RE: Alternate History and Future College Sports Realignment Scenarios
Here’s an alternate scenario to ponder:
The Big 12 works out their differences in 2011.
Texas’s LHN aspirations get reigned in, the Big 12 works things out, and TAMU and Missouri never depart for the SEC.
The Big Ten never expands past 12 but realizes Legends and Leaders was a mistake and dumps it for geographic divisions:
West: Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Northwestern
East: Purdue, Indiana, Michigan St, Michigan, Ohio St, Penn St
The ACC also holds at 12.
The Big East adds TCU as their 9th fb member and 17th overall. When the playoff becomes a reality they retain their seat at the table and being in fb only affiliates Boise St, San Diego St, and BYU.
BE East: UConn, Pitt, Cuse, Rutgers, WVU, USF
BE West: Cincinnati, Louisville, TCU, BYU*, Boise St*, San Diego St*
BE non-fb: Providence, SH, St John’s, Villanova, Georgetown, ND, Marquette, DePaul
MWC Mountain: NMSU, UNM, AFA, Colorado St, Wyoming, Utah St
MWC West: Hawaii, Fresno St, San Jose St, UNLV, Nevada, Idaho
C-USA East: Marshall, ECU, UCF, UAB, USM, Memphis
C-USA West: Tulane, Tulsa, SMU, Rice, Houston, UTEP
SBC East: WKU, MTSU, Troy, USA, FIU, FAU
SBC West: Ark St, ULL, ULM, LA Tech, UNT, UTSA
Temple and UMass play as affiliates in the MAC
Indy: ND, Army, Navy, Texas St
I’m presuming that the Big 12 still petitions to get to host a CCG among either 1) full round robin #1 vs #2 —OR— 2) Division Winners
If that fails to come to pass and they do go to 12 I’d say BYU and TCU are their 2 picks. This of course sets off a chain reaction among the Big East and the non-AQ conferences
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