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  • MLcardinalfan
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    • Jun 2011
    • 70

    #1

    What is the best Conference set-up?

    I was just wondering what the best set-up for conferences are. Should I make all ten conferences have 12 teams, or should I have the Power 5 with 10 teams only?


    I don't like 13, 14, 15, 16 team conferences and I do prefer that each team play each other. If the results are better with every conference having a championship game, then I'll set it up that way.


    Just curious about anybody's results.
  • lilhook
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    • Oct 2015
    • 66

    #2
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    • BSK
      Rookie
      • Jul 2016
      • 17

      #3
      Re: What is the best Conference set-up?

      I put Houston & Tulane in the Big 12, only Notre Dame & BYU are independent, MAC & MWC automatic bid to Fiesta Bowl.

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      • RoyMela
        Rookie
        • Nov 2015
        • 77

        #4
        Re: What is the best Conference set-up?

        I go with geographical idea, so I get as many in-state games as possible. This is how I usually go (UAB replaced with Appalachian St.)

        Names are states, or the name of the lone state team with name something other than state name. Number after state name indicates the number of teams in state (excluding military academies, who are all Independent)

        ACC: New England area

        UMass
        Boston College
        Connecticut
        Buffalo
        Syracuse
        Penn State
        Pitt
        Temple
        Rutgers
        Maryland

        American: Carolinas, Virginias + Kentucky

        South Carolina / Kentucky
        Clemson / Virginia Tech
        Appalachian State* / Old Dominion
        Wake Forest / Virginia
        North Carolina / West Virginia
        North Carolina St / Louisville
        Duke / Western Kentucky
        East Carolina / Marshall

        * AppSt replacing UAB

        Big 12: Only Texas teams

        Texas / Baylor
        Texas A&M / TCU
        Rice / Texas Tech
        Houston / SMU
        Texas State / North Texas
        UTSA / UTEP

        Big Ten: Great Lakes area.

        Michigan / Notre Dame
        Michigan St / Indiana
        Western Michigan / Northern Illinois
        Eastern Michigan / Ball State
        Central Michigan / Purdue
        Wisconsin / Northwestern
        Minnesota / Illinois

        C-USA: Tornado Alley

        Kansas
        Kansas State
        Nebraska
        Iowa
        Iowa State
        Oklahoma
        Oklahoma State
        Tulsa

        Independents: Military academies

        Air Force, Navy, Army

        MAC: Ohio

        Ohio
        Ohio State
        Akron
        Miami, OH
        Cincinnati
        Toledo
        Bowling Green
        Kent State

        Mountain West: Around Rocky mountains

        Nevada / BYU
        UNLV / Wyoming
        Arizona / Colorado
        Arizona State / Utah
        New Mexico / Colorado State
        New Mexico State / Utah State

        Pac-12: West Coast states

        UCLA / Boise St
        USC / Washington
        San Diego St / Hawaii
        San Jose St / Idaho
        Stanford / Oregon
        Cal / Oregon St
        Fresno St / Hawaii

        SEC:

        LSU / Ole Miss
        Tulane / Southern Miss
        Louisiana Lafayette / Memphis
        Louisiana Tech / Vanderbilt
        Louisiana Monroe / Midd Tenn St
        Arkansas / Tennessee
        Arkansas St / Mississippi St

        Sun Belt:

        Florida / Georgia
        Florida State / Alabama
        Miami / Auburn
        FIU / Georgia State
        FAU / Troy
        UCF / South Alabama
        USF / Georgia Tech
        Last edited by RoyMela; 08-25-2016, 02:37 PM. Reason: Team names and rivalry teams

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        • vgunn
          MVP
          • Sep 2002
          • 1483

          #5
          Re: What is the best Conference set-up?

          I posted this a while back--it worked very well when I gave it a test run.

          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)

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          • theonlybstew
            Rookie
            • Dec 2014
            • 209

            #6
            Re: What is the best Conference set-up?

            I made all conferences 12 teams with a title game.

            *Teambuilder

            American
            East West
            Boston C - Cincinnati
            UConn - Louisville
            Rutgers - Pittsburgh
            Seton Hall*- Tulane
            Syracuse - Tulsa
            Temple - West Virginia
            Metlife Stadium

            ACC
            Atlantic Coastal
            Clemson - Duke
            Florida St - Georgia Tech
            Maryland - Miami
            NC State - N Carolina
            Old Dominion - Virginia
            Wake Forest - Virginia Tech
            ACC Championship

            B1G
            East West
            Indiana - Illinois
            Michigan - Iowa
            Michigan St - Minnesota
            Ohio St - North Dakota St*
            Penn St - Northwestern
            Purdue - Wisconsin
            B1G Championship

            Big 12
            North South
            Colorado - Baylor
            Iowa St - Oklahoma
            Kansas - Oklahoma St
            Kansas St - Texas
            Missouri - Texas A&M
            Nebraska - Texas Tech
            Cowboy Stadium

            Conference USA
            East West
            E Carolina - Houston
            Lou. Tech - Rice
            Marshall - SMU
            Memphis - TCU
            S Mississippi - UTEP
            UAB - UTSA
            Superdome

            MAC
            East West
            Akron - Ball St
            BGSU - C Michigan
            Buffalo - E Michigan
            Kent St - N Iillinois
            Miami(OH) - Toledo
            Ohio - W Michigan
            MAC Championship

            Mountain West
            Mountain West
            Air Force - Boise St
            BYU - Fresno St
            Colorado St - Nevada
            Utah - San Diego St
            Utah St - San Jose St
            Wyoming - UNLV
            Sam Boyd St(UNLV) WAC championship was held there.

            Pac 12
            North South
            California - Arizona
            Oregon - Arizona St
            Oregon St - New Mexico
            Stanford - New Mexico St
            Washington - UCLA
            Wash. St - USC
            Levi's Stadium

            SEC
            East West
            Florida - Alabama
            Georgia - Arkansas
            Kentucky - Auburn
            S Carolina - LSU
            Tennessee - Mississippi St
            Vanderbilt - Ole Miss
            SEC Championship

            Sun Belt
            East West
            Fla Atlantic - Arkansas St
            Fla Int - MTSU
            S Alabama - N Texas
            Troy - ULL
            C Florida - ULM
            S Florida - W Kentucky
            I don't remember which stadium I picked

            Independents
            Army
            Hawaii
            Idaho
            Navy
            Norte Dame
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            • DHC
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              • Aug 2016
              • 270

              #7
              Re: What is the best Conference set-up?

              Thanks for the idea's for set up's, spent far too long looking at them in game and trying to move people around.

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