BGSU
Kent
Miami-(OH)
Ohio U

BGSU
Kent
Miami-(OH)
Ohio U
Detriot-Mercy
Valpo
Oral Roberts
Oakland
Butler
Creighton

BYU

SDSU

Big East-St. Bonnie
MAC-Toledo

NCAA D-1 Tier One

SEC
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Auburn
Kentucky
Tennessee

L.S.U.
Ole Miss
Southern Miss
Mississippi State
Vanderbilt
Memphis

ACC
Virginia
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Maryland
Duke
Wake Forest

Virginia Tech
Miami (FL)
South Carolina
Clemson
Florida State
Georgia Tech

Big Ten
Penn State
Indiana
Purdue
Illinois
Northwestern
Ohio State

Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Iowa State

PAC 10
U.C.L.A.
Southern California
California
Stanford
Arizona
Arizona State

B.Y.U.
Utah
Oregon
Oregon State
Washington
Washington State

Big XII
Missouri
Colorado State
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Kansas State

Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Arkansas
Texas

INDEPENDENT
Notre Dame

NCAA D-1 Tier Two

C-USA
Tulane
Louisiana Tech
LA - Lafayette
South Florida
Central Florida
U.A.B.

Texas Christian
Southern Methodist
Houston
Rice
T.C.U.
Baylor

The Big East
Boston College
Syracuse
Rutgers
Connecticut
Army
Navy

Cincinnati
Louisville
West Virginia
East Carolina
Marshall
Pittsburgh

MWC
Wyoming
Air Force
New Mexico
San Diego State
San Jose State
Fresno State

U.N.L.V.
U.T.E.P.
Nevada
New Mexico State
Boise State
Utah State

MAC
Akron
Ohio
Miami (OH)
Bowling Green State
Toledo
Kent State

Indiana State
Ball State
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois

INDEPENDENT
Hawai'i

The eastern seaboard does not have the big-time power programs these days. The conference below would group schools that traditionally had rivalries for many years in most cases:

UMass
UConn
Army
Rutgers
Temple
Delaware
Navy

Two of these programs are currently I-AA, but none of the I-A programs are power programs so the I-AAs would not need to upgrade their programs much if at all. The lowest attendence schools in the list above are UMass and Temple, but they both could easily be up in the 20,000+ range without much effort. Almost all of these programs have played each other often in the past with the exception of Army and some of hte other programs. This conference would not be big-time in terms of name recognition, but would be very competitive in my opinion.

Why doesn't the Big East court Xavier?

Here are my picks for realignment between the WAC and MWC...borrowing a couple of teams from the Sun Belt. This would make these two conferences more regional...


WAC

Hawaii
Fresno St.
San Jose St.
San Diego St.
Nevada
UNLV
Boise St.
Idaho
Utah St.

MWC

Utah
BYU
Colorado St.
Air Force
Wyoming
New Mexico
New Mexico St.
UTEP

This Gives both teams 8 teams, and could set up a bowl game where each conference champion meets somewhere....Maybe either Denver or Las Vegas, or maybe even Arizona(neutral site)

In my opinion, the Big East Should Invite Army and Navy, and keep Temple in their football Conference, if they could find 2 more teams, they could split into Divisions.


Big East

Syracuse
Army
UConn
Rutgers
Temple
West Virginia
Navy
Pitt
Louisville
Cincy

Or....they could split into east-west divisions like so...

West

Cincy
Louisville
WV
Pitt
West Team#5
West Team #6

East

Syracuse
Rutgers
Temple
UConn
Army
Navy

Of course that would leave all the big boys on one side...so you create cross divisions like so....

North

Cincy
Pitt
Syracuse
Army
Rutgers
North #6

South

Louisville
W. VA
UConn
Navy
Temple
South #6

It's kinda different, it's more like a diagonal line seperating the divisions, but hey, if it can work for the ACC, it'll work for the Big East...

my dream conference

The Athletic of East Coast Conference (AECC)

East:
UCONN
Penn State
Maryland
Pittsburgh
West Viginia
Boston College

West:
Kentucky
Ohio St
Michigan
Marshall
Michigan State
Louisville

this keeps some of the most intense games still on the college football slate
Mich-Mich St, PSU-Pitt etc

and it gives a few on the rise programs a chance to see what they have against legit and storied programs

Pacific West Conference: (12)
Pacifc Division: Hawaii, UCLA, Cal, Washington, Oregon St, Stanford
West Division: Oregon, Washington State, Idaho, Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford
Championship Game Sites: Pasadena, CA or Honolulu

The New Southwest Conference: (12)
Red Division: Texas, TCU, Texas Tech, Baylor, Arkansas, Oklahoma
Blue Division: Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, UTEP, SMU, New Mexico, New Mexico State
Championship game sites: El Paso or Houston

Conference of the West: (12)**
Pacific Division: Nevada, UNLV, Boise State, San Jose State, Fresno State, San Diego State
Mountain Division: Utah State, BYU, Air Force, Utah, Colorado State, Wyoming
Championship game sites: Tempe, AZ

**Would take I-AA upgrade Montana if San Jose State is forced to reclassify (Utah would move to Pacific Division)

Atlantic South Confernce: (12)
South Division: Miami (FL), Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Clemson
North Division: East Carolina, UNC, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, Virgnia
Championship game site: Atlanta

Southeastern Conference: (12)
Gulf Division: LSU, Florida State, Alabama, Auburn, Southern Miss, Louisiana Tech
Mid-South Division: Tennesee, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Memphis, Ole Miss, Mississippi State
Championship game sites: New Orleans and Birmingham

Midwest Conference (12)
West Division: Kansas, Kansas State, Tulsa, Missouri, Iowa State, Minnesota
East Division: Illinois, Indiana, Louisville, Ohio State, Miami (OH), Michigan
Championship game sites: Cincinnatti and Kansas City

Northern Athletic Conference (12)
West Division: Iowa, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Colorado
East Division: Michigan State, Purdue, Toledo, Marshall, Cincinnatti, Pitt
Championship game site: Saint Louis

Northeast XII Conference: (12)
East Division: Virgina Tech, Navy, Maryland, West Virgina, Buffalo, Penn State
North Division: BC, UConn, Temple, Army, Syracuse, Rutgers
Championship game site: Baltimore

**Buffalo would be replaced by I-AA upgrade UMass if Buffalo is forced to reclassify.

America Central Conference:
Mid-American Division: WMU, CMU, EMU, Ohio, Kent State, Akron, Bowling Green State, Ball State, Northern Illinois

Conference of the South:
West Division: North Texas, Rice, Houston, UL-Lafayette, Arkansas State
East Division: MTSU, UL-Monroe, UAB, Central Florida, South Florida, Florida International, Florida Atlantic
Championship game site: Mobile, AL

10-team conferences with 2 division each and championship games (bending the rules a little). I'm going to group teams to basketball and football (the football division will be listed on the top, basketball on bottom). I'm trying to keep close archrivals in separate divisions as much as possible.

The Pac
{
McKay Division (pigskin)
{
Arizona State
Stanford
Oregon
Washington
USC
}
Wooden Division (hoops)
{
Arizona
Cal
Oregon State
Washington State
UCLA
}
}

MWC
{
Edwards Division
{
Air Force
BYU
Colorado
Colorado State
Nevada
}
Majerus/Tark Division
{
New Mexico
UNLV
Utah
Utah State
Wyoming
}
}

WAC
{
FB
{
Boise State
Hawaii
New Mexico State
San Diego State
*Montana
}
BB
{
Idaho
Fresno State
UTEP
San Jose State
*Montana State
}
}

South-Central Counference (SCC)
{
FB
{
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas A&M
SMU
Rice
}
BB
{
TCU
Tulsa
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas Tech
}
}

North-Central Conference (NCC)
{
FB
{
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas State
Missouri
Wisconsin
}
BB
{
Iowa State
Minnesota
Kansas
Illinois
Northwestern
}
}

Big Lakes Conference
{
FB
{
Ohio State
Louisville
Michigan State
West Virginia
Notre Dame
}
BB
{
Michigan
Indiana
Cincinatti
Kentucky
Pittsburg
}
}

Big East
{
FB
{
Boston College
Penn State
Rutgers
Maryland
Army
}
BB
{
Connecticut
Syracuse
Temple
Buffalo
Navy
}
}

ACC
{
FB
{
Marshall
Virginia Tech
NC State
East Carolina
South Carolina
}
BB
{
Virginia
Duke
Wake Forest
North Carolina
Vanderbilt
}
}

SEC
{
FB
{
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Clemson
Mississippi
}
BB
{
Auburn
UAB
Memphis
Mississippi State
Georgia Tech
}
}

Gulf-Atlantic Conference (GAC)
{
FB
{
Miami
Southern Miss
LSU
Louisiana Tech
North Texas
}
BB
{
Florida State
Tulane
Houston
Florida
Louisiana-Lafayette
}
}

MAC
{
FB
{
Ohio
Miami University
Central Michigan
Western Michigan
Eastern Michigan
}
BB
{
Northern Illinois
Bowling Green
Akron
Toledo
Kent State
}
}

Dixie Conference
{
FB
{
*Georgia Southern
Florida Atl.
Florida Int'l
*Florida A&M
Troy
}
BB
{
Ball State
Louisiana-Monroe
Arkansas State
Middle Tennessee State
*Western Kentucky
}
}

(The divisions in the last two conferences were thrown just together -- I'm not sure who's good at what)

Eastern Conference
South - Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina
North - Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio State, Michigan, West Virgnia
Conference Championship site: Nashville

Western Conference
North - Washington, Washington State, Boise State, Idaho, Oregon, Oregon State
South - California, UCLA, Stanford, Southern Cal, Arizona, Utah
Conference Championship site: Seattle/Los Angeles

Mountain-Pacific Conference
Pacific - Hawaii, San Diego State, Fresno State, San Jose State, Nevada, UNLV
Mountain - Arizona State, BYU, Colorado, Air Force, New Mexico, Wyoming
Conference Championship site: Phoenix

Frontier Conference
North - Colorado State, Nebraska, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma
South - New Mexico State, Texas-El Paso, Texas Tech, Baylor, Texas Christian, Houston
Conference Championship site: Dallas

Northern Conference
West - Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa State, Iowa, Wisconsin, Northwesern
East - Michigan State, Penn State, Purdue, Notre Dame, Cinicinnati, Ohio
Conference Championship site: Indianapolis

Atlantic Athletic Conference
North - Boston College, Connecticut, Temple, Army, Syracuse, Rutgers
South - Virgnia, Virginia Tech, Duke, Wake Forest, Maryland, Navy
Conference Championship site: Washington, DC

Conference Southeast
East - NC State, East Carolina, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Aubrun, Mississippi
South - Miami-FL, FAU, FIU, Central Florida, South Florida, Florida State
Conference Championship site: Jacksonville

Central Conferernce
West - WMU, EMU, CMU, Western Kentucky, Miami-OH, Ball State
East - Marshall, Buffalo, Kent, Akron, Toledo, Bowling Green
Conference Championship site: Detroit

Gulf Coast Conference
East - Troy, MTSU, UAB, Mississippi State, Memphis, Louisiana State
West - Texas, Texas A&M, Louisiana Tech, Arkansas State, LA-Monroe, LA-Lafayette
Conference Championship site: New Orleans