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Conference Realignment

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Works for me. Been saying it all along. I'd love to be in the Pac. Especially if Baylor gets left out in the cold. That happens, the party is at my house!
The PAC won't take any religious schools tmk so it would mean no Baylor and no TCU.
 

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P12 Net Washingon
P12 Net Oregon
P12 Net Arizona
P12 Net Bay
P12 Net LA
P12 Net Mountain


So, does each market automatically get the main net, and the local net? Do you pay extra if you want all of them?
 

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TEAMS are selected for playoffs, otherwise there wouldn't BE any playoffs.

I know where you are coming from, but it's a rather asinine assumption.
Who Selected the Lions over the Bucs in this past seasons NFL Playoffs?
 

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So, does each market automatically get the main net, and the local net? Do you pay extra if you want all of them?
yes I get national and Washington only on TV. but through my same provider via tablet/phone/computer stream I get the others.
 

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That is not True, they just have to play on Sundays. BYU wont.

Which is a strange rule that someone became conference gospel when the first go around. Playing on Sundays have never been a big deal even for non revenue sports. Makes zero sense the conference won't allow a religious school in because they don't play on Sundays but are Notre Dame's bitch. How a religious school that is not in the conference dictates every single schools football schedule is beyond retarded.
 

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Which is a strange rule that someone became conference gospel when the first go around. Playing on Sundays have never been a big deal even for non revenue sports. Makes zero sense the conference won't allow a religious school in because they don't play on Sundays but are Notre Dame's bitch. How a religious school that is not in the conference dictates every single schools football schedule is beyond retarded.
The last thing the PAC needs is a school full of cultist.
 

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I have said this before, I shall again.

1. Teams are NOT Selected for a Playoff, Teams are Selected for Tournaments. Math Decides who makes a Playoff, NOT PEOPLE!!!

So how does College Football have a REAL Playoff, and not some Propaganda that is called a Playoff? Simple...

8 Conferences
8 Conference Winners play 2 weeks after season is over
4 Winners of CCGs play Jan 1st.
2 Winners play a week later to Decide Champ.

THAT is a Playoff where Math Decides Everything, not people.

So if we want a Real Playoff, and not the BCS +2, realignment has to take this into consideration.
I've always liked this idea, in a I-know-it-will-never-happen sort of way. I'd say keep it at 4 conferences with 9 team divisions (top 72 programs get in). You play everyone in your division (8 games), one team from the other division (1), and one from each of the other conferences (3). Top division records face off in the conference championship games, with the winners making up the 4 team playoff. Everyone else is SOL.
 

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Hiya folks, new on the board. Here's what I see as a plausible scenario for the next round of realignment. I'm definitely no expert, so feel free to poke holes in it!

The dominoes fall when the Big 12 GOR expires in 2025. The Pac-12 is first to strike, becoming the Pac-16 by acquiring Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. The rest of the Big 12 is up for grabs. The Big Ten invites Kansas to make 15. Iowa State is a suitable add but offers nothing new. Instead, the Big Ten scores a coup by poaching Missouri from the SEC. West Virginia is added by the SEC to replace Missouri. Although the SEC already has a foothold in Texas with A&M, they could become the dominant conference in the state by adding any two of Baylor, Houston, and TCU. The latter two are invited, while small-market Baylor is shunned. The ACC must keep up by moving to 16 as well. Notre Dame is at last compelled to join as a full member. Cincinnati is chosen as #16 over Connecticut in order to improve the football strength of the now-weakest P4 conference. Baylor, Iowa State, and Kansas State fall down to the American.

Each P4 conference divides its teams into four pods, which rotate annually between divisions to allow each team to play all other 15 teams in the conference within two years (based on a 9-game conference schedule). In one year, you have the Northeast (North + East Pods) and Southwest (South + West Pods) Divisions, and the next year, you have the Northwest and Southeast Divisions. The four winners of the conference championship games automatically receive bids into the CFP.

So here's what we get:

ACC
East Pod: Duke, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech
North Pod: Boston College, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse
South Pod: Florida State, Miami, NC State, Wake Forest
West Pod: Cincinnati, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Louisville

Permanent crossovers: Duke/Wake Forest, NC State/North Carolina

Big Ten
East Pod: Maryland, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers
North Pod: Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, Wisconsin
South Pod: Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue
West Pod: Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska

(Yes, the South Pod isn't very "south," but there's no help for it.)

Permanent crossovers: Illinois/Northwestern, Michigan/Ohio State

Pac-16
East Pod: Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech
North Pod: Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State
South Pod: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah
West Pod: California, Stanford, UCLA, USC

Permanent crossovers: none

SEC
East Pod: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, West Virginia
North Pod: Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
South Pod: Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
West Pod: Houston, LSU, TCU, Texas A&M

Permanent crossovers: Alabama/Tennessee, Auburn/Georgia

This really only works if Texas and Oklahoma go to the Pac. I'm not confident that Missouri would defect, even though they originally preferred the Big Ten and the SEC has no exit penalties. And the SEC simply might not choose to move from 14 to 16.

So what does everyone think? Any questions, just let me know!

A slight variant on my previous Big 12 breakdown scenario. Same schedule and playoff structures. I don't know if it's more plausible or less.
  • Oklahoma and Oklahoma Jr. to SEC
  • Kansas and Missouri to Big Ten
  • West Virginia to SEC
  • Texas and Texas Tech to Pac-#
  • Connecticut and Notre Dame to ACC
  • Boise State and BYU to Pac-16 as football-only affiliates
  • Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, and TCU vanish into the abyss
ACC
East Pod: Boston College, Connecticut, Virginia, Virginia Tech
North Pod: Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse
South Pod: Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami
West Pod: Duke, NC State, North Carolina, Wake Forest

Protected annual matchups: Boston College/Notre Dame, North Carolina/Virginia

Big Ten
East Pod: Maryland, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers
North Pod: Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, Wisconsin
South Pod: Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue
West Pod: Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska

Protected annual matchups: Illinois/Northwestern, Michigan/Ohio State

Pac-16
East Pod: Boise State*, BYU*, Colorado, Utah
North Pod: Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State
South Pod: Arizona, Arizona State, Texas, Texas Tech
West Pod: California, Stanford, UCLA, USC

* football-only affiliate

SEC
East Pod: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, West Virginia
North Pod: Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
South Pod: Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
West Pod: LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Texas A&M

Protected annual matchups: Auburn/Georgia, Kentucky/Tennessee

Out-of-conference annual matchups
Clemson/South Carolina
Florida/Florida State
Georgia/Georgia Tech
Iowa/Iowa State
Kansas/Kansas State
Kentucky/Louisville
Navy/Notre Dame
Notre Dame/USC
Oklahoma/Texas

And what you've all been waiting for: a map!

NCAA FBS Future Power Conferences Map (v2).png
 

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  • Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, and TCU vanish into the abyss

I Would bet they try to create a new conference with Houston, UCF and or USF, Memphis, Cinci, Western Kentucky
 

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I Would bet they try to create a new conference with Houston, UCF and or USF, Memphis, Cinci, Western Kentucky

Well, all of those teams are in the American except WKU, so maybe they'd just join that conference. Perhaps like so:

American
East: Army, Cincinnati, Navy, Temple
North: Iowa State, Kansas State, Memphis, Tulsa
South: East Carolina, South Florida, Tulane, UCF
West: Baylor, Houston, SMU, TCU
 

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I Would bet they try to create a new conference with Houston, UCF and or USF, Memphis, Cinci, Western Kentucky
They can but the money they'd be offered for broadcast rights would be AAC or C-USAish which is just about NONE! No benefit to doing that.
 
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