RE: Idea for 15-team SEC
I like the idea of 15. I don't care if they go divisionless or 3 divisions of 5. I like divisionless better because without breaking up rivalries and forcing non-division annual games or creating incredibly unbalanced divisions, 3 divisions of 5 seems impossible.
I'll take this idea way too far...
PAC
North: Washington, Washington St, Oregon, Oregon St, Utah
West: Arizona, California, Stanford, USC, UCLA
South: Arizona St, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech
SEC
West: Oklahoma St, Texas A&M, LSU, Arkansas, Missouri
South: Mississippi, Mississippi St, Alabama, Auburn, Vanderbilt
East: Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina
B1G
West: Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Central: Illinois, Northwestern, Indiana, Purdue, Michigan St
East: Michigan, Ohio St, Penn St, Maryland, Rutgers
ACC
North: Notre Dame, Boston College, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech
East: Virginia, North Carolina, North Carolina St, Duke, Wake Forest
South: Louisville, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Florida St, Miami
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AAC (becomes 5th "power" conference after large expansion)
West: San Diego St, Fresno St, UNLV, Boise St, BYU, Wyoming, Colorado St, Air Force, New Mexico
Central: Iowa St, Kansas St, Tulsa, SMU, TCU, Baylor, Houston, Tulane, Navy
East: Central Florida, South Florida, East Carolina, Memphis, Cincinnati, West Virginia, Temple, Connecticut, Army
The academies play their other 8 division games and each other for 10 conference games. They can schedule other conference opponents as OOC games if they choose. Having each in a different division allows for the Army-Navy game to continue as-is.
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