G4 North:
WEST: NIU, Ball st, WMU, CMU, EMU, WKU
CENTRAL: Toledo, BG, Miami, Ohio, Akron, Kent St
EAST: Buffalo, Temple, UMass, UConn (fb only), Army (fb only)
G4 East:
NORTH: Marshall, Delaware, Navy/VCU, ODU, JMU, Liberty, App St, ECU
SOUTH: Charlotte, CCU, GA St, GA Southern, Kenn St, FAU, FIU, USF
G4 South:
EAST: Troy, UAB, USA, Jacksonville St, Memphis, MTSU
CENTRAL: USM, ULL, ULM, LA Tech, Tulane, Ark St
WEST: Tulsa, UNT, UTSA, Texas St, Rice, SHSU
G4 West:
MOUNTAIN: UTEP, NMSU, New Mexico, AFA, Colorado St, Wyoming, Utah St, Boise St
PACIFIC: Wash St, Ore St, Nevada, UNLV, San Diego St, Fresno St, San Jose St, Hawaii
Chances of them reorganizing are virtually nil but this would make for a nice regional alignment. Each league plays their own 4 team playoff with the 4 league winners advancing to the G4 National Championship.
There is no big separation between 1 G or the other since the P6 days of the AAC, so I'd say line yourselves up regionally, save on travel cost, be the gate keeper for those who are trying to come up from the FCS, create some awesome matchups (Memphis vs BSU) and just be 1 big conference with many divisions.
American
Century: Army*, Navy*, Rice, North Texas
Coastal: Charlotte, ECU, Temple, Delaware
Central: Tulane, Tulsa, UTSA, Memphis
Capital: UAB, USF, UCF, Georgia State
Mid-American
South: WKU, MTSU, Ball State, Miami-OH
East: Ohio, Buffalo, UMass, UConn*
West: Kent, Akron, Toledo, Bowling Green
North: NIU, WMU, CMU, EMU
Sun Belt
West - Texas State, Louisiana, ULM, Sam Houston State
South - Arkansas State, Southern Miss, South Alabama, Troy
East - Georgia Southern, Kennesaw State, Coastal Carolina, App State
North - Old Dominion, James Madison, Marshall,
Mountain West
Pacific - San Diego State, Hawaii, San Jose State, Fresno State
Northern - Boise State, Utah State, Air Force, Wyoming
Western - UNLV, Nevada, Washington State, Oregon State
Mountain - New Mexico, New Mexico State, UTEP, Colorado State
Independents: Liberty, Louisiana Tech, FIU, Jacksonville (AL) State
(03-06-2024 07:24 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: [ -> ]G4 North:
WEST: NIU, Ball st, WMU, CMU, EMU, WKU
CENTRAL: Toledo, BG, Miami, Ohio, Akron, Kent St
EAST: Buffalo, Temple, UMass, UConn (fb only), Army (fb only)
G4 East:
NORTH: Marshall, Delaware, Navy/VCU, ODU, JMU, Liberty, App St, ECU
SOUTH: Charlotte, CCU, GA St, GA Southern, Kenn St, FAU, FIU, USF
G4 South:
EAST: Troy, UAB, USA, Jacksonville St, Memphis, MTSU
CENTRAL: USM, ULL, ULM, LA Tech, Tulane, Ark St
WEST: Tulsa, UNT, UTSA, Texas St, Rice, SHSU
G4 West:
MOUNTAIN: UTEP, NMSU, New Mexico, AFA, Colorado St, Wyoming, Utah St, Boise St
PACIFIC: Wash St, Ore St, Nevada, UNLV, San Diego St, Fresno St, San Jose St, Hawaii
Chances of them reorganizing are virtually nil but this would make for a nice regional alignment. Each league plays their own 4 team playoff with the 4 league winners advancing to the G4 National Championship.
They could just gobble up CUSA
AAC-14 plus La Tech, Liberty, FIU, Kennesaw
MWC-12 plus WSU, OSU, UTEP, NMSU
SB-14 plus SHSU, Jax St.
MAC-13 plus WKU, MTSU, Delaware
3 o the 4 are pretty reasonable regionally.
(03-06-2024 07:24 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: [ -> ]G4 North:
WEST: NIU, Ball st, WMU, CMU, EMU, WKU
CENTRAL: Toledo, BG, Miami, Ohio, Akron, Kent St
EAST: Buffalo, Temple, UMass, UConn (fb only), Army (fb only)
G4 East:
NORTH: Marshall, Delaware, Navy/VCU, ODU, JMU, Liberty, App St, ECU
SOUTH: Charlotte, CCU, GA St, GA Southern, Kenn St, FAU, FIU, USF
G4 South:
EAST: Troy, UAB, USA, Jacksonville St, Memphis, MTSU
CENTRAL: USM, ULL, ULM, LA Tech, Tulane, Ark St
WEST: Tulsa, UNT, UTSA, Texas St, Rice, SHSU
G4 West:
MOUNTAIN: UTEP, NMSU, New Mexico, AFA, Colorado St, Wyoming, Utah St, Boise St
PACIFIC: Wash St, Ore St, Nevada, UNLV, San Diego St, Fresno St, San Jose St, Hawaii
Chances of them reorganizing are virtually nil but this would make for a nice regional alignment. Each league plays their own 4 team playoff with the 4 league winners advancing to the G4 National Championship.
I did mine by using existing conferences.
AAC/C-USA
Arkansas State
Jacksonville State
Louisiana
Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana Tech
North Texas
Rice
Sam Houston
South Alabama
Southern Miss
Texas State
Troy
Tulane
Tulsa
UAB
UTSA
MAC
Akron
Army
Ball State
Buffalo
Bowling Green
Central Michigan
Delaware
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
Miami (OH)
Navy
Northern Illinois
Ohio
Temple
Toledo
UConn
UMass
Western Michigan
MWC
Air Force
Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Hawaii
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Nevada
Oregon State
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV
Utah State
UTEP
Washington State
Wyoming
SBC
Appalachian State
Charlotte
Coastal Carolina
East Carolina
Florida Atlantic
FIU
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
James Madison
Kennesaw State
Liberty
Marshall
Memphis
Middle Tennessee
Old Dominion
South Florida
Western Kentucky