I have some time to waste, so here's my realignment idea

[UTRavens]

Why not? It's August, there's little to talk about, and it's a fun concept. It'll never happen and is totally pointless, but what the heck.

The top division cuts down to 64 teams in four football-exclusive superconferences. There are four divisions in each conference with four teams per. The divisions match up in a conference playoff, then the conference champions match up in a national playoff. That's pretty much what everyone's basic idea of superconferences would be.

I tried to keep it as geographically consistent as possible, but made some exceptions for the sake of competitive balance.

ACC

Northeast Division

Boston College
Connecticut
Louisville
Syracuse

Mid-Atlantic Division

Cincinnati
Maryland
Virginia Tech
West Virginia

Carolina Division

Duke
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Wake Forest

Southern Division

Georgia Tech
Miami
South Florida
Virginia

Big 10

Legends Division

Michigan
Michigan State
Northwestern
Notre Dame

Leaders Division

Penn State
Pittsburgh
Purdue
Rutgers

Heroes Division

Illinois
Indiana
Ohio State
Wisconsin

Masters Division

Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska

Pac 16

Northwest Division

Oregon
Oregon State
Washington
Washington State

California Division

California
Stanford
UCLA
USC

Mountain Division

Colorado
Oklahoma State
Texas Tech
Utah

Southwest Division

Arizona
Arizona State
Baylor
Texas

SEC

North Division

Tennessee
Clemson
Kentucky
Vanderbilt

East Division

Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi State
South Carolina

South Division

Auburn
Florida
Florida State
Mississippi

West Division

Arkansas
LSU
Oklahoma
Texas A&M

I also thought about doing 20 team conferences instead of 16. If I were to do that, here's who I'd add:

ACC - ECU, Marshall, Navy, Temple
Big 10 - Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Ohio
Pac 20 - Boise State, BYU, Fresno State, Nevada
SEC - Houston, Memphis, TCU, UCF

 

[IndianaVol]

So Tennessee would be in the playoffs every year...nice...LOL
Actually not a bad plan, good work sir.

 

[MSCE09]

I'm curious as to where you think the state of Mississippi is.

 

[UTRavens]

I'm curious as to where you think the state of Mississippi is.

:lol:

I had to make some adjustments for competitive balance. The only way of doing that is by separating the Mississippi schools.

 

[jguy2]

I don't think splitting up Auburn and Bama would go over well.