU 9-4 .847 (B12) 25 Kansas St. 8-4 .824 (B12) Power 4 Conferences in the #25 BCS Rankings: SEC=3 PAC-12=5 BIG XII=5 BIG TEN=5 Non-Power Conferences=7 Fiesta Bowl Alabama 41 Arizona 7 Orange Bowl Ohio St. 31 Western Michigan 24 Rose Bowl Bowling Green 31 Virginia 0 Sugar Bowl Clemson 48 Notre Dame 20 (next best bowl featuring highest ranked teams: Capital One Bowl LSU 34 Michigan St. 13) National Championship Game: UCLA 31 Missouri 12 Final Top 25 Poll 1 UCLA 14-0 2 Alabama 13-1 3 Missouri 13-1 4 Bowling Green 13-0 5 Ohio St. 11-2 6 LSU 11-2 7 Clemson 12-2 8 Arizona 11-2 9 Arizona St. 11-3 10 Notre Dame 10-3 11 Washington 9-4 12 Virginia 11-3 13 Oklahoma St. 9-4 14 Western Michigan 10-3 15 BYU 9-4 16 Michigan St. 11-3 17 Oklahoma 9-4 18 Fresno St. 11-2 19 Virginia Tech 9-4 20 TCU 10-4 21 Georgia 9-4 22 Kansas St. 9-4 23 Oregon 8-5 24 Tulsa 9-4 25 Pitt 9-4 Bowling Green is our 1st non-power conference undefeated team. They were #6 in the final BSC rankings before the bowls and ended up at #4 after winning the Rose Bowl. They got the Rose Bowl bid because UCLA was playing in the NCG. Season #4 coming up! |
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