YOUR plans for Conference Re-Alignment

[OrangeCrush22]

Big East
Boston College
Connecticut
Marshall
Notre Dame
Pennsylvania State
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
Temple
West Virginia

Big 10
Cincinnati
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Northwestern
Ohio State
Purdue
Wisconsin

ACC
Clemson
Duke
Kentucky
Maryland
North Carolina
North Carolina State
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Virginia Tech

PAC-10
Arizona
Arizona State
California
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Washington
Washington State

Big 12
Arkansas
Baylor
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Southern Methodist
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Christian
Texas State
Texas Tech

SEC
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Florida State
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Louisiana State
Miami
Mississippi
Mississippi State

MAC
Air Force
Colorado
Colorado State
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Nebraska
Wyoming

WAC
Boise State
Brigham Young
Fresno State
Nevada
New Mexico
New Mexico State
San Diego State
Utah
Utah State
UNLV

That's what I got planned so far.

[pjburrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by dickey1331

I just hope we can add teams without having to replace them.

Me too. My hope is that because they've had to increase the scheduling logic to 123, they've gone the extra mile to at least take it up to 128 (a nice number giving it's use in computing) 5 extra schools would make the WAC exits easier to replicate.

[dochalladay32]

Pretty sure my classic alignments from last year are still valid...

*see sig*

[GeneralMike]

Quote: Originally Posted by dochalladay32

Pretty sure my classic alignments from last year are still valid... *see sig*

Thanks for putting those together. A great resource, and really helpful in putting together pseudo-historical alignments.

I like the idea of doing a late 80s alignment since that's when I first started watching football, but then doing some conferences that weren't officially around then but had scheduling agreements between the team and such.

Those would be the Northeastern independents (Penn State, Pitt, Temple, Rutgers, BC, WVU and Syracuse, and then maybe throw in UConn and UMass as cannon fodder) and the old Metro conference (Cincy, Memphis, Louisville, Tulane, FSU, Va Tech, Southern Miss and South Carolina). I was also reading about a proposed Super Metro conference which would have been basically those 15 teams and Miami in 2 divisions. The dynamic conference prestige should help these leagues out if they implement it properly.

[dochalladay32]

Quote: Originally Posted by GeneralMike

Thanks for putting those together. A great resource, and really helpful in putting together pseudo-historical alignments. I like the idea of doing a late 80s alignment since that's when I first started watching football, but then doing some conferences that weren't officially around then but had scheduling agreements between the team and such. Those would be the Northeastern independents (Penn State, Pitt, Temple, Rutgers, BC, WVU and Syracuse, and then maybe throw in UConn and UMass as cannon fodder) and the old Metro conference (Cincy, Memphis, Louisville, Tulane, FSU, Va Tech, Southern Miss and South Carolina). I was also reading about a proposed Super Metro conference which would have been basically those 15 teams and Miami in 2 divisions. The dynamic conference prestige should help these leagues out if they implement it properly.

Probably needs work with the additional 3 teams, but that is minor compared to the initial project. And if there is the same 12 team replacement, wouldn't change much.

[esayem]

How about the early 90's proposed Metro SuperConference:

North
Boston College
Syracuse
Rutgers
Temple
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Louisville

South
Miami
South Carolina
Virginia Tech
East Carolina
Florida State
Tulane
Southern Mississippi
Memphis

[wkukicksbutt]

Another Custom Conference possibility:

First, I ranked all the teams by the number of wins that they have in the past 4 years(08-11). For Ohio State fans, if you have vacated victories, those numbers don't count. So if NCAA 13 DID have violations, then teams would be penalized in the future, but more on that a bit later. So I ranked the teams by the number of wins they have, and then by the number of losses they have. Then, if they are still tied, then rank them by their most recent season until the tiebreaker is broken. Conference 1 has teams ranked 1-12. Conference 2 has teams ranked 13-24, and etc. There is 8 12-team conferences and 3 9-team conferences. I would rerank these every 4 years.

Conference 1
1 Boise St
2 Alabama
3 TCU
4 Oregon
5 Oklahoma
6 Virginia Tech
7 Oklahoma St
8 Utah
9 LSU
10 Florida
11 USC
12 Wisconsin

Conference 2
13 BYU
14 Penn St
15 Texas
16 Nebraska
17 West Virginia
18 Cincinnati
19 Michigan St
20 Stanford
21 Houston
22 Missouri
23 Auburn
24 Iowa

Conference 3
25 Florida St
26 Nevada
27 Northern Illinois
28 Arkansas
29 Tulsa
30 Southern Miss
31 South Carolina
32 Georgia
33 Georgia Tech
34 Texas Tech
35 Pittsburgh
36 Air Force

Conference 4
37 Navy
38 Clemson
39 Temple
40 North Carolina
41 Ohio
42 Rutgers
43 Northwestern
44 Notre Dame
45 California
46 Miami(FL)
47 UConn
48 South Florida

Conference 5
49 East Carolina
50 Hawaii
51 Kansas St
52 NC State
53 UCF
54 Troy
55 Boston College
56 Ohio St
57 Western Michigan
58 Arizona
59 Fresno St
60 Michigan

Conference 6
61 Texas A&M
62 Central Michigan
63 Baylor
64 Toledo
65 Louisiana Tech
66 Mississippi St
67 Oregon St
68 Kentucky
69 Arkansas St
70 Louisiana-Lafayette
71 Ball St
72 Ole Miss

Conference 7
73 SMU
74 San Diego St
75 FIU
76 Louisville
77 Marshall
78 Tennessee
79 Middle Tennessee
80 Wyoming
81 Illinois
82 Wake Forest
83 Arizona St
84 Maryland

Conference 8
85 UCLA
86 Virginia
87 Purdue
88 Syracuse
89 UTEP
90 Bowling Green
91 Rice
92 Iowa St
93 Kent
94 Louisiana-Monroe
95 Washington
96 Minnesota

Conference 9
97 Utah St
98 Army
99 Kansas
100 Buffalo
101 Idaho
102 FAU
103 Vanderbilt
104 Miami(OH)
105 UAB

Conference 10
106 Colorado St
107 Colorado
108 Duke
109 San Jose St
110 UNLV
111 Indiana
112 New Mexico St
113 Western Kentucky
114 Eastern Michigan

Conference 11
115 North Texas
116 Memphis
117 Tulane
118 Akron
119 Washington St
120 New Mexico
121 Texas State
122 UMass
123 UTSA

[Madwolf]

Move Louisville and FSU to the Big12, then figure out the rest.

[T-Moar]

I finally got around to making that pure geographic realignment I was talking about. Here it is, for the people that want to use it.
Disclaimer: It's not my best work. I made sure that there are NO independents, though. And all of the conferences' names are much improved, IMO.

Lone Star Conference (WAC)

Championship Game: Cowboys Stadium

Mirabeau B. Lamar Division

Texas

UTEP

Texas Tech

UTSA

North Texas

TCU

Sam Houston Division

Texas A&M

Houston

Rice

Baylor

SMU

Texas State

Protected Rivals:

Texas - Texas A&M

Baylor - Texas Tech

Houston - UTEP

Texas State - UTSA

SMU - TCU

Rice - North Texas

Four Corners Conference (MWC)

Colorado

Colorado State

Air Force

New Mexico

New Mexico State

Arizona

Arizona State

BYU

Utah

Utah State

Golden Gate Conference (Pac-12)

USC

California

San Jose State

San Diego State

UCLA

Fresno State

Stanford

UNLV

Nevada

Hawai'i

Conference 54-40 (C-USA)

Oregon

Oregon State

Boise State

Idaho

Washington

Washington state

Wyoming

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Mississippi River Conference (SEC)

Louisiana Tech

LSU

Tulane

Southern Miss

Ole Miss

Mississippi State

UL-Monroe

UL-Lafayette

Arkansas

Arkansas State

Dust Bowl Conference (Big XII)

Oklahoma State

Tulsa

Kansas

Kansas State

Missouri

Nebraska

Oklahoma

Iowa

Iowa State

Colonial South Conference (ACC)

Championship Game: Bank of America Stadium

Tobacco Road Division

North Carolina

Duke

NC State

Wake Forest

East Carolina

South Carolina

Clemson

Deep South Division

Virginia

Virginia Tech

Georgia

Georgia Tech

Marshall

West Virginia

Independence League (Big East)

Championship Game: Lincoln Financial Field

John Adams Division

Navy

Connecticut

Maryland

Rutgers

UMass

Boston College

Ben Franklin Division

Syracuse

Army

Penn State

Pittsburgh

Temple

Buffalo

Protected Rivals:

Army - Navy

Syracuse - Rutgers

Penn State - Maryland

Buffalo - UMass

Boston College - Temple

Pittsburgh - Connecticut

Graceland Conference Championship Game: Liberty Bowl

Rock N' Roll Division

Tennessee

Middle Tennessee State

Vanderbilt

UAB

Alabama

Auburn

Troy

Memphis

Bluegrass Division

Ball State

Kentucky

Louisville

Western Kentucky

Notre Dame

Indiana

Purdue

Protected Rivals:

Tennessee - Kentucky

Alabama - Notre Dame

UAB - Louisville

Vanderbilt - Northwestern

Middle Tennessee State - WKU

Troy - Ball State

Auburn - Indiana

Great Lakes Conference (Big Ten)

Championship Game: Home Field

Ohio Division

Ohio State

Ohio

Toledo

Akron

Cincinnati

Miami (OH)

Kent State

Bowling Green

Michigan Division

Michigan State

Michigan

Central Michigan

Eastern Michigan

Western Michigan

Illinois

Northwestern

Northern Illinois

Protected Rivals:

Michigan - Ohio State

Northern Illinois - Toledo

Michigan State - Cincinnati

Sunshine Conference (Sun Belt)

Florida

Miami (FL)

Florida State

Central Florida

South Florida

Florida International

Florida Atlantic

[bwburke94]

Quote: Originally Posted by wkukicksbutt

Another Custom Conference possibility: First, I ranked all the teams by the number of wins that they have in the past 4 years(08-11). For Ohio State fans, if you have vacated victories, those numbers don't count. So if NCAA 13 DID have violations, then teams would be penalized in the future, but more on that a bit later. So I ranked the teams by the number of wins they have, and then by the number of losses they have. Then, if they are still tied, then rank them by their most recent season until the tiebreaker is broken. Conference 1 has teams ranked 1-12. Conference 2 has teams ranked 13-24, and etc. There is 8 12-team conferences and 3 9-team conferences. I would rerank these every 4 years. Conference 1 1 Boise St 2 Alabama 3 TCU 4 Oregon 5 Oklahoma 6 Virginia Tech 7 Oklahoma St 8 Utah 9 LSU 10 Florida 11 USC 12 Wisconsin Conference 2 13 BYU 14 Penn St 15 Texas 16 Nebraska 17 West Virginia 18 Cincinnati 19 Michigan St 20 Stanford 21 Houston 22 Missouri 23 Auburn 24 Iowa Conference 3 25 Florida St 26 Nevada 27 Northern Illinois 28 Arkansas 29 Tulsa 30 Southern Miss 31 South Carolina 32 Georgia 33 Georgia Tech 34 Texas Tech 35 Pittsburgh 36 Air Force Conference 4 37 Navy 38 Clemson 39 Temple 40 North Carolina 41 Ohio 42 Rutgers 43 Northwestern 44 Notre Dame 45 California 46 Miami(FL) 47 UConn 48 South Florida Conference 5 49 East Carolina 50 Hawaii 51 Kansas St 52 NC State 53 UCF 54 Troy 55 Boston College 56 Ohio St 57 Western Michigan 58 Arizona 59 Fresno St 60 Michigan Conference 6 61 Texas A&M 62 Central Michigan 63 Baylor 64 Toledo 65 Louisiana Tech 66 Mississippi St 67 Oregon St 68 Kentucky 69 Arkansas St 70 Louisiana-Lafayette 71 Ball St 72 Ole Miss Conference 7 73 SMU 74 San Diego St 75 FIU 76 Louisville 77 Marshall 78 Tennessee 79 Middle Tennessee 80 Wyoming 81 Illinois 82 Wake Forest 83 Arizona St 84 Maryland Conference 8 85 UCLA 86 Virginia 87 Purdue 88 Syracuse 89 UTEP 90 Bowling Green 91 Rice 92 Iowa St 93 Kent 94 Louisiana-Monroe 95 Washington 96 Minnesota Conference 9 97 Utah St 98 Army 99 Kansas 100 Buffalo 101 Idaho 102 FAU 103 Vanderbilt 104 Miami(OH) 105 UAB Conference 10 106 Colorado St 107 Colorado 108 Duke 109 San Jose St 110 UNLV 111 Indiana 112 New Mexico St 113 Western Kentucky 114 Eastern Michigan Conference 11 115 North Texas 116 Memphis 117 Tulane 118 Akron 119 Washington St 120 New Mexico 121 Texas State 122 UMass 123 UTSA

I'd penalize Ohio State for the violations, but I'd move them down one conference instead of three. Also, conferences 9-11 should be cut down to 8 members to allow TSU/UMass/UTSA to be independent due to their transition status.