(07-15-2013 11:35 PM)ucla Wrote:  pac 12 big 12 big 10

washington iowa state iowa
washington state byu minnesota
oregon louisville nebraska
oregon state missouri illinois
utah kansas purdue
colorado kansas state northwestern
cal oklahoma michigan
ucla texas ohio state
usc texas tech indiana
arizona texas a&m penn state
arizona baylor wisconsin
stanford oklahoma state michigan state

sec

alabama
auburn
arkansas
lsu
mississippi state
mississippi
kentucky
vanderbuilt
tennessee
georgia
florida

acc big east cusa

boston college rutgers utep
maryland syracuse tulsa
virginia pitt rice
virginia tech west virginia smu
north carolina temple southern miss
north carolina state cinncinatti ecu
duke tcu old dominion
georgia tech memphis marshall
clemson centraL florida louisiana tech
florida state uconn tulane
wake forest usf florida atlantic
miami houston utsa

mountain west mac sun belt

hawaii akron texas state
san jose state ball state north texas
fresno state bowling green louisiana monroe
san diego state buffalo louisiana la fayette
unlv central michigan arkansas state
nevada eastern michigan western kentucky
utah state kent state middle tennessee
wyoming miami ohio troy
colorado state northern illinois south alabama
air force ohio georgia state
new mexico state toledo florida internatioal
boise state western michigan appilattion state

independent

notre dame
army
navy


hey guys this is my first thred/post. this is how i think college football should have expanded. i think there should be no divisions so you would get the top 2 teams every year, even though you might get an 6-6 team you would still get the top 2 team.
what do you guys think.

This is how I see it:


SEC

Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Auburn
Vandy
Kentucky
LSU
Arkansas
Texas A&M
Mizzou
Mississippi State
South Carolina
Tennessee
Ole Miss

(Texas was being a pain in the rear; that's why TAMU & Mizzou left, and both really wanted to join the SEC. Win-win.)

Big Ten

Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers
Wisconsin

(Maryland never really fit in the ACC, and I like Rutgers in the Big Ten)

ACC

Boston College
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Miami
North Carolina
NC State
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia Tech
Virginia
UConn
Wake Forest

(Slight deviation from what the ACC actually did. I think UConn would have fit the ACC mold better than Louisville)

Big 12

Baylor
Iowa State
Kansas State
Kansas
Louisville
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
TCU
Texas Tech
Texas
West Virginia

(Louisville would have given WVU a good rival, and IMO, Louisville's a better fit for the Big XII than the ACC).

Pac 12

Oregon
Arizona State
Arizona
Colorado
Oregon State
Washington State
Washington
Southern California
Utah
UCLA
California
Stanford

(Pac 12 fine as is, and FYI, I can't stand Cal & Stanford!!!!!)


C-USA

Southern Miss
Marshall
Louisiana Tech
UTEP
North Texas
Rice
UAB
Middle Tennessee
Old Domininion
Charlotte
Western Kentucky
UTSA
FIU
FAU

(looks just fine to me. ECU and Tulane really didn't fit.)

AAC

East Carolina
Cincinnati
Houston
UCF
Tulsa
SMU
USF
Memphis
Tulane
Temple
Northern Illinois
Navy
Villanova

(Still think 'Nova got screwed, plus I think the AAC should have went after a MAC school)

MWC

Air Force
Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Hawaii
Idaho
Nevada
New Mexico
NMSU
SDSU
SJSU
UNLV
Utah State
Wyoming

(since the MWC intended to destroy the WAC's football conference, the honorable thing to have done would be to have given Idaho and New Mexico State a decent home, as the Sunbelt just doesn't work for the Aggies and the Vandals.)


MAC

Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
CMU
EMU
Kent State
Massachusetts
Miami(Oh)
Ohio
Toledo
WMU

(A NIU departure would have allowed the MAC to be balanced at last, and Bowling Green could have shifted to the West Division where it truly belongs.)


SunBelt

Troy
Arkansas State
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
Appalachian State
Louisiana
ULM
South Alabama
Texas State


(Looks about right)

(07-16-2013 11:32 AM)CommuterBob Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 11:11 AM)ChrisLords Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 09:07 AM)CommuterBob Wrote:  You also left out Baylor and Texas Tech out of the SWC.

I assume you would have ND, Army, and Navy remain independent, so your Sun Belt would be 17 teams:

FAU
FIU
UCF
Troy
MTSU
Arkansas St.
WKU
Lousiana Tech
ULM
ULL
Marshall
South Alabama
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
Appalachian St.
Charlotte
Old Dominion

You're right I'll fix that. The Sunbelt wouldn't have 17 teams. Under this scenario, there's no reason or room for the FCS teams to move up.

But you have Montana, Texas St. and UTSA. Seems like you already have some FCS moveups, including one that hasn't yet, so why discount those programs that have or are at least in the process to do so?

Ok, there's so many teams that you'll need to split them into 2 conferences. Most all these teams were in the Sunbelt at one time or another so, I'll split them North/South. Maybe the CAA becomes an FBS conference. Also, the MAC has 13 schools which is useless without a championship game, so we'll take UMass and Buffalo out since they were the last added and put them in the CAA. I went ahead and added JMU and Delaware since they appear to be boarder line moving up.

Sunbelt
-----
Arkansas St.
FAU
FIU
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
Louisiana Tech
South Alabama
Troy
UCF
ULM
ULL

CAA FBS
-----
Appalachian St.
Buffalo
Charlotte
Delaware
JMU
Marshall
MTSU
Old Dominion
UMass
WKU

Well I want to say Louisville is in the ACC, where all of our fans are very excited to be reunited with a lot of schools We have a long history in other conferences with, as well as others great programs We have Basketball history with that We've never been conference mates with before.
Can't say that about the Big 12. Played a split with Texas years ago and Oklahoma after Schnellenberger left. WVU , TCU were the only other ones We shared a conference with.