I have that alignment for the balance of power

also to prevent having too many Texas teams in the same division (TCU was fine when they played off on their own in the WAC and MWC) and so that teams in both divisions have a chance to play in Texas about equally for recruiting

with that alignment and if you blocked left to right TCU would be playing fixed rival Baylor every year and then Texas and ISU in a block and then Texas Tech and WVU in a block so they would have two Texas teams every year VS three right now and TCU plays SMU most every year as well so that is a game not only in Texas, but right in the same metro area and there are plenty of other D1-A Texas teams if TCU or anyone else wants another game in Texas

in that alignment TCU and ISU are probably the ones "giving up" the most, but TCU is new in the conference and while I do not want that to mean "screw them" they made their way being purposefully independent of other Texas teams especially conferences with large groups of them and they can and should continue to work that method......ISU just needs some wins and while being in a division with KU and KSU could help them there the truth of the matter is with 5 OOC games they should be able to get traction with "wins" against any warm body possible and their fans would get to see some good games in the divisions I have them in now and their fans have kept showing up through tough times to they get rewarded (and they miss out really only on KU yearly which is not a huge rivalry game for either of them especially when they are both terrible)

if you switched TCU and ISU the other division becomes much weaker and that should be avoided and too many teams in the same conference from the same state is bad and it is worse in the same division especially smaller divisions like divisions of 5

also that is the alignment that allowed the best fixed rivalries because KSU and ISU have "Farmageddon" and KU and KSU can still play just like OU and OkState still play or Texas and Texas Tech