RE: 10 Team Conferences
I tried this but capping it at six 14-team geographic leagues. 6 champions and 2 at-large for the playoffs. I made some concessions for history/competitive balance and put ND in the Northeast and putting UVA down with the other ACC schools and keeping VT in the Northeast but for the most part, I tried to stick solely to geography. I think this does a good job of restoring rivalries, would heighten regional pride/bragging rights, and for the most part keep things balanced (although admittedly the Northeast would be the weakest league).
Northeast:
Army
Boston College
Connecticut
Marshall
Maryland
Navy
Notre Dame
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
Temple
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Atlantic Coast
Central Florida
Clemson
East Carolina
Duke
Florida
Florida State
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Miami
North Carolina
North Carolina State
South Carolina
Virginia
Wake Forest
Southeast
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Kentucky
LSU
Louisville
Memphis
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Missouri
Southern Mississippi
Tennessee
Tulane
Vanderbilt
Midwest
Cincinnati
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Iowa State
Miami (OH)
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Northern Illinois
Northwestern
Ohio State
Purdue
Wisconsin
Great Plains
Air Force
Baylor
Colorado
Houston
Kansas
Kansas State
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
SMU
TCU
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
West Coast
Arizona
Arizona State
Boise State
BYU
California
New Mexico
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Utah
Washington
Washington State
Basically, the schools getting a bump up would be Army, Connecticut, Navy, Marshall, Temple, Cincinnati, Northern Illinois, Miami (OH), East Carolina, UCF, Tulane, Memphis, Southern Miss, Air Force, Houston, SMU, Boise State, BYU, and New Mexico.
USF was the one school that I wanted to find a place for but couldn't work around it and I think UCF has passed USF on the pecking order.
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