(04-12-2017 08:59 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  I agree with those who say the 1927 map is somewhat under representative.

The author needed a reference point so used the conferences of that day and age which were from a regional perspective considered major.

UAB is out of business in 2016 hence why they are missing on the transitional map.

Also to consider - in 1927 the population of the country was in different places than it is today.

Ohio was larger than California or Texas. And the Mountain West was a backwater. The whole region between the Texas and California, from Canada to Mexico (encompassing 8 states) had fewer 3.7 million people. For comparison, Indiana had 3.2 million and Ohio had 6.6 million.

And how is UCLA a "major" on this map? 9 years before 1927, UCLA didn't even exist as an institution. I know they grew fast but that's ridiculous to think that they were bigger than a school like Butler (which opened a 36,000 seat stadium on campus in 1928).