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Conference realignment, has had huge ramifications on the college football landscape, effecting not only rivalries, bowl games but tradition and recruiting. With that being said, what if the Big East (football) Conference, the Big 8, and the Southwest Conference never changed and or dissolved, would the SEC for example still be a dominate football conference, would the college football playoff exists? Also if possible, (humor me) would you like the return of these conferences? What say you?


Classic Conferences:

BIG EAST Conference:



Boston College
Virginia Tech
Miami (FL)
West Virginia
Rutgers
Temple
Syracuse
Pittsburgh




BIG 8 Conference:

Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas State
Kansas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Iowa State
Missouri


Southwest Conference:

Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
TCU
Baylor
SMU
Houston
Rice



Big East.png SWC.jpg Big 8 conference.jpg
 

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Yay! Bring them back! Let's see if we can get back to reality. :D
 

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They left for the SEC in 1992. That's why I didn't include them in the SWC.
yes but they were at their peak in the SWC. There were some great Tex/Ark games...I cant even look at them today and see them in anything but the SWC
 

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College football is gradually headed towards the point that schools from the Southeastern US will dominate it entirely. There are many, many factors involved that support this.
 

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Remember the SWAC were the outlaws. Cheating like no others an tejas destroyed it
 

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The SEC would still dominate and I wouldn't mind going back to the original 10 teams.
 

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Fuck ya, get any school outside of the Pac or B1G out of the fucking Rose Bowl.
 

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Remember the SWAC were the outlaws. Cheating like no others an tejas destroyed it

You've got your conferences mixed up. The SWC was home to Arkansas & 8 Texas teams; the SWAC was - and still is - an HBCU conference on the FCS level.
 

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You've got your conferences mixed up. The SWC was home to Arkansas & 8 Texas teams; the SWAC was - and still is - an HBCU conference on the FCS level.

yes..please facepalm my post

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BIG EAST Conference:


Penn State
Boston College
Virginia Tech
Miami (FL)
West Virginia
Rutgers
Temple
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
Notre Dame

This ^^ is what the BigEast SHOULD have looked like.

WVU/Pitt
PSU/Pitt/ND
ND/Miami
WVU/VT
BC/ND
VT/PSU
VT/Pitt
WVU/SU
SU/Pitt
VT/SU
Pitt/ND

Just a bunch of good traditional match ups/ rivalries.
 
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I think a nice Big East Conference would look like this:
Boston College
Maryland
Miami (FL)
Notre Dame
Penn St
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
UCF
VA Tech
West Virginia

If Maryland isn't going to be in the ACC I'd ship them to the Big East. They damn sure don't belong in the Big Ten same as Penn St. (and Rutgers). Conversely, Notre Dame would fit in the Big Ten. However, if that's not going to happen, the Big East would be the next best option if this came to fruition.
 

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Yes. Bring back the Big 8. Nothing against the Big 10, but it is like WV in the Big 12... just doesn't feel right and its been 8 years now.

In NCAA14, I actually did something very similar to this. I realigned all the conferences to have 10 teams. Placing the original 10 in the big10, pac, sec, and used some fillers for the big east, big 8 and swc.
 

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I like seeing Oklahoma and Texas play every year.

Me, too. And if Oklahoma left the Big 12 for a better conference, Texas would probably stop playing them - just like they did with Texas A&M.
 

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Yes. Bring back the Big 8. Nothing against the Big 10, but it is like WV in the Big 12... just doesn't feel right and its been 8 years now.

In NCAA14, I actually did something very similar to this. I realigned all the conferences to have 10 teams. Placing the original 10 in the big10, pac, sec, and used some fillers for the big east, big 8 and swc.
I tried doing conference realignment in NCAA 14, my issue was they don't change the conference patch on the team jerseys. So for instance if you move Colorado to the Big12, they still have the PAC-12 patch on their jersey.

Let's get a new NCAA game please.
 

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I tried doing conference realignment in NCAA 14, my issue was they don't change the conference patch on the team jerseys. So for instance if you move Colorado to the Big12, they still have the PAC-12 patch on their jersey.

Let's get a new NCAA game please.

I never noticed that. But yes, I new game would be nice.
 

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Getting conferences down to 10 is a major chore these days. Having said that, I did put forth effort to make it happen. This is as close as I could get to accomplishing that. I don't need to hear any "Why did you put team X in Z conference? There's no way that would happen....that's dumb...university presidents......." Calm down, dickheads. This is just a simulation of sorts. A lot of these are going back to the way they were with some addition(s). For instance, I put the 9 ACC teams back together and added So Carolina, which was an independent before joining the SEC. If this came to fruition a lot of the rivalries that I've wanted played would be happening--No Carolina-So Carolina, Penn St-Pitt-West Virginia, Nebraska-Oklahoma, UConn-UMass, BYU-Utah-Utah St, etc. Admittedly, the SWC looks kinda fucked up. I tried, but it was a bitch. That one was the most difficult. Trying to put 10 teams together to rekindle a conference is tough without screwing up another (Big 8). The WAC is basically two conferences in one. Originally, I had the Big West and WAC, but decided screw it and just combined them. Enjoy.

ACC (10)
Clemson
Duke
Florida St
GA Tech
Maryland
NC St
No Carolina
So Carolina
Virginia
Wake Forest

Big East (10)
Boston College
Cincinnati
Louisville
Miami (FL)
Notre Dame
Penn St
Pitt
Syracuse
VA Tech
West Virginia

Big Ten (10)
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan St
Minnesota
Northwestern
Ohio St
Purdue
Wisconsin

Big 8 (10)
Colorado
Iowa St
Kansas
Kansas St
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma St
TCU
Texas
Texas Tech

Pac-10 (10)
Arizona
Arizona St
Cal
Oregon
Oregon St
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Washington
Washington St

SEC (10)
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi St
Ole Miss
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
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AAC (12)
Army
Buffalo
East Carolina
Liberty
Memphis
Navy
Rutgers
So Florida
Temple
UCF
UConn
UMass

C-USA (12)
Charlotte
FAU
FIU
LA Tech
Marshall
Mid Tennessee
No Illinois
Old Dominion
So Miss
UAB
UTSA
W Kentucky

MAC (10)
Akron
Ball St
Bowling Green
C Michigan
E Michigan
Kent St
Miami (OH)
Ohio
Toledo
W Michigan

Sun Belt (10)
App St
Arkansas St
Co Carolina
GA Southern
Georgia St
Louisiana
So Alabama
Texas St
Troy
UL-Monroe

SWC (10)
Arkansas
Baylor
Missouri
Houston
No Texas
Rice
SMU
Texas A&M
Tulsa
Tulane

WAC (16)
Air Force
Boise St
BYU
Colorado St
Fresno St
Hawaii
New Mexico
New Mexico St
Nevada
San Diego St
San Jose St
UNLV
Utah
Utah St
UTEP
Wyoming










 
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