(11-19-2015 03:43 PM)XLance Wrote: OK all you realignment gurus.
Your exercise is to divide the P5 into 4 conferences using the existing 65 teams (3 x 16 and 1 x 16 +Notre Dame). No additional teams can be used and none of the 65 can be deleted. The only caveat is that all 16 teams have to be in states that are contiguous (the exceptions are: does not apply to Notre Dame or the western most conference).
I have all conferences with contiguous states.
SEC (Adds TCU & Oklahoma State)
East Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee
South East Alabama, Auburn, Vandy, UK
South West LSU, Arkansas, Mississippi, Mississippi State
West Texas A&M, TCU, Oklahoma State, Missouri
PAC (Adds Texas, Oklahoma, Baylor, Texas Tech)
North Washington, Washington State, Oregon,Oregon State
Cali Stanford, California, USC, UCLA
South Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Colorado
Ole South West Texas, Oklahoma , Baylor, Texas Tech
BIG 10 (adds Kansas State, Kansas, Iowa State less Maryland)
Plains Kansas State, Kansas, Nebraska , Iowa State
North West Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern
East Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers
Midwest Michigan State, Indiana, Illinois, Purdue
ACC (adds West Virginia, Maryland and ND as full member)
North BC, Syracuse, Pitt, West Virginia
Tobacco Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Duke
Road Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Maryland, Wake Forest
South Florida State, Miami, Clemson, Louisville
Notre Dame - randomly scheduled for same number of conference games.