This is how it appears it will look in 2014 in college football, at least until the next shoe drops. The only divisional format that is still in the air is the way in which the new Big Ten divisions will be constituted. What I have listed for the Big Ten is the geographical divisional set-up that has been discussed. In parenthesis after some teams is the conference in which those schools have departed since the latest round of realignment began, starting with the announcements of Colorado and Utah to the Pac 10 and Nebraska to the Big Ten in June 2010. The five "power conferences" made up of 64 schools are listed first, then the 57 schools making up the five lesser conferences, then the 6 independents.


NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Conferences in 2014

Atlantic Coast Conference (14)
Atlantic
Boston College
Clemson
Florida State
Louisville (Big East)
North Carolina State
Syracuse (Big East)
Wake Forest
Coastal
Duke
Georgia Tech
Miami
North Carolina
Pittsburgh (Big East)
Virginia
Virginia Tech


Big Ten Conference (14)
East
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland (ACC)
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers (Big East)
West
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska (Big XII)
Northwestern
Wisconsin


Big XII Conference (10)
Baylor
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas Tech
TCU (MWC)
West Virginia (Big East)


Pacific 12 Conference (12)
North
California
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
Washington
Washington State
South
Arizona
Arizona State
Colorado (Big XII)
UCLA
USC
Utah (MWC)


Southeastern Conference (14)
East
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Missouri (Big XII)
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
West
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Texas A&M (Big XII)


Big East Conference (10)
Cincinnati
Connecticut
East Carolina (C-USA)
Houston (C-USA)
Memphis (C-USA)
SMU (C-USA)
Temple (MAC)
Tulane (C-USA)
UCF (C-USA)
USF


Conference USA (14)
East
Charlotte (FCS)
Florida Atlantic (Sun Belt)
Florida International (Sun Belt)
Marshall
Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt)
Old Dominion (FCS)
UAB
West
Louisiana Tech (WAC)
North Texas (Sun Belt)
Rice
Southern Mississippi
Tulsa
UTSA (WAC)
UTEP


Mountain West Conference (12)
East
Air Force
Boise State
Colorado State
New Mexico
Utah State (WAC)
Wyoming
West
Fresno State (WAC)
Hawaii (WAC)
Nevada (WAC)
San Diego State
San Jose State (WAC)
UNLV


Sun Belt Conference (8)
Arkansas State
Georgia State (FCS)
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
South Alabama (FCS)
Texas State (WAC)
Troy
Western Kentucky


Mid-American Conference (13)
East
Akron
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Kent State
Massachusetts (FCS)
Miami-Ohio
Ohio
West
Ball State
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois
Toledo
Western Michigan


Independents (6)
Army
BYU (MWC)
Idaho (WAC)
Navy
New Mexico State (WAC)
Notre Dame

Still so puzzled with tulane add. I like tulane , i really do but man thats a head scratcher! Time will tell i guess!

(01-16-2013 06:53 PM)shirley temple Wrote:  Still so puzzled with tulane add. I like tulane , i really do but man thats a head scratcher! Time will tell i guess!

Should have been Tulsa instead. I like Tulane as well. Great school in a great city, but their athletics are generally terrible and have been for the last 15 years (outside of some good baseball here and there).

I'd like to welcome UConn and Temple to CUSA....

(01-16-2013 07:29 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  I'd like to welcome UConn and Temple to CUSA....

Pretty much the case. You know they must be thrilled, especially UConn. Must be why there are rumors about UConn to the C7 in hoops.

(01-16-2013 08:03 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 07:29 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  I'd like to welcome UConn and Temple to CUSA....

Pretty much the case. You know they must be thrilled, especially UConn. Must be why there are rumors about UConn to the C7 in hoops.

The nBE or whatever it ends up being called won't last long. I don't give it even 5-6 years before it's canabalized or breaks up.

(01-16-2013 09:29 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 08:03 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 07:29 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  I'd like to welcome UConn and Temple to CUSA....

Pretty much the case. You know they must be thrilled, especially UConn. Must be why there are rumors about UConn to the C7 in hoops.

The nBE or whatever it ends up being called won't last long. I don't give it even 5-6 years before it's canabalized or breaks up.

I think it remains intact. It will have a lot of money because of all the exit/entrance fees and even as schools depart to the ACC, they will still bring up others from C-USA.

(01-16-2013 09:32 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 09:29 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 08:03 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 07:29 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  I'd like to welcome UConn and Temple to CUSA....

Pretty much the case. You know they must be thrilled, especially UConn. Must be why there are rumors about UConn to the C7 in hoops.

The nBE or whatever it ends up being called won't last long. I don't give it even 5-6 years before it's canabalized or breaks up.

I think it remains intact. It will have a lot of money because of all the exit/entrance fees and even as schools depart to the ACC, they will still bring up others from C-USA.

Yay........

(01-16-2013 11:11 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 09:32 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 09:29 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 08:03 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 07:29 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  I'd like to welcome UConn and Temple to CUSA....

Pretty much the case. You know they must be thrilled, especially UConn. Must be why there are rumors about UConn to the C7 in hoops.

The nBE or whatever it ends up being called won't last long. I don't give it even 5-6 years before it's canabalized or breaks up.

I think it remains intact. It will have a lot of money because of all the exit/entrance fees and even as schools depart to the ACC, they will still bring up others from C-USA.

Yay........

It is what it is.

(01-16-2013 06:53 PM)shirley temple Wrote:  Still so puzzled with tulane add. I like tulane , i really do but man thats a head scratcher! Time will tell i guess!

TV market.

(01-16-2013 11:13 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 11:11 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 09:32 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 09:29 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 08:03 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  Pretty much the case. You know they must be thrilled, especially UConn. Must be why there are rumors about UConn to the C7 in hoops.

The nBE or whatever it ends up being called won't last long. I don't give it even 5-6 years before it's canabalized or breaks up.

I think it remains intact. It will have a lot of money because of all the exit/entrance fees and even as schools depart to the ACC, they will still bring up others from C-USA.

Yay........

It is what it is.

Yep, no tradition, no rivialries, no stability, no trust, and not much chance of any of these developing....everyone wants out. None of the member institutions will put much effort into The Halfway House Conference because they are looking to move as soon as they can. Kind of like living in a rental property......Bowen just needs to position us for a better conference home and spend 75% of his time getting us there.

(01-16-2013 11:18 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 11:13 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 11:11 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 09:32 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 09:29 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  The nBE or whatever it ends up being called won't last long. I don't give it even 5-6 years before it's canabalized or breaks up.

I think it remains intact. It will have a lot of money because of all the exit/entrance fees and even as schools depart to the ACC, they will still bring up others from C-USA.

Yay........

It is what it is.

Yep, no tradition, no rivialries, no stability, no trust, and not much chance of any of these developing....everyone wants out. None of the member institutions will put much effort into The Halfway House Conference because they are looking to move as soon as they can. Kind of like living in a rental property......Bowen just needs to position us for a better conference home and spend 75% of his time getting us there.

The sad fact is that unless the ACC gets ripped apart by the Big Ten, $EC and Big XII at pretty much the same time, our chances of moving out of the Big East (or whatever it will be called) are pretty much zero.

Best case scenario:
-North Carolina and Virginia move to the Big Ten. Big Ten done.
-North Carolina State and Virginia Tech move to the $EC. $EC done.
-Clemson and Florida State move to the Big XII. Big XII refuses to go beyond 12.
-ACC adds Cindy, UConn, Memphis, Temple, UCF and USF to get back to 14

If no other major blowups happen...

Big East very likely to pursue Tulsa...with Navy having a 12 team football conference.

Even the SD State and Boise remaining in the MWC makes some sense...overall...will be OK with that 12 team conference, especially if it stays the same for a while. Tulsa, Houston, SMU, Tulane, Memphis and Cincy in the West, UConn, Temple, Navy, ECarolina, UCF and USF in the East.

Very comparable to what CUSA would have been if Louisville and Cincy did not leave and we added SMU and UCF. 4 strong basketball programs.

The casualties were the WAC and Sun Belt. Stronger Sun Belt schools moving to CUSA.

(01-16-2013 07:01 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 06:53 PM)shirley temple Wrote:  Still so puzzled with tulane add. I like tulane , i really do but man thats a head scratcher! Time will tell i guess!

Should have been Tulsa instead. I like Tulane as well. Great school in a great city, but their athletics are generally terrible and have been for the last 15 years (outside of some good baseball here and there).

Presidents voted, not ADs.

Presidents (especially BE and C7 presidents) have a long history of academic snobbery. Tulane fits the academic profile better than any school added.

Remember the griping by C7 schools after the "unanimous" vote? The ADs were complaining about not being consulted. Tells me that some presidents voted with no input from their Athl Depts.

At least that's the best I can figure.

Some rumblings about Big XII expansion:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...-expansion

Best case scenario:
-North Carolina and Virginia move to the Big Ten. Big Ten done.
-North Carolina State and Virginia Tech move to the $EC. $EC done.
-Clemson and Florida State move to the Big XII. Big XII refuses to go beyond 12.
-ACC adds Cindy, UConn, Memphis, Temple, UCF and USF to get back to 14
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Sign us up.

End Game: There will be four major conferences, PAC, SEC, B1G, and BIG12 for playoffs. All other conferences will be regelated to mid-major.

(01-16-2013 09:32 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 09:29 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 08:03 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(01-16-2013 07:29 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  I'd like to welcome UConn and Temple to CUSA....

Pretty much the case. You know they must be thrilled, especially UConn. Must be why there are rumors about UConn to the C7 in hoops.

The nBE or whatever it ends up being called won't last long. I don't give it even 5-6 years before it's canabalized or breaks up.

I think it remains intact. It will have a lot of money because of all the exit/entrance fees and even as schools depart to the ACC, they will still bring up others from C-USA.

I am ready to get it on.

(01-16-2013 06:38 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  This is how it appears it will look in 2014 in college football, at least until the next shoe drops. The only divisional format that is still in the air is the way in which the new Big Ten divisions will be constituted. What I have listed for the Big Ten is the geographical divisional set-up that has been discussed. In parenthesis after some teams is the conference in which those schools have departed since the latest round of realignment began, starting with the announcements of Colorado and Utah to the Pac 10 and Nebraska to the Big Ten in June 2010. The five "power conferences" made up of 64 schools are listed first, then the 57 schools making up the five lesser conferences, then the 6 independents.


NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Conferences in 2014

Atlantic Coast Conference (14)
Atlantic
Boston College
Clemson
Florida State
Louisville (Big East)
North Carolina State
Syracuse (Big East)
Wake Forest
Coastal
Duke
Georgia Tech
Miami
North Carolina
Pittsburgh (Big East)
Virginia
Virginia Tech


Big Ten Conference (14)
East
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland (ACC)
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers (Big East)
West
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska (Big XII)
Northwestern
Wisconsin


Big XII Conference (10)
Baylor
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas Tech
TCU (MWC)
West Virginia (Big East)


Pacific 12 Conference (12)
North
California
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
Washington
Washington State
South
Arizona
Arizona State
Colorado (Big XII)
UCLA
USC
Utah (MWC)


Southeastern Conference (14)
East
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Missouri (Big XII)
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
West
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Texas A&M (Big XII)


Big East Conference (10)
Cincinnati
Connecticut
East Carolina (C-USA)
Houston (C-USA)
Memphis (C-USA)
SMU (C-USA)
Temple (MAC)
Tulane (C-USA)
UCF (C-USA)
USF


Conference USA (14)
East
Charlotte (FCS)
Florida Atlantic (Sun Belt)
Florida International (Sun Belt)
Marshall
Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt)
Old Dominion (FCS)
UAB
West
Louisiana Tech (WAC)
North Texas (Sun Belt)
Rice
Southern Mississippi
Tulsa
UTSA (WAC)
UTEP


Mountain West Conference (12)
East
Air Force
Boise State
Colorado State
New Mexico
Utah State (WAC)
Wyoming
West
Fresno State (WAC)
Hawaii (WAC)
Nevada (WAC)
San Diego State
San Jose State (WAC)
UNLV


Sun Belt Conference (8)
Arkansas State
Georgia State (FCS)
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
South Alabama (FCS)
Texas State (WAC)
Troy
Western Kentucky


Mid-American Conference (13)
East
Akron
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Kent State
Massachusetts (FCS)
Miami-Ohio
Ohio
West
Ball State
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois
Toledo
Western Michigan


Independents (6)
Army
BYU (MWC)
Idaho (WAC)
Navy
New Mexico State (WAC)
Notre Dame

Taking that list through conference USA is 88 teams.

There should be two more teams (Ark State and Troy) to bring that to 90 teams. That should be divided into 10 major conferences of 9 teams each that play true round robin schedules with champions advancing to playoffs.

14 teams in a league is ridiculous, you can go years without playing a member of your own conference.

Big 10 has 14, the Big XII has 10, enough already!

Conference USA (14)
East
Charlotte (FCS)
Florida Atlantic (Sun Belt)
Florida International (Sun Belt)
Marshall
Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt)
Old Dominion (FCS)
UAB
West
Louisiana Tech (WAC)
North Texas (Sun Belt)
Rice
Southern Mississippi
Tulsa
UTSA (WAC)
UTEP

I don't guess I've ever seen it all together, but wow...things could be a lot worse. Check out who UAB will be playing in football. The Souther Miss side isn't much better, but imagine FIU, Charlotte, and Old Dominion as your home games.