10 teams for me:
Notre Dame
Penn State
UVA
VT
UNC
Duke
Clemson
GT
FSU
Miami
North East Conference, that I would have liked to have seen :
BC
UConn
Syracuse
Temple
Maryland
Penn State
Pitt
WVU
Cincinnati
Louisville
I realize Penn State is in both conferences. If these conferences had to exist concurrently leave Penn State in the ACC and Add Memphis to the NEC.
and a 10 team SEC:
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Auburn
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
LSU
Arkansas
A 10 Team Big 12:
Texas
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado
Iowa State
The original Pac 10 for the Pac 12
The original Big 10 for the B1G
Let's see, I would build an eastern Great Lakes Go5 conference of rivalries: the Battle of the Bricks, the Wagon Wheel, the Battle of I-75, and the Battle for Michigan.
Now, that's a conference of 9, so I'll add Ball State as a secondary rival of Miami.
Great Lakes Conference:
Northern Division: EMU, CMU, WMU, Toledo, Bowling Green
Southern Division: Ball State, Miami, Ohio, Akron, Kent State
Appalachian St.
Coastal Carolina
East Carolina
Georgia Southern
Georgia St.
Liberty/Louisiana
Marshall
Southern Miss
Troy
UAB
Memphis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Alabama
Tennessee
Ole Miss
Miss State
Maryland*
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
Carolina
Duke
NC State
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Florida State
Miami*
*either works
Regional Conferences for everyone!
Big East
Boston College
Syracuse
Rutgers
Temple
Penn St
Pitt
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
Louisville
Cincinnati
Huge East
UMass
UConn
Buffalo
Marshall
Ohio
Appalachian St.
Liberty
ODU
Georgia Southern
Charlotte
ACC
Maryland
Virginia
NC State
UNC
Duke
Wake Forest
S.Car
Clemson
Florida St.
Miami
Coastal South Conference
USF
UCF
FAU
FIU
Coastal Carolina
ECU
Georgia State
UAB
ULL
Troy
SEC
Florida
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Alabama
Miss St
Ole Miss
LSU
BIG 10
Ohio St.
Kentucky
Indiana
Notre Dame
Illinois
Purdue
Michigan
Michigan St.
Northwestern
Wisconsin
MAC
West Michigan
Cen. Michigan
East Michigan
N Illinois
Toledo
Bowling Green
Ball State
Miami
Kent St
Akron
Great Plains
Minnesota
Iowa
Iowa St.
Nebraska
Kansas
Kansas St.
Missouri
Oklahoma
Oklahoma St.
Arkansas
SWC
Houston
Rice
SMU
TCU
Baylor
Tulsa
Memphis
Tulane
LaTech
USM
WAC
Texas
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
New Mexico
Arizona
Arizona St.
BYU
Utah
Colorado
Colorado St.
MWC
Boise St.
Utah St.
Fresno St.
San Diego St.
San Jose St.
Wyoming
Air Force
New Mexico St.
UTEP
UNLV
PAC
U Wash.
Wash St.
Oregon
Oregon St.
Nevada
Cal
Stanford
USC
UCLA
Hawaii
Independents
Army
Navy
USA
WKU
MTSU
North Texas
Texas St.
UTSA
Arkansas St.
ULM
Cincinnati
UConn
DePaul
Georgetown
Louisville
Marquette
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Villanova
"Southern Appalachian Conference" (12 Schools, no Divisions)
Marshall
Appalachian State
ODU
Coastal Carolina
UNCC
Liberty
ECU
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
USA
Troy
UAB
BC
Syracuse
Buffalo
Penn State
Pitt
Temple
Rutgers
W VA
Maryland
UConn
Recreate and expand the JoePA conference
This is just for fun right?
*** SMUstang ***
Somewhat realistic, take the SBC and drop Texas State, ULM, UALR, and UTA. Add UAB and Marshall
Marshall
App
CCU
GS
GSU
UAB
Troy
USA
UL
Ark State
Starting fom scratch would be:
Cincy
Marshall
Navy
App
ECU
GS
UAB
Troy
UCF
USF
(07-17-2021 06:18 PM)SMUstang Wrote: [ -> ] (07-17-2021 05:49 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote: [ -> ]Arkansas
Baylor
Houston
North Texas
Rice
SMU
TCU
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
The SWC if North Texas had been invited. (I believe this should've happened.) It may or may not have survived the Big XII merger, but it would've been interesting to see.
I'd go with that, but I might take UTSA instead of North Texas.
SMUstang
Fair enough.
Boston College
Cincinnati
Louisville
Miami (FL)
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
(07-18-2021 05:17 AM)TripleA Wrote: [ -> ]Memphis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Alabama
Tennessee
Ole Miss
Miss State
Very similar to what I had in mind. I like the idea of contiguous states with Cincinnati [Ohio] being the northern tip of the conference:
Cincinnati
Louisville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Memphis
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Florida State
Florida
Very good football and hoops conference covering 7 states and keeping some historical and regional rivalries intact.
Miami
Ohio U
Cincinnati
Marshall
Toledo
Buffalo
Army
Navy
Temple
Ball State
UConn
UMass
BC
Syracuse
Rutgers
Temple
PSU
Pittsburgh
WVU
Maryland
TCU
Texas
Baylor
Texas Tech
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Kansas
Kansas State
Iowa State
(07-18-2021 08:55 PM)Big Frog II Wrote: [ -> ]TCU
Texas
Baylor
Texas Tech
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Kansas
Kansas State
Iowa State
Except for Arkansas replacing West Virginia, this looks like the Big 12.
I'm sure you didn't know that SMU and TCU have a rivalry dating back to 1915. A lot of meetings.
*** SMUstang ***
An SEC...SEC...SEC fan boyz' conference(Which I am not):
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
LSU
Texas A&M
Clemson
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Southern California
(07-18-2021 07:53 PM)HartfordHusky Wrote: [ -> ]UConn
UMass
BC
Syracuse
Rutgers
Temple
PSU
Pittsburgh
WVU
Maryland
This would be my EXACT Big East! :)