Make Your 16-team NCAAF Superconferences

[peplaw06]

With TAMU looking like they're going to the SEC, and the UT Board meeting next week to consider their future in the Big 12-3, it looks more and more like NCAA D-1 football is going to go to four 16-team superconferences.

At first this all was kind of shocking to me, but the more I think about it, I think all the movement may push the NCAA towards a true playoff that has been needed for so long. If we had 16-team conferences, then every league has a championship. It would be pretty simple then to have the winners play two more games to determine a national champion.

The only problem is what would you do with the teams left out of the four conferences. But I'm not too concerned with that yet. I'm more interested in what the four conferences would look like.

How would you align them if you had control?

I'm working on mine, and will post soon.

 

[DFWJC]

or

8 x 14-16 team conferences

 

[peplaw06]

Southeast

1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Florida State
4. Georgia
5. Tennessee
6. Alabama
7. Auburn
8. Virginia Tech
9. LSU
10. Arkansas
11. Ole Miss
12. Mississippi State
13. Texas A&M
14. Kentucky
15. Vanderbilt
16. South Carolina


Northeast

1. Penn State
2. Boston College
3. Maryland
4. NC State
5. North Carolina
6. Virginia
7. Cincinnati
8. Connecticut
9. Pittsburgh
10. Syracuse
11. West Virginia
12. Rutgers
13. Notre Dame
14. Clemson
15. Georgia Tech
16. Louisville


Midwest

1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
3. Michigan State
4. Wisconsin
5. Minnesota
6. Illinois
7. Purdue
8. Indiana
9. Nebraska
10. Iowa
11. Iowa State
12. Kansas State
13. Kansas
14. Missouri
15. Boise State
16. TCU


West

1. USC
2. UCLA
3. Oregon
4. Oregon State
5. Washington State
6. Washington
7. Arizona
8. Arizona State
9. Stanford
10. Cal
11. Texas
12. Oklahoma
13. Texas Tech
14. Colorado
15. Utah
16. Oklahoma State

 

[DFWJC]

good effort!

They won't do only 64 teams though unless the other 40-60 schools are also eligible to play for the title.

 

[MC KAos]

Southeast

1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Florida State
4. Georgia
5. Tennessee
6. Alabama
7. Auburn
8. Virginia Tech
9. LSU
10. Arkansas
11. Ole Miss
12. Mississippi State
13. Texas A&M
14. Kentucky
15. Vanderbilt
16. South Carolina


Northeast

1. Penn State
2. Boston College
3. Maryland
4. NC State
5. North Carolina
6. Virginia
7. Cincinnati
8. Connecticut
9. Pittsburgh
10. Syracuse
11. West Virginia
12. Rutgers
13. Notre Dame
14. Clemson
15. Georgia Tech
16. Louisville


Midwest

1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
3. Michigan State
4. Wisconsin
5. Minnesota
6. Illinois
7. Purdue
8. Indiana
9. Nebraska
10. Iowa
11. Iowa State
12. Kansas State
13. Kansas
14. Missouri
15. Boise State
16. TCU


West

1. USC
2. UCLA
3. Oregon
4. Oregon State
5. Washington State
6. Washington
7. Arizona
8. Arizona State
9. Stanford
10. Cal
11. Texas
12. Oklahoma
13. Texas Tech
14. Colorado
15. Utah
16. Oklahoma State

your list is great, i would just remove vandy for UH, and iowa state for BYU. i would also add nevada and fresno state if possible for some other crappy teams

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Southeast

1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Florida State
4. Georgia
5. Tennessee
6. Alabama
7. Auburn
9. LSU
10. Arkansas
11. Ole Miss
12. Mississippi State
13. Texas A&M
15. Georgia Tech
14. Kentucky
15. Vanderbilt
16. South Carolina


Northeast
12. Rutgers
1. Penn State
2. Boston College
3. Maryland
4. NC State
5. North Carolina
8. Virginia Tech
6. Virginia
7. Cincinnati
8. Connecticut
9. Pittsburgh
10. Syracuse
11. West Virginia
13. Notre Dame
14. Clemson
16. Louisville


Midwest

1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
3. Michigan State
4. Wisconsin
5. Minnesota
6. Illinois
7. Purdue
8. Indiana
9. Nebraska
10. Iowa
11. Iowa State
12. Kansas State
13. Kansas
14. Missouri
15. Boise State
16. TCU


West

1. USC
2. UCLA
3. Oregon
4. Oregon State
5. Washington State
6. Washington
7. Arizona
8. Arizona State
9. Stanford
10. Cal
11. Texas
12. Oklahoma
13. Texas Tech
14. Colorado
15. Utah
16. Oklahoma State

 

[jterrell]

I could see it eventually go that way but it will be tough to get there.

So much of what happens is politics.

I'd love to see a 12 team playoff that had the top 2 teams from each of the 16 team super conferences quality plus the the 2 highest rated teams not in and the two highest rated non-super teams.

A selection committee would handle it much like the ncaa tourney for seeding. They'd try to keep games regional but also seed each region by rankings.

The state funded schools have to be somewhat careful. As tamu is very likely to find out.