Dream alignment and play off
OK this will never happen but with Idaho dropping to FCS and Liberty Moving up to FBS I noticed a nice geographic split
West: HI, CA, OR, WA, ID, NV, AZ, NM, CO, UT, WY = 26 teams
SW: TX, OK, LA, KS, NE, MO, AR = 26 teams
SE: MS, TN, KY, AL, GA, SC, FL (North) = 26 teams
Atlantic: MA, CT, PA, NY, NJ, VA, MD, NC, FL (South) = 26 teams
Midwest: IA, MN, WI, MI, IL, IN, OH, WV = 26 teams
We can then assign conferences
West: PAC & MWC
SW: B12 & CUSA
SE: SEC & SBC
Atlantic: ACC & AAC
Midwest B1G & MAC
West:
PAC N: UO, OSU, UW, WSU, Stanford, Cal, Boise
PAC S: UA, ASU, USC, UCLA, Colorado, Utah, BYU
MWC W: Hawaii, SDSU, SJSU, Fresno, Nevada, UNLV
MWC M: Wyoming, Utah State, UNM, NMSU, CSU, AFA
SW:
B12 S: UT, TAMU, TTU, TCU, Baylor, Houston, LSU
B12 N: Arkansas, OU, OSU, KU, KSU, Nebraska, Mizzou
CUSA W: UNT, SMU, UTSA, UTEP, TSU, Rice
CUSA E: ULL, ULM, LA Tech, Tulane, Tulsa, ASU
SE:
SEC National: UK, UTn, Ole Miss, Bama, UGa, USC-e, UF
SEC American: Louisville, Vandy, MS ST, Auburn, GT, Clemson, FSU
SBC N: WKU, MTSU, Memphis, GA State, GA Southern, Coastal Carolina
SBC S: USM, Troy, USA, UAB, UCF, USF
Atlantic:
ACC N: BC, UConn, Syracuse, Rutgers, Penn State, Pitt, UMiami
ACC S: UVa, VT, UNC, NCSU, WF, Duke, UMd
AAC N: UMass, Buffalo, Army, Temple, FAU, FIU
AAC S: Charlotte, ECU, App State, Liberty, ODU, Navy
Midwest:
B1G N: Wisky, Minnie, UM, MSU, OSU, Cincinnati, WV
B1G S: Iowa, ISU, Illi, Northwestern, Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame
MAC W: NIU, Ball St, EMU, WMU, CMU, Toldeo
MAC E: BGSU, Akron, Kent St, Miami-OH, Ohio U, Marshall
Play off
P5 conference winners go into quarter finals
P5 runners up (either CCG loser or highest ranked team) plus highest ranked G5 team into first round
G5 plays away to P5 from same region
Other P5 play home according to ranking
Orange, Peach, Cotton, Fiesta are QF
ACC, SEC, Big XII, PAC winner gets one of above respectively
Big Ten plays against lowest ranked P5 so can move QF bowls
Rose and Sugar are SF
Based on who gets through, so a PAC SF will always get Rose
You can't play anyone from your conference until NC
Example
Round One:
Western Michigan @ Michigan
Oklahoma State @ Clemson
Virginia Tech @ Stanford
Round Two:
Orange: NC State vs Clemson
Peach: Alabama vs Stanford
Cotton: Oklahoma vs Ohio State
Fiesta: Oregon vs Michigan
Semis:
Rose: Oregon vs Clemson
Sugar: Alabama vs Ohio State
(This post was last modified: 06-25-2017 04:44 AM by Blue76.)
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