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Maybe some day down the road all conferences will want 16 teams with four quads.
Pacific Athletic Conference (PAC) ( California: USC, Cal, Stanford, UCLA Desert: UNLV, Arizona, Arizona St., New Mexico Mountain: Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Washington St. Coastal: Oregon, Oregon St., Washington, Hawaii (they are so far away it doesn't matter which zone) )
Big XVI Conference ( Mountain: BYU, Air Force, Boise St., Fresno St. Heartland: Kansas, Kansas St. Colorado St., Iowa St. Southwest: Texas, Texas Tech, UTEP, TCU South: Oklahoma St., Oklahoma, Baylor, Houston )
Southeastern Conference ( Dixie: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi St. Atlantic: Florida State, Florida, Miami Boone: West Virginia, Kentucky, Memphis, Tennessee Bayou: LSU, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Ole Miss )
Big Territorially Expanding Northerners ( North: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan St. Chicago: Notre Dame, Northwestern, Illinois, Iowa The Ohio: Ohio State, Louisville, Indiana, Cincinnati Coal: Penn State, West Virginia, Pitt, Purdue (Boilermakers of course go in the coal division, regardless of geography) )
Atlantic Coast Conference ( Northeast: Boston College, Connecticut, Army, Syracuse Mid-Atlantic: Rutgers, Maryland, Navy, Virginia Carolina: North Carolina, NC St., Clemson, South Carolina Atlantic: Wake, Duke, Vanderbilt, Va. Tech )
After all is said and done, the rest join forces, or go FCS:
Conference-USA ( Southeast: UCF, USF, ECU, Southern Miss Southwest: SMU, TCU, Tulsa, North Texas Northeast: Marshall, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois, Bowling Green (I like their colors...) Western: Wyoming, SDSU, Idaho, Montana (FBS upgrade) )
That gives you 6 conferences with 96 total teams. 8-team playoffs would be played with all the champions and 2 at large berths. 1. Pacific Athletic Conference (PAC) 2. Big XVI Conference 3. Big Territorially Expanding Northerners (Big TEN) 4. Southeastern Conference 5. Atlantic Coast Conference 6. Conference-USA
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