B1G(14)Maryland, Rutgers
ACC(16)Notre Dame, UConn, W.Virginia
B12(12)Louisville, BYU, Cincinnati
METRO(16)ECU, S.Miss, Tulsa, Fresno St., UNLV, Air Force
CUSA(14)New Mexico, Colorado St., Wyoming, Nevada, Hawaii, Charlotte, UTSA, N.Texas, FIU
SBC(12/14)La.Tech, Texas St., Appalachian St., UTA
MAC(16/14)James Madison, Delaware, Old Dominion*
WAC(8/12)Lamar, Montana, Montana St., Sam Houston St., Portland St., CSUB, UVU

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Here goes mine:

My rules:

12 team maximum conference (for FB AND BB)
Geography matters
Big 10, Pac 10, SEC schools as of 1/1/2000 stay in place. All others subject to move
No independents in football.
24-team FBS Playoff, all Conf Champs get AQ
One freebie (i.e. I can place my alma mater in any conf as long as it doesn't violate above rules)

Atlantic Coast
Boston Coll
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Miami (FL)
NC State
North Carolina
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Big East
Army
Cincinnati
Louisville
Memphis
Navy
Notre Dame
Rutgers
South Florida
Syracuse
Temple
UCF
UConn

Big Ten
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn St
Purdue
Wisconsin

Big 12
Baylor
Iowa St.
Kansas
Kansas St.
Missouri
Oklahoma
Oklahoma St.
Pittsburgh
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
West Virginia

Conference USA
Appalachian St
East Carolina
Florida Intl
Houston
Marshall
Rice
SMU
Southern Miss
Tulane
Tulsa
UAB
UTEP

Mountain West
Air Force
Boise St.
Colorado St
Fresno St.
Hawaii
Nevada
New Mexico
Northern Arizona
San Diego St.
TCU
UNLV
Wyoming


Pac-12
Arizona
Arizona St
California
Colorado
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Utah
Washington
Washington St


Southeastern
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi St
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt


Sun Belt
Arkansas St
Charlotte
FAU
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
LA Lafayette
LA Monroe
MTSU
North Texas
South Alabama
Troy
West Kentucky


Western Athletic Conf
BYU
Idaho
Lamar
Louisiana Tech
NMSU
San Jose State
Texas St.
TX Arlington
Utah State
UTSA

I like this dream conference...except BYU in the WAC

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Olympian Conference
Southern Quad
FSU
Georgia Tech
Miami
Virginia Tech
Clemson

Great Lakes Quad
Notre Dame
Ohio St
Michigan
Penn ST
Wisconsin

Midwestern Quad
Nebreska
Texas
Oklahoma
TCU

Pacific
USC
Oregon
Boise ST
Stanford
Arizona St

I didn't add any SEC teams because it's perfect how it is

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Won't likely happen, but were the Big East to finally collapse, I think the Metro reforms with football, looking like:

Metro East
Louisville
Cincinnati
South Florida
Central Florida
Memphis
Houston
UAB
Charlotte

Metro West
SMU
UTEP
UNM
UNLV
SDSU
BSU
Tulsa
AFA

If Football never was invented, My Dream BB Ball Conference

EAST
Duke
UNC
Pitts
Georgetown
WVU
UCONN
Villanova
Syracuse
Kentucky

WEST
Kansas
Louisville
Kansas St
Memphis
Vandy
Michigan St
Indiana
Ohio State
Marquette

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80's flashback:

Let's suppose Penn State gets the nod from the Big East, stops its talks with the Big Ten behind the scenes, and football is sponsored by the conference by the '87-'88 year. The conference picks up for football:

Syracuse
Boston College
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Rutgers
Army
Navy
Temple
West Virginia

Who do you think, at that time, would have gotten slot #10 out of the following list and why?

Notre Dame
Miami
Florida State
South Carolina
Virginia Tech
Villanova (provisional deal to upgrade back into Division 1A)
Connecticut

I'm not sure if UConn had what it took to upgrade back then, playing with what they were at the time, but I think the Irish could have joined this, and if not them, maybe South Carolina. I'm not sure the conference would have gone to Florida still with such a northern tilt.

How about all the above! Except switch Georgia Tech with Nova. That would be a dream 16 team conference.

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First we have the big 4 x 16

PAC Coastal: Cal, Oregon, OSU, SDSU, USC, Stanford, UCLA, Washington
PAC Mountain: Arizona, ASU, BYU, Colorado, Kansas, KSU, Nebraska, Utah

SEC South: Bama, Auburn, Florida, FSU, Georgia, GT, Miami, USF
SEC East: Clemson, ECU, Maryland, UNC, NCST, USC, Virginia, VT

B1G Western: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, MSU, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Purdue, Wisconsin
B1G Eastern: Boston Coll, UConn, OSU, PSU, Pitt, Rutgers, Cuse, WV

Big XVI South: Arkansas, Baylor, LSU, MSU, Ole Miss, Texas, TAMU, TTU
Big XVI North: Iowa, ISU, Kentucky, Louisville, Mizzou, Oklahoma, OSU, Tennessee

Next level 5 x 12

Central SW: Colorado St, Houston, Rice, TSU, UTEP, UTSA
Central NE: UNT, NIU, Northwestern, SMU, TCU, Tulsa

East (Southern): Duke, FIU, FAU, Georgia State, UCF, WF
East (Northern): Buffalo, Charlotte, Marshall, UMass, ODU, Temple

North (Western): Ball St, CMU, EMU, Toledo, WKU, WMU
North (Eastern): Akron, Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Kent St, Miami, Ohio

South (Western): Arkansas St, ULL, ULM, LA Tech, USM, Tulane
South (Eastern): Memphis, MTSU, USA, Troy, UAB, Vandy

West (Coastal): Fresno St, Hawaii, Nevada, SJSU, UNLV, Washington St
West (Mountain): Boise, Idaho, New Mexico, NMSU, Utah St, Wyoming

Which leaves Air Force, Army & Navy as Indys

As much of a longshot as it might seem, based on the trends of the past 2 years, it might not be a stretch to look 10-20 years down to road and think that conferences at 14 might eye 16-18...and if the Big Ten were to expand beyond 12, that the ACC could be the top target, much like the Big East was in the past 2 years.

For instance, there's always speculation that perhaps one day the SEC looks at VA Tech and even NC State. Well, maybe the Big Ten one day looks to the same region, with expansion to 16 with Maryland, Virginia, Duke and UNC. You've got FSU, GA Tech, Clemson as potential Big 12 candidates as longshots. At that point, why note throw in Wake Forest for #14 to give some NC exposure to the eastern flank (WVU, WFU, Clemson, GA Tech, FSU and 2 other schools).

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4 conferences of 18 in 3 pods of 6

PAC gets Notre Dame and an Eastern POD, ND gets to choose its POD mates (Army, Navy, BC, Pitt & GT)

B1G gets UVa and UNC and agrees to Duke & UConn

SEC takes FSU (to stop BX), NCSU & VT and agrees to take Wake

BX builds with BYU, Boise & AFA in west & Cuse, L'ville, Cincinnati, Clemson & Miami in east

PAC:
POD 1: UO, OSU, UW, WSU, Cal, Stanford
POD 2: USC, UCLA, UA, ASU, UU, CU
POD 3: ND, Army, Navy, GT, Pitt, BC

BX:
POD 1: BYU, Boise, AFA, KU, KSU, ISU
POD 2: UT, TCU, TTU, BU, OU, OSU
POD 3: WV, Cuse, L'ville, Cincinnati, Clemson, Miami

B1G:
POD 1: NU, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, UM, MSU
POD 2: Illini, N'western, Indiana, Purdue, OSU, PSU
POD 3: Maryland, Rutgers, UVa, UNC, Duke, UConn

SEC:
POD 1: TAMU, Arkansas, Mizzou, LSU, Ole Miss, MSU
POD 2: Bama, Auburn, UGa, Tennessee, Vandy, UK
POD 3: UF, FSU, USC, NCSU, Wake, VT

Or maybe the magic number is 20

PAC:
Gets ND who picks Navy, Pitt, BC and Army (to go with Navy)
Next takes Air Force to complete the services
Adds Hawaii as options are limited and Boise (forget the academics feel the football)

POD 1: UW, WSU, UO, OSU, Boise
POD 2: Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Hawaii
POD 3: AFA, Colorado, Utah, ASU, UA
POD 4: Notre Dame, Army, Navy, BC, Pitt

SEC:
Takes Houston to control east Texas
Adds NCSU & ECU as football powers in NC plus VT
Takes the best from its current footprint in Clemson & FSU

POD 1: Arkansas, Houston, LSU, Mizzou, TAMU
POD 2: Clemson, ECU, UF, FSU, USC
POD 3: UK, NCSU, Tennessee, Vandy, VT
POD 4: Bama, Auburn, UGA, MSU, Ole Miss

B1G:
Gets Duke & UNC plus Wake for the ride
Adds GT and UVA
Also settles for UConn

POD 1: Duke, UNC, WF, GT, UVA
POD 2: UConn, UMD, Rutgers, PSU, OSU
POD 3: Illi, Iowa, NU, Minnesota, Wisconsin
POD 4: N'western, Indiana, Purdue, UM, MSU

XII or XVI:
OK a) they have last pick b) they need to double in size c) they need to think ouside the box
first they add BYU, Miami & Cuse to form a private POD with Baylor & TCU
next they go coast to coast with UCF, USF, SDSU & Frseno
finally they get the best of the rest UC, TU & UL

POD 1: Fresno, SDSU, TTU, KU, KSU
POD 2: USF, UCF, Texas, Okla, OSU
POD 3: ISU, Cincinnati, WVU, Temple, Louisville
POD 4: Cuse, Miami, BYU, Baylor, TCU

Here's one I think would be interesting:

Pac 12:
Pac 8 division - OU, OSU, UW, WSU, Cal, Stan, USC, UCLA (the old 8)
Big 8 plus division - UA, ASU, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, KSU, OU, OSU (5 former Big 8 members plus 3 new)

Big 10:
Big 8 division - Illinois, Mich, Minn, NW, Purdue, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa (first 8 members)
Big 10 new division - OSU, MSU, PSU, Nebraska, MD, Rutgers, ND, ISU (next 8 in, Big 10 lives with ISU because they get ND)

SEC:
SEC 10 division - Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Miss, MSU, Tenn, Vandy, SC (technically LSU and SC should switch but for regional purposes this works better)
SWC mostly division - LSU, Missouri, Arkansas, Baylor, Texas, A&M, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech, Houston (LSU and Missouri weren't SWC members but they're already in the SEC so they stay).

ACC:
ACC 8 division - Clemson, Duke, UNC, NCST, Wake, UVA, Ga Tech, FSU
Big East division - BC, UConn, Cuse, Pitt, Miami, WVU, VaTech, Louisville (not the original 8 but close)

No conference championships, 8 division champ playoff

Rose - Pac 8 vs Big 8
Orange - ACC vs Big 10 new
Sugar - SEC 10 vs Big East
Cotton - SWC vs Big 8

And of course, MWC, BE, C-USA, or MAC champ can replace lowest conference champs when needed.

Just wondering. I'm not sure if this is college football-related or not, but I have a fan-made proposal of revival of the Metro Conference, but this time, under a new different name, and having ALL member schools that were part of that conference together. For instance, here would consist the following all-sports members, all in the original (now-defunct) Metro era (most of them are currently football-sponsoring):

Georgia Tech (from the ACC)
Florida State (from the ACC)
Virginia Tech (from the ACC)
South Carolina (from the SEC)
Southern Miss (from C-USA)
UNC-Charlotte (from C-USA starting 2013)
South Florida (from the Big East)
Virginia Commonwealth (non-football; from the A-10)
Louisville (from the ACC starting 2014)
Tulane (from the Big East starting 2014)

Also including the ones from the original (now-defunct) Great Midwest era:

Alabama-Birmingham (from C-USA)
Cincinnati (also formerly part of the Metro; from the Big East)
Dayton (non-football; from the A-10)
DePaul (non-football; from the Big East)
Marquette (non-football; from the Big East)
Memphis (also formerly part of the Metro; from the Big East)
Saint Louis (also formerly part of the Metro; from the A-10)

Divisional format mode hasn't yet been discussed, which I'll re-analyze that situation. But in the meantime, lemme know your opinions or thoughts.

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