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Eastern Conference
AtlanticClemsonDukeFloridaFlorida StMiami (FL)NC StNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaUCF
CentralCincinnatiIndianaKentuckyLouisvilleMemphisMichiganMichigan StNotre DameOhio St
NortheastBoston CollegeMarylandPenn StPittRutgersSyracuseVirginiaVirginia TechWest Virginia
SouthAlabamaAuburnGeorgiaGeorgia TechLSUMiss StOle MissTennesseeWake Forest

Western Conference
MidwestIllinoisIowaIowa StMinnesotaMissouriNebraskaNorthwesternPurdueWisconsin
MountainArizonaArizona StBoise StBYUColoradoColorado StTexas TechUNLVUtah
PacificCalOregonOregon StSan Diego StStanfordUCLAUSCWashingtonWashington St
SouthwestArkansasBaylorHoustonKansas StOklahomaOklahoma StTCUTexasTexas A&M
 

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Rivalries would either be rekindled, created, or continue as division games...
Clemson-South Carolina
Florida-Florida St-Miami
North Carolina=South Carolina
Kentucky-Louisville
Michigan-Notre Dame
Notre Dame-Ohio St
Penn St-Pitt-West Virginia
Virginia-Virginia Tech-West Virginia
Georgia-Georgia Tech
Illinois-Missouri
Iowa-Iowa St
BYU-Utah
Colorado-Colorado St
Arkansas-Texas
Oklahoma-Oklahoma St
Texas-Texas A&M
 

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Need to work on balancing the quality of your divisions. So massive differences.

Any P5 teams get left out?
 

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Need to work on balancing the quality of your divisions. So massive differences.

Any P5 teams get left out?
Which ones would you alter?
 

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Which ones would you alter?
I took a run at this years back so the data is a little old but took like a 10 year winning percentage and tried to balance as much as possible while maintaining as many traditional rivalries as possible.

This was a six conference scenario with relegation. 8 team playoffs with round robin conference champs and 2 at-large teams.

Big EastAtlantic CoastSECBig 10Big 12Pac 10
Major DivisionMajor DivisionMajor DivisionMajor DivisionMajor DivisionMajor Division
Virginia Tech0.681592Clemson0.7427101Alabama0.8571114Ohio State0.825099Oklahoma0.7820104Oregon0.7727102
Penn State0.674487Florida State0.740294Louisiana State0.753998Wisconsin0.723997Texas Christian0.736495Southern Cal0.717694
Cincinnati0.666786South Carolina0.604778Georgia0.6966101Michigan State0.681890Oklahoma State0.715493Stanford0.709993
West Virginia0.651284Georgia Tech0.590978Florida0.694791Nebraska0.651586Missouri0.648985Utah0.687588
Louisville0.614278Central Florida0.576975Auburn0.630882Iowa0.620280Texas0.632881Arizona State0.551270
Notre Dame0.590675Miami0.574873Mississippi State0.570373Michigan0.590675Kansas State0.598476Arizona0.531368
Pittsburgh0.565973North Carolina0.522159Arkansas0.559171Northwestern0.574873Texas A&M0.596977UCLA0.527168
Boston College0.503965North Carolina State0.511865Tennessee0.535468Minnesota0.448857Baylor0.590675Washington0.507766
Maryland0.428654Kentucky0.432054Mississippi0.523866Illinois0.411351Texas Tech0.582774Oregon State0.488061
Syracuse0.390248Wake Forest0.427453Vanderbilt0.424053Purdue0.349643Iowa State0.325240California0.464058
5.76705.72346.24565.87746.20925.9570
Minor DivisionMinor DivisionMinor DivisionMinor DivisionMinor DivisionMinor Division
Virginia0.377146Appalachian State0.736828Arkansas State0.563571Northern Illinois0.634385Brigham Young0.700091Boise State0.8333110
Navy0.648985Georgia Southern0.621623Louisiana Tech0.551270Toledo0.592074Houston0.664187Air Force0.592377
Old Dominion0.567621East Carolina0.550471Middle Tennessee State0.520065Ohio0.576975Tulsa0.584676San Diego State0.565973
Temple0.536067South Florida0.523866Troy0.516164Bowling Green0.527168Utah State0.464659Nevada0.550471
Rutgers0.531368Western Kentucky0.507964Louisiana-Lafayette0.512064Western Michigan0.523866Rice0.448056Fresno State0.511666
Marshall0.527667Duke0.424053Southern Miss0.472961Central Michigan0.519467Wyoming0.403250Hawaii0.450459
Connecticut0.456057Florida Atlantic0.352543Memphis0.416052Ball State0.496062UTEP0.368945Colorado State0.436555
Buffalo0.385347Florida International0.336141Louisiana-Monroe0.401649Kent0.371945SMU0.360045San Jose State0.398449
*Army0.327940Charlotte0.25006South Alabama0.396825Indiana0.365945Texas State0.366722Washington State0.346843
UMass0.166710Georgia State0.18927UAB0.302129Akron0.314138Kansas0.319739Colorado0.344043
4.35744.49234.65224.92144.42235.0296
Tier IIITier IIITier IIITier IIITier IIITier III
Coastal CarolinaDNE-LouisianaDNE-Miami-Ohio0.306538Idaho0.286935New Mexico0.346843
Eastern Michigan0.239729North Texas0.295136UNLV0.274234
Tulane0.278734New Mexico State0.219527
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Which ones would you alter?
I think you could easily move Georgia from the South to the Atlantic. The state touches the Atlantic Ocean, so it wouldn't be a stretch. I don't know who you would trade them with. I wouldn't call anyone in that South division their rival expect GT and maybe Auburn. Florida (who is in the Atlantic) is really probably their biggest rival and more of a rival to Georgia than Alabama or LSU (of which they only play during the regular season about once every 5 years).
 

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AtlanticClemsonDukeFloridaFlorida StMiami (FL)NC StNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaUCF
CentralCincinnatiIndianaKentuckyLouisvilleMemphisMichiganMichigan StNotre DameOhio St
NortheastBoston CollegeMarylandPenn StPittRutgersSyracuseVirginiaVirginia TechWest Virginia
SouthAlabamaAuburnGeorgiaGeorgia TechLSUMiss StOle MissTennesseeWake Forest

Western Conference
MidwestIllinoisIowaIowa StMinnesotaMissouriNebraskaNorthwesternPurdueWisconsin
MountainArizonaArizona StBoise StBYUColoradoColorado StTexas TechUNLVUtah
PacificCalOregonOregon StSan Diego StStanfordUCLAUSCWashingtonWashington St
SouthwestArkansasBaylorHoustonKansas StOklahomaOklahoma StTCUTexasTexas A&M
I like that it is geographically split up, but in my opinion:

* The Northeast is awful.
* The Mountain is awful.
* The South is overloaded with good teams.
* The Midwest is pretty bad.

I think it may look better to split it into 12 groups, rather than 8. Although you may still have the same problem until you branch out a little bit outside of geographic location when determining placement.
 
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