New Conference: 30K Club
Too confusing and convoluted, but I've created a new promotion-relegation G5 conference scheme, based solely on attendance:
30K CONFERENCE
NORTH
Temple (44,159)
ECU (43,274)
Cincinnati (37,096)
Navy (32,338)
Army West Point (30,991)
SOUTH
BYU (58,532)
Memphis (43,802)
Houston (33,980)
Boise St. (33,612)
UCF (30,065)
The 10 schools with 30K+ attendance separate into NORTH and SOUTH divisions. 4 divisional games and 3 cross-division games. CCG between NORTH and SOUTH division winners. The conference champion gets the NY6 bid. The top-10 in attendance over the previous 2 seasons always remain in the 30K Conference. Conference can grow to 12 schools, based on attendance from among the 30K schools and the Promotion Pool 1 schools (see below).
The 30K schools play 2 "OOC" games against Promotion Pool 1 schools. OOC matchups based on rivalries, history, geography, and TV matchups. Allowance made for one home FCS game; the remaining OOC games must be against P5 opponents.
PROMOTION POOL 1
San Diego St. (29,066)
Fresno St. (29,036)
Southern Miss (28,335)
UConn (28,224)
USF (26,578)
Marshall (26,322)
Air Force (26,026)
Colorado St. (24,917)
7 divisional games and 2-3 OOC games against 30K schools. Also, 1-2 OOC games against PROMOTION POOL 2 schools (see below). OOC matchups based on rivalries, history, geography, and TV matchups.
Promotion Pool 1 always has 8 schools. The top schools from Promotion Pool 1, based on rolling 2 years' attendance, *may* move up to the 30K conference if they average more than 30K attendance. (12-member limit for the top 30K conference). They may also move down, based on attendance.
PROMOTION POOL 2
WEST
New Mexico (23,528)
Hawaii (23,433)
UTEP (23,212)
UTSA (23,008)
Nevada (22,170)
Utah St. (21,362)
Tulsa (19,622)
UNLV (19,371)
WEST
Arkansas St. (23,007)
Tulane (22,930)
LA-Lafayette (21,596)
Appalachian St. (21,459)
Ohio (21,323)
LA Tech (20,977)
Toledo (20,842)
Georgia Southern (20,780)
Promotion Pool 2 always has two divisions of 8 schools. 7 divisional games, 2 cross-division games, and 1-2 games against Promotion Pool 1 and 1-2 games against Promotion Pool 3. OOC matchups based on rivalries, history, geography, and TV matchups.
PROMOTION POOL 3
NORTH
Old Dominion (20,118)
Bowling Green (19,608)
W. Michigan (19,441)
Buffalo (18,457)
Akron (18,098)
W. Kentucky (17,960)
Miami (OH) (15,707)
C. Michigan (15,672)
SOUTH
Troy (19,399)
Rice (19,339)
Texas St. (18,166)
Wyoming (18,060)
FAU (17,617)
NMSU (17,486)
MTU (17,210)
S. Alabama (16,039)
Promotion Pool 3 always has 2 divisions of 6-8 schools each. 7 divisional games, 2 cross-division games, and 1-2 games against Promotion Pool 2 and 1-2 games against Cess Pool.
CESS POOL
FIU (15,381)
SJSU (15,312)
NIU (13,942)
N. Texas (13,631)
Kent St. (12,561)
LA Monroe (11,732)
UMass (11,124)
Georgia St. (10,347)
Ball St. (7,974)
E. Michigan (4,897)
9 divisional games and 1-2 games against Promotion Pool 3; 1-2 games against FCS.
Idaho (11,653)[dropped]
Schools may move up or down from one Conference or Pool to the other based on the 2 years' rolling attendance.
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