Below are the proposed conferences. Here is the basis:
- 2 Regions (East and West)
- Each region broken down into a sub-region (North and South)
- There are 6 Tiers that look like this:
Tier 1: SEC & PAC 12 (16 teams each)
Tier 2: ACC & BIG 10 (12 teams each)
Tier 3: American & BIG 12 (12 teams each)
Tier 4: Conf USA & Mt West (12 teams each)
Tier 5: Sun Belt & MAC (6 teams each)
Tier 6: Indep. East & Indep. West (5 teams each) - Bowl Tie-Ins (2 conferences per tier):
Tier 1: None
Tier 2: None
Tier 3: Cotton Bowl (Prevents a team down here from a BCS Bowl in theory
Tier 4: Las Vegas Bowl
Tier 5: Sun Bowl
Tier 6: None - Promotion/Relgation Looks like this:
Tier 2 to 1 (2 teams move): Each conference champ replaces the last place team in the above region and sub-region
Tier 3 to 2 (2 teams move): Each conference champ replaces the last place team in the above region and sub-region
Tier 4 to 3 (1 team moves): Las Vegas Bowl champ replaces the last place team in corresponding region and sub-region
Tier 5 to 4 (1 team moves): Sun Bowl champ replaces the last place team in corresponding region and sub-region
Tier 6 to 5 (2 teams move): BTop overall record in each independent region replaces the last place team above them
Top 25 Scenario: Any team from Tier 4 to Tier 6 who did not meet automatic promotion criteria but finishes in the top 25 will also move up. - Conference Set Up
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