16-team all-sports conference for the American. Four pods to make scheduling organized.
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West Pod
Code:
Boise State
Utah State
Fresno State
San Diego State
Central Pod
Code:
Houston
SMU
Tulsa
Memphis
South Pod
Code:
UCF
USF
East Carolina
UAB
North Pod
Code:
Cincinnati
Ohio
Temple
Connecticut
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Football scheduling would be two 8-team divisions consisting of the West/Central Pods to form the West Division, and the North/South Pods to form the East Division. Seven division games, plus a game from an opponent in each of the West pods.
Code:
Example football schedule for UCF.
@Stanford - OOC
FAU - OOC
@Pittsburgh- OOC
UAB
ECU
@Ohio
@Fresno State - WEST POD
Temple
@UConn
Memphis - CENTRAL POD
Cincinnati
@USF
Basketball scheduling would be a 18-game conference slate based on your pod. You play 1 matchup against each of the other pods' teams, home-and-away games with your podmates, and those matchups outside of your pod would rotate home or away each season.
All other sports would send teams to the post-season based on individual pod performance and overall conference standings.