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RE: Alternate History and Future College Sports Realignment Scenarios
(01-10-2019 12:50 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote: (10-19-2018 08:28 AM)Nerdlinger Wrote: (10-14-2018 02:13 PM)chargeradio Wrote: How about a P5 with 13-team conferences?
Pac 13 - add Texas Tech
Big 13 - Texas Tech to Pac 13; keep Missouri, Nebraska; add Pittsburgh, Louisville
ACC - Pittsburgh, Louisville to Big 13; Notre Dame becomes full member
SEC - Missouri to Big 13
Big 10 - Nebraska to Big 13
Then the G5 follows:
Mountain West - adds BYU
MAC - adds Marshall
Sun Belt - adds Charlotte, Old Dominion, Liberty
AAC - adds UMass (football only)
C-USA - Charlotte, Old Dominion, UAB to Sun Belt; adds New Mexico State
With 8 conference games, everyone has 4 fixed rivals, and plays 4 of the other 8 teams each year. The P5 then moves to 10 conference games.
Unlucky number 13! Works out for a nice 4+4/4 conference schedule, although having an odd number of teams requires byes or OOC games to fill in the gaps.
As long as we're doing unrealistic alignments, how about a 4x15 power conference scenario?
ACC
Atlantic: Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Wake Forest
Coastal: Florida State, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Virginia, NC State
Eastern: Miami-FL, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Boston College
Big Ten
East: Indiana, Maryland, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers
Central: Purdue, Northwestern, Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois
West: Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas
Pac-15
East: Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, Utah
Pacific: UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, California
West: USC, Oregon State, Washington State, Arizona State, Stanford
SEC
East: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, West Virginia
Central: Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State
West: LSU, Texas A&M, Missouri, Arkansas, Ole Miss
Also, here's the rebuilt Big 12, now a non-power conference:
Big 12
North: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas State, Memphis, Oklahoma State
South: Baylor, Central Florida, Houston, South Florida, TCU
P4 conference schedules are 8 games, with each team playing its division every year plus 1 protected crossover and 1 rotating crossover in each of the other 2 divisions. The teams are ordered within their divisions so that their protected crossovers are in the same "column" (e.g., Clemson's protected crossovers are Florida State and Miami, etc.). Conference championships are 2-round affairs, with the 3 division champs and a wild card duking it out.
I thought of a better alignment for the ACC-15:
ACC
Atlantic: Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, Wake Forest
Coastal: Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Virginia, North Carolina, Duke
Eastern: Notre Dame, Miami-FL, Pittsburgh, Boston College, Syracuse
The Atlantic and Coastal are actually the same as in reality, minus 2 schools each. Unlike my first proposal, this allows for annual Clemson/NCSU and Miami/VT matchups. The Atlantic Division is a bit OP though.
Here's a third possible alignment for the ACC-15 that keeps all the NC schools together. It also allows for an annual FSU/GT series. On the other hand, this setup prevents annual Miami/VT and Duke/UVA matchups. Also, this time the Coastal is a bit OP, but overall it's not that bad an alignment.
ACC
Atlantic: Duke, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Wake Forest
Coastal: Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Virginia, Florida State
Eastern: Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Boston College, Syracuse, Miami-FL
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