(04-02-2018 02:43 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  The difficult part about a 20 team league will be both adding games to the conference slate as well as a semifinal round.

You have to play the 4 in your division...no wiggle room there.

You really need a consistent rotation among the rest of the schools as well as some permanent rivals because there's no way every rivalry can be contained within your division.

If you play a permanent rival from each of the other divisions then that's 7 so far. Use 3 more games to rotate through each of the other teams in the other divisions. That's 10 total which is ideal in certain respects because everyone gets 5 home and 5 away conference games.

However, you have to find a spot for the semifinal game and it might not be difficult getting the NCAA to extend the season, but that's a very tough schedule when you consider the addition of 2 conference games. It also leaves very little room to schedule non-conference games.

We'll have a P4 and I'm not sure where else the B1G or PAC would go to add schools...perhaps no additions for them.

4 conference divisional games. 1 rotating division (every year). 1 permanent rival. = 10 conference games. 2 OOC games. 1 preseason game against a local FCS or G5 school (mid August but the ticket sold in the season book for the 7th home game) replaces the Spring Game and adds more value. The season doesn't have to be extended. We'll just need a week break between the end of the regular season and the conference semis. If the conference semis were the first weekend in December and the finals the second weekend in December those schools will likely be in the New Year's bowls, and the winner in the CFP. So you still have a two week break before the Bowls and CFP.

As to the PAC and Big 10 they probably merge for athletics and would probably be a conference of 24 to 26 schools.

Three champs automatically qualify for the CFP and 1 at large selection is made to complete the field.