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RE: Superconference Scenarios
(02-21-2018 04:50 PM)McKinney Wrote: I'm not sure if this has been shared on this thread yet or not, but I saw this on Twitter. https://peskytruth.wordpress.com/2017/11...-football/
GULF COAST CONFERENCE: Central Florida, Florida International, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Southern Miss, South Alabama, South Florida
ATLANTIC SEABOARD CONFERENCE: Clemson, Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Old Dominion, South Carolina, Wake Forest, Miami, Florida State, Florida Atlantic
DEEP SOUTH CONFERENCE: Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Tennessee, Tulane, Troy, Alabama-Birmingham, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana Monroe, Louisiana Lafayette
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCE: Arkansas, Arkansas State, Kentucky, Western Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Missouri, Middle Tennessee, Memphis, Vanderbilt
MID ATLANTIC CONFERENCE: Buffalo, Appalachian State, Virginia, VA Tech, Maryland, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, East Carolina, Louisville
NORTHEAST CONFERENCE: Navy, Army, Temple, Marshall, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rutgers, Syracuse, West Virginia, Boston College
RUST BELT CONFERENCE: Cincinnati, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Purdue, Toledo, Ball State, Penn State, Pittsburgh
GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE: Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Michigan, Michigan State, Eastern Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Ohio State, Akron, Indiana, Illinois
MID AMERICA CONFERENCE: Colorado, Colorado State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tulsa, Nebraska, Iowa, Iowa State, Kent State, Bowling Green
FRONTIER CONFERENCE: Wyoming, Air Force, Boise State, Utah, Utah State, Nevada, UNLV, Brigham Young, Arizona, Arizona State, New Mexico, New Mexico State
PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE: USC, UCLA, San Diego State, San Jose State, Fresno State, California, Stanford, Hawaii, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State
LONE STAR CONFERENCE: Texas, Texas A&M, SMU, TCU, Baylor, Houston, Texas Tech, North Texas, Rice, Texas-El Paso, Texas-San Antonio, Texas State
Same principle, but better alignment IMO:
ACC: Appalachian State, Charlotte, Clemson, Duke, East Carolina, NC State, North Carolina, Old Dominion, South Carolina, Wake Forest
American: Army, Boston College, Buffalo, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Navy, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, West Virginia
Big 10: Akron, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Toledo, Western Michigan
Big 12: Ball State, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota, Missouri, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Purdue, Wisconsin
Big Central: Air Force, Colorado, Colorado State, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tulsa, Wyoming
CUSA: Arkansas, Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Southern Miss, Tulane
MAC: Cincinnati, Kentucky, Liberty, Louisville, Marshall, Maryland, Miami-OH, Ohio, Virginia, Virginia Tech
MWC: Arizona, Arizona State, Boise State, BYU, Nevada, New Mexico, New Mexico State, UNLV, Utah, Utah State
Pac-12: California, Fresno State, Hawaii, Oregon, Oregon State, San Diego State, San Jose State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State
SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, South Alabama, Tennessee, Troy, UAB, Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky
Sun Belt: Central Florida, Coastal Carolina, FAU, FIU, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Miami-FL, South Florida
SWC: Baylor, Houston, North Texas, Rice, SMU, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech, UTEP, UTSA
The only ones I kept the same are the Pac-12/Pacific Coast and SWC/Lone Star. No alignment is ever perfect, of course. There would still be some annual interconference matchups, among them:
Appalachian State/Georgia Southern
Army/Air Force
Auburn/Georgia
Navy/Air Force
Navy/Notre Dame
North Carolina/Virginia
Notre Dame/USC
Oklahoma/Texas
(This post was last modified: 02-21-2018 06:32 PM by Nerdlinger.)
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