(05-14-2019 09:26 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote: Here's a possible present day P5 for this timeline, with some admittedly unrealistic parallelism:
ACC (9-game conference schedule, 2 protected crossovers per team)
Atlantic: Clemson (UGA/GT), South Carolina (UGA/GT), Miami-FL (UF/FSU), Wake Forest (FSU/Duke), NC State (Duke/UNC), Virginia (UNC/UF)
Coastal: Georgia (Clemson/SC), Georgia Tech (Clemson/SC), Florida (UVA/Miami), Florida State (Miami/WF), Duke (WF/NCSU), North Carolina (NCSU/UVA)
Big 12 (8-game conference schedule, no protected crossovers)
East: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin
West: Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska
EAC (9-game conference schedule, 2 protected crossovers per team)
North: Boston College (UMD/Rutgers), Syracuse (Rutgers/PSU), Pittsburgh (PSU/WVU), Notre Dame (WVU/VT), Michigan (VT/OSU), Michigan State (OSU/UMD)
South: Maryland (MSU/BC), Rutgers (BC/Syracuse), Penn State (Syracuse/Pitt), West Virginia (Pitt/ND), Virginia Tech (ND/UM), Ohio State (UM/MSU)
Pac-12 (9-game conference schedule, 2 protected crossovers per team)
Pacific: Arizona (ASU/Utah), Colorado (ASU/Utah), California (Stanford/USC), UCLA (Stanford/USC), Oregon (OSU/WSU), Washington (OSU/WSU)
Western: Arizona State (UA/CU), Utah (UA/CU), Stanford (Cal/UCLA), USC (Cal/UCLA), Oregon State (UO/UW), Washington State (UO/UW)
SEC (8-game conference schedule, no protected crossovers)
East: Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee
West: Arkansas, LSU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M
So what do you think of this as a possible progression of events in this timeline?
Major differences from our timeline
1910s
EAC forms with Michigan Agricultural, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse
1920s
SoCon forms without Maryland and West Virginia, which join EAC instead
Oklahoma and Oklahoma A&M do not leave SWC for MVIAA
Breakup of MVIAA postponed
1930s
Florida, Georgia, and Georgia Tech remain with SoCon rather than joining SEC
1940s
Michigan from Western Conference to EAC
Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, and Nebraska from MVIAA to Western Conference/Big 12
1950s
ACC forms with Florida, Georgia, and Georgia Tech but not Maryland
1970s
South Carolina sticks with ACC
1980s
Vanderbilt drops football and leaves SEC for DIII UAA
Rice drops football and leaves SWC for DIII UAA
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas A&M from SWC to SEC
SWC adds Memphis, Southern Miss, Tulane, and Tulsa; no longer considered "power" conference
1990s
No Big East football
Florida State and Miami-FL join ACC
Boston College, Rutgers, and Virginia Tech join EAC
WAC declines to add Rice, San Jose State, SMU, TCU, and Tulsa
American Conference (a more eastern CUSA) forms with Army, Central Florida, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Louisville, Marshall, Navy, South Florida, and Temple
SWC adds Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech, and UAB
2000s
Colorado and Utah from WAC to Pac-10/12
WAC adds Boise State and Nevada
American Conference adds Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, and Old Dominion
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And here are the current alignments of 3 non-power conferences:
American
North: Army, Cincinnati, Louisville, Marshall, Navy, Temple
South: Appalachian State, Central Florida, East Carolina, Georgia Southern, Old Dominion, South Florida
SWC
East: Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech, Memphis, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB
West: Baylor, Houston, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech, Tulsa
WAC
Mountain: Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, New Mexico, UTEP, Wyoming
Pacific: Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, San Diego State, UNLV
Each has an 8-game conference schedule with no protected crossovers.
Notable annual OOC matchups
Air Force/Navy
Air Force/Army
Arkansas/Arkansas State
Army/Rutgers
Auburn/Georgia
BYU/Utah
Cincinnati/Ohio State
Colorado/Colorado State
East Carolina/NC State
Louisville/Kentucky
LSU/Tulane
Marshall/West Virginia
Maryland/Navy
Memphis/Tennessee
Navy/Notre Dame
Oklahoma State/Tulsa
Penn State/Temple
Virginia/Virginia Tech