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  • ZN30
    Rookie
    • Jul 2012
    • 331
    #1

    Geographic Conference Realignment

    After a painstaking process, I have the Almost Final Draft of my geographic conference alignment. However, before making the moves and firing up the dynasty, I thought it would be beneficial to get some feedback from the OS community, which has provided me with some great information and insight regarding the NCAA series throughout the years.

    Below, are my conference alignments. If anyone has feedback or suggestions on the alignment, I will be happy to hear it.

    Spoiler


    To give you an idea of how the conferences were formed, this was my general criteria:

    1. I want to design the conferences based on geographical and cultural similarities.

    2. No teambuilder substitutes, as I want to be able to use the Dynasty Editor to change rivals, bowl bids, etc.

    3. Tried to avoid 11, 13, and 15 team conferences so that certain rivalry games are gauranteed to be played each year.

    3. Hawai'i, being off the mainland, is designated as the lone independent team.

    4. I want to keep each team from each state together in the same division of the same conference, unless there is a strong geographic/conference balance/rivalry-related reason not to do so. (e.g., because Notre Dame is close to Lake Michigan, rivals with Michigan and MSU, and the conference needed balance, it is in the Great Lakes Division)
    Tags: geographic conferences, regional
    • Squeezee12
      Pro
      • Jul 2008
      • 990
      #2
      Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

      I like it. I've done conferences similar to this. Thought I haven't mixed the big schools with the smaller schools. If be curious to how this turns out. I know the first few years the big schools would dominate but not sure how the competition would turn out years down the road. Once you start and advance in your dynasty I'd like to see updates to how it's going.

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        • SugaRicky
          Living the Dream
          • Feb 2014
          • 2789
          #3
          Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

          sign me up!

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            • WKUTopper9
              Rookie
              • Jun 2011
              • 161
              #4
              Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

              Did something similar last year. Made every conference with 11 teams so there would be true conference champions/round-robin conference schedule. The parity was amazing

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                • Tru7Prodigy
                  Pro
                  • Oct 2012
                  • 71
                  #5
                  Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

                  I would consider moving Kentucky and Tennessee teams in with the Carolina's and then the Virginia's and Maryland in with Ohio.

                  Mid-Atlantic: - 14
                  ECU, Duke, UNC, NC State, Wake, Clemson, South Carolina – Carolina’s
                  Kentucky, Louisville, Memphis, Tennessee, WKU, Vandy, Middle Tennessee State – Rocky Mountains

                  Ohio Valley - 15
                  Akron, Bowling Green, Kent State, Miami, Ohio, Ohio State, Toledo, Cinci - Ohio
                  Maryland, Navy, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion, Marshall, West Virginia – Appalachia

                  Mid-West goes to 14 teams, slide Notre Dame into the Midwest tier

                  Southern –
                  Lose Memphis add Missouri

                  Great Plains – down to 8 after losing Missouri
                  Florida Upland – 7 florida teams, and 3 Georgia teams = 10 team league


                  The only issue then is 15 teams in the Ohio's and the Virginia's/Maryland. Either way it's a really cool idea. I've done something really similar, but included the Maryland squads in with the Northeast conferences.

                  It's a cool thing though that you got going here. I haven't taken the time to do one this year.

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                    • dfjndjjden
                      Banned
                      • Feb 2014
                      • 12
                      #6
                      Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

                      After a painstaking process,

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                        • dfjndjjden
                          Banned
                          • Feb 2014
                          • 12
                          #7
                          Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

                          After a painstaking process,

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                            • MrSerendipity
                              MVP
                              • Jun 2013
                              • 1397
                              #8
                              Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

                              Definitely an interesting concept, one I might adopt myself.

                              Although it's a tad painful to see Oklahoma and Texas no longer in the same Conference. I agree with an above poster. For the first two-four years I'd expect schools like Ohio State and etc. to dominate. But after a few years, those smaller schools like Eastern Michigan and SMU could end up being pretty formidable opponents.
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                                • ZN30
                                  Rookie
                                  • Jul 2012
                                  • 331
                                  #9
                                  Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

                                  Originally posted by MrSerendipity
                                  Definitely an interesting concept, one I might adopt myself.

                                  Although it's a tad painful to see Oklahoma and Texas no longer in the same Conference. I agree with an above poster. For the first two-four years I'd expect schools like Ohio State and etc. to dominate. But after a few years, those smaller schools like Eastern Michigan and SMU could end up being pretty formidable opponents.
                                  There were some tough decisions in splitting certain teams. But I'm operating under the assumption that the major rivalry games will still be played OoC because of the scheduling logic. So I should still see Texas-Oklahoma, Michigan-Ohio State, Washington-Washington St, Alabama-Tennessee being played each year. I also plan to use the dynasty editor to amend bowl tie-ins, so there's the possibility of a Texas-Oklahoma rematch during Bowl Season.

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                                    • ZN30
                                      Rookie
                                      • Jul 2012
                                      • 331
                                      #10
                                      Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

                                      Originally posted by Tru7Prodigy
                                      I would consider moving Kentucky and Tennessee teams in with the Carolina's and then the Virginia's and Maryland in with Ohio.

                                      Mid-Atlantic: - 14
                                      ECU, Duke, UNC, NC State, Wake, Clemson, South Carolina – Carolina’s
                                      Kentucky, Louisville, Memphis, Tennessee, WKU, Vandy, Middle Tennessee State – Rocky Mountains

                                      Ohio Valley - 15
                                      Akron, Bowling Green, Kent State, Miami, Ohio, Ohio State, Toledo, Cinci - Ohio
                                      Maryland, Navy, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion, Marshall, West Virginia – Appalachia

                                      Mid-West goes to 14 teams, slide Notre Dame into the Midwest tier

                                      Southern –
                                      Lose Memphis add Missouri

                                      Great Plains – down to 8 after losing Missouri
                                      Florida Upland – 7 florida teams, and 3 Georgia teams = 10 team league


                                      The only issue then is 15 teams in the Ohio's and the Virginia's/Maryland. Either way it's a really cool idea. I've done something really similar, but included the Maryland squads in with the Northeast conferences.

                                      It's a cool thing though that you got going here. I haven't taken the time to do one this year.
                                      Moving the Tennessee and Kentucky schools opposite the Carolinas is a good thought. I never considered it because I always had Virginia and NC tied together in my mind. The 15 conference is definitely the drawback, I don't think I can talk myself into it.
                                      Last edited by ZN30; 02-20-2014, 01:04 PM.

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                                        • Tru7Prodigy
                                          Pro
                                          • Oct 2012
                                          • 71
                                          #11
                                          Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

                                          Originally posted by ZN30
                                          Moving the Tennessee and Kentucky schools opposite the Carolinas is a good thought. I never considered it because I always had Virginia and NC tied together in my mind. The 15 conference is definitely the drawback, I don't think I can talk myself into it.
                                          Yeah, everything looked good until I saw that one. I was all ready to use it for myself and that turned me away too.

                                          Back to the drawing board!

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                                            • dyukduken
                                              Banned
                                              • Feb 2014
                                              • 12
                                              #12
                                              Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

                                              After a painstaking process,

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                                                • dyukduken
                                                  Banned
                                                  • Feb 2014
                                                  • 12
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

                                                  After a painstaking process,

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                                                    • Kodos
                                                      Rookie
                                                      • May 2003
                                                      • 216
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

                                                      Here's how I did a geographic promotion-relegation dynasty.

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                                                        • Tha_Mac
                                                          Rookie
                                                          • Jul 2013
                                                          • 244
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Geographic Conference Realignment

                                                          Originally posted by ZN30
                                                          After a painstaking process, I have the Almost Final Draft of my geographic conference alignment. However, before making the moves and firing up the dynasty, I thought it would be beneficial to get some feedback from the OS community, which has provided me with some great information and insight regarding the NCAA series throughout the years.

                                                          Below, are my conference alignments. If anyone has feedback or suggestions on the alignment, I will be happy to hear it.

                                                          Spoiler


                                                          To give you an idea of how the conferences were formed, this was my general criteria:

                                                          1. I want to design the conferences based on geographical and cultural similarities.

                                                          2. No teambuilder substitutes, as I want to be able to use the Dynasty Editor to change rivals, bowl bids, etc.

                                                          3. Tried to avoid 11, 13, and 15 team conferences so that certain rivalry games are gauranteed to be played each year.

                                                          3. Hawai'i, being off the mainland, is designated as the lone independent team.

                                                          4. I want to keep each team from each state together in the same division of the same conference, unless there is a strong geographic/conference balance/rivalry-related reason not to do so. (e.g., because Notre Dame is close to Lake Michigan, rivals with Michigan and MSU, and the conference needed balance, it is in the Great Lakes Division)

                                                          I love the realignment but I just want to know how did you do the Bowl Tie Ins?

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