The aftershock: what does the CFB landscape look like in 2026.
I find realignment threads to be the most fun by far. We all know it is likely that the CFB world will see a massive realignment in 2025, but what will it be?
Here's mine.
B1G: same 14 members
ACC: same 15 members
SEC: same 14 members
Pac-16
West: Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State, Stanford, Cal, USC, UCLA
East: Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah
Big 12
West: Kansas, Kansas St., BYU, TCU, Baylor, SMU, Houston
East: UConn, Cincy, WVU, UCF, USF, Memphis, Iowa State
American
West: UAB, LaTech, WKU, Southern Miss, Marshall, Tulane
East: East Carolina, Temple, FAU, FIU, MTSU, ODU
*Navy goes back to being independent and Wichita State moves to the A-10 in basketball.
Mountain West
West: Utah State, Fresno State, San Diego State, UNLV, Nevada, Hawaii, New Mexico
East: Tulsa, UTEP, Rice, Boise State, Colorado State, Wyoming, Air Force
*San Jose State drops football due to financial concerns and California's anti-football agenda and joins the Big West
MAC: same 12 members
Sun Belt:
West: UTSA, North Texas, Texas State, Louisiana, Louisiana Monroe, Arkansas State
East: Appalachian State, Troy, Coastal Carolina, South Alabama, Georgia Southern, Georgia State
Indies: Notre Dame, Army, Navy, Liberty
Charlotte, UMass, and NMSU (and SJSU) give up and punt on football.
This would mean there would be 9 conferences and 126 schools.
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