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RE: Alternate History and Future College Sports Realignment Scenarios
(08-04-2017 04:27 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote: Alternately, perhaps the restocking Big 12 is in a more expansive mood, taking on Cincinnati and Louisville in addition to WVU. Pitt and Syracuse are still bound for the ACC, and Rutgers for the Big Ten. With Louisville taken, the ACC probably taps UConn to replace outgoing Maryland. This leaves USF as the only football member of the Big East. The non-football schools vote to drop football from the conference. USF football is picked up by CUSA. Notre Dame makes the same deal with the ACC as it did in our timeline.
CUSA doesn't lose any members and potentially gains at least one Big East survivor. This means no need to prey on the Sun Belt, which in turn has less need to draw additional members from FCS. The WAC is also given a reprieve, but I still think they'll end up dropping football due to having too few members.
Here's how the FBS might look by 2018.
ACC
Atlantic: Boston College, Clemson, Connecticut, Florida State, NC State, Syracuse, Wake Forest
Coastal: Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami-FL, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech
NFB: Notre Dame
Big 12
North: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, West Virginia
South: Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
Big Ten
East: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers
West: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin
Pac-12
North: California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington, Washington State
South: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, UCLA, USC, Utah
SEC
Eastern: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Western: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Texas A&M
FBS Independent
Army* (Patriot), BYU* (WCC), Louisiana Tech* (WAC), New Mexico State* (WAC), Notre Dame* (ACC), Texas State* (WAC)
CUSA
East: Central Florida, East Carolina, Marshall, Memphis, South Florida* (Big East), Southern Miss, UAB
West: Houston, Navy* (Patriot), Rice, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, UTEP
MAC
East: Akron, Buffalo, Kent State, Massachusetts* (A-10), Miami-OH, Ohio, Temple* (A-10)
West: Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan
MWC
Mountain: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Utah State, Wyoming
West: Fresno State, Hawaii* (Big West), Nevada, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV
Sun Belt
East: FAU, FIU, Georgia State, Middle Tennessee, Troy, Western Kentucky
West: Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama, North Texas, UTSA* (WAC)
NFB: Little Rock
* = football only (primary conference)
Any thoughts?
Another take on this scenario, wherein the Big 12 goes from 12 schools to 10 schools to 8 schools to 12 schools to 16 schools!
- Colorado from Big 12 to Pac-10/12
- Utah from MWC to Pac-10/12
- Nebraska from Big 12 to Big Ten
- Missouri, Texas A&M from Big 12 to SEC
- TCU from MWC to Big 12
- Cincinnati, Louisville, West Virginia from Big East to Big 12
- Notre Dame (non-FB), Pittsburgh, Syracuse from Big East to ACC
- Rutgers from Big East to Big Ten
- Maryland from ACC to Big Ten
- Connecticut from Big East to ACC
- South Florida (FB only) from Big East to FBS Ind
- Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami-FL from ACC to Big 12/16
- North Carolina, Virginia from ACC to Big Ten
- NC State, Virginia Tech from ACC to SEC
- Navy (FB only) from FBS Ind to ACC
- South Florida from FBS Ind/Big East to ACC
- Central Florida, Houston, Memphis from CUSA to ACC
- Temple from MAC/A-10 to ACC
The FBS by 2020:
Big 16
East: Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami-FL
North: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Louisville, West Virginia
South: Baylor, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
West: Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
Big Ten
East: Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State
North: Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern, Purdue
South: Maryland, North Carolina, Rutgers, Virginia
West: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin
SEC
East: Florida, Georgia, NC State, South Carolina
North: Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech
South: Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
West: Arkansas, LSU, Missouri, Texas A&M
Pac-12
North: California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington, Washington State
South: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, UCLA, USC, Utah
ACC
North: Boston College, Connecticut, Navy* (Patriot), Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Temple
South: Central Florida, Duke, Houston, Memphis, South Florida, Wake Forest
NFB: Notre Dame
CUSA
East: FAU, FIU, Middle Tennessee, UAB
North: Charlotte, East Carolina, Marshall, Old Dominion
South: Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa
West: Rice, SMU, UTEP, UTSA
MAC
East: Akron, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Kent State, Miami-OH, Ohio
West: Ball State, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan
MWC
Mountain: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Utah State, Wyoming
West: Fresno State, Hawaii* (Big West), Nevada, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV
Sun Belt
East: Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, South Alabama, Troy, Western Kentucky
West: Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, New Mexico State* (WAC), North Texas, Texas State
NFB: Little Rock
FBS Ind
Army* (Patriot), BYU* (WCC), Massachusetts* (A-10), Notre Dame* (ACC)
* = football only (primary conference)
(This post was last modified: 02-02-2020 06:30 PM by Nerdlinger.)
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