Let's speculate a future with 4 super conferences

[Nexus]

The Detroit News had an article today predicting that we're headed towards a future where there will be 4 super conferences of 16 teams each.

Since I'm bored at the moment, I thought it'd be fun to list your ideal teams in each of the 4 super conferences. Keep in mind that this is about $$ sports which are Football and Basketball.

I'll be back later to post up my own.

 

[wags]

and if you have 4 16 team conferences with 4 4 team pods that sets up a playoff system very nicely....

or it gives you the and 1 game and pretty much would keep the bowls around in either system.

 

[VA Husker Fan]

I don't think it's going to get to 64 teams. There are 65 teams in BCS conferences right now, plus Notre Dame, plus Utah, TCU, Boise State, and BYU that probably wouldn't be left out. I don't think there has to be a magic number like 64 anyway, because no end-of-season tourney needs to include all teams.

If you did want to keep it to 64, you'd probably leave out the 4 non-BCS schools, add ND, and drop 2 BCS schools. Most likely candidates are Northwestern, and maybe Vanderbilt. But NW seems protected in the Big 10, and Vandy is probably safe in the SEC.

Have fun with the 64, I'm just saying it probably will never come to pass.

 

[jayhawk]

What I would lke is not really relevant, so I will go with what I think we would end up with if the 4 16 team superconferences happened.... I am not sure they will, I rather think it may not be so neat and tidy. I am also not sure what would happen if ND stays out of them...

Key points...

I will say ND goes into one IF we went to 4 superconferences. I don't think they go now. I think the Big 10 may have to go to 14, let more chips fall, and give the Irish one more chance.

I think Texas and OU don't want to go to the SEC. Too much Talent, too likely to take an extra loss, they like to run the roost ad that makes it hard to do...

I pulled sme of these moves out of my posterior, like Okie State onits own to the SEC, because I think OU, UT and A&M won't, and if the PAC 10 onl are taking 16 teams and the SEC wants new markets, that may happen...

I think Rutgers to the Big 10 due to real TV viewership is a JOKE. I am from the midwest and now live in the NY metro area. local College Football is NOT ON THE RADAR. It is not gonna be, either. Sure there are a lot of people, and at times Rutgers may draw some attention, but for how mny people there are, not many local CFB fans. There are a decent number of college football fans who root for teams nowhere near here, bcause they went there an picked up the love, but that ain't Rutgers...

Big 10

Nebraska

Mizzou

Iowa

Illinois

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Northwestern

Indiana

Michigan State

Michigan

Notre Dame

Purdue

Ohio State

Penn State

Syracuse

Rutgers

SEC

Florida

Florida State

Georgia

South Carolina

Tennessee

Kentucky

Louisville

Vanderbilt

Alabama

Auburn

Ole Miss

Miss State

LSU

Arkansas

TCU

Oklahoma State

ACC

Boston College

UConn

West Virginia

Maryland

Cincinatti

Pittsburgh

Va Tech

Virginia

Duke

North Carolina

North Carolina State

Wake Forest

Clemson

Georgia Tech

Miami

South Florida

PAC 10

Washington

Washington St.

Oregon

Oregon St.

USC

UCLA

Cal

Stanford

Arizona

Arizona State

Texas

Texas A&M

Oklahoma

Kansas

Colorado

BYU (Could be Utah)

Left out and bitter (not my wish, mind you)

Iowa State

Kansas State

Baylor

Texas Tech

Utah (Could be BYU)

 

[wags]

I don't think it's going to get to 64 teams. There are 65 teams in BCS conferences right now, plus Notre Dame, plus Utah, TCU, Boise State, and BYU that probably wouldn't be left out. I don't think there has to be a magic number like 64 anyway, because no end-of-season tourney needs to include all teams.

If you did want to keep it to 64, you'd probably leave out the 4 non-BCS schools, add ND, and drop 2 BCS schools. Most likely candidates are Northwestern, and maybe Vanderbilt. But NW seems protected in the Big 10, and Vandy is probably safe in the SEC.

Have fun with the 64, I'm just saying it probably will never come to pass.

no.....the winner of each pod in the conference would get seeded into a 16 team field

 

[kansas husker]

I will give it a shot:

Conference A

Division 1

Ohio ST, Michigan, Michigan St, Minnisota

Divison 2

Notre Dame, Indiana, Wisconson, Northwestern

Divison 3

Penn ST, Pitt, Purdue, Rutgers

Divison 4

Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Illonis

Confrence B

Division 1

Florida, Georgia, Tennesee South Carolina

Division 2

Alabama, Vanderbilt, Auburn,Kentucky

Division 3

Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma ST, Texas A&M

Divison 4

Ole Miss, Mississippi St., LSU, Arkansas

Conference C

Divison 1

Clemson,North Carolina,Duke,West Virginia

Division 2

Virgina, Virgina Tech, Boston College, Maryland

Divison 3

Miami, Florida St, South Florida, Louisville

Divison 4

Georgia Tech, North Carolina St, Wake Forrest, East Carolina

Conference D

Division 1

USC, UCLA, Califorina, Stanford

Division 2

Oregon, Oregon st. Washington, Washington St.

Division 3

Arizona, Arizona St, Utah, New Mexico

Division 4

Colorado, Utah St, Kansas, Kansas St.

That was a lot harder than I thought, I know that teams like uconn, and other great basketball schools will not be left out, based this mainly on football untill I got to the Pac 10 (conference 4) and I got stumpped.

So there it is a chance to make fun of kansas husker's spelling, grammer, and geogrophy all in one post.

 

[muddy_dawg]

I will give it a shot:

Division 2

Oregon, Oregon st. Washington, Washington St.

That was a lot harder than I thought, I know that teams like uconn, and other great basketball schools will not be left out, based this mainly on football untill I got to the Pac 10 (conference 4) and I got stumpped.

So there it is a chance to make fun of kansas husker's spelling, grammer, and geogrophy all in one post.

Thanks for keeping my team's geographical rivals together. That said, would you organize the conferences to honor traditional rivalries or let the individual schools sort it out?

 

[Nexus]

This is how I think it might look.

Conference A

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Michigan

Michigan St.

Minnesota

Missouri

Northwestern

Nebraska

Notre Dame

Ohio St.

Penn St.

Pittsburgh OR Maryland

Purdue

Rutgers OR Syracuse

Wisconsin

Conference B

Alabama

Arkansas

Auburn

Florida

Florida St.

Georgia

Kentucky

LSU

Miami

Oklahoma

Oklahoma St.

Ole Miss

Mississippi St.

South Carolina

Tennessee

Vanderbilt

Conference C

Boston College

Cincinnati

Clemson

Connecticut

Duke

Georgia Tech

Louisville

Maryland OR Pittsburgh

North Carolina

North Carolina St.

South Florida

Syracuse OR Rutgers

Virginia

Virginia Tech

Wake Forest

West Virginia

Conference D

Arizona

Arizona St.

California

Colorado

Oregon

Oregon St.

Stanford

Texas

Texas A&M

Kansas

Kansas St.

UCLA

USC

Utah OR TCU OR BYU OR Boise St.

Washington

Washington St.

But I actually like Sports Illustrated's version better.

 

[sd'sker]

nexus, don't you think that texas and oklahoma would more likely go the sec route, rather than the pac 10 route?

 

[Nexus]

nexus, don't you think that texas and oklahoma would more likely go the sec route, rather than the pac 10 route?

In reality, I haven't a clue. :LOLtartar

But my best guess would be UT and A&M would go to the Pac-10 because they're similar academically speaking and also because UT and A&M are a package deal.

Oklahoma and Oklahoma St. are also a package deal from what I've heard and they'd fit in the SEC better since they're similar with those institutions academically.

 

[sd'sker]

nexus, don't you think that texas and oklahoma would more likely go the sec route, rather than the pac 10 route?

In reality, I haven't a clue. :LOLtartar

But my best guess would be UT and A&M would go to the Pac-10 because they're similar academically speaking and also because UT and A&M are a package deal.

Oklahoma and Oklahoma St. are also a package deal from what I've heard and they'd fit in the SEC better since they're similar with those institutions academically.

no one has a clue. i just figure that UT would want to keep with the big boys, they are close to the sec, and pac 10 football is soft.

 

[Nexus]

nexus, don't you think that texas and oklahoma would more likely go the sec route, rather than the pac 10 route?

In reality, I haven't a clue. :LOLtartar

But my best guess would be UT and A&M would go to the Pac-10 because they're similar academically speaking and also because UT and A&M are a package deal.

Oklahoma and Oklahoma St. are also a package deal from what I've heard and they'd fit in the SEC better since they're similar with those institutions academically.

no one has a clue. i just figure that UT would want to keep with the big boys, they are close to the sec, and pac 10 football is soft.

All the more reason why they'd pick the Pac-10 over the SEC. They'd have an easier route to the BCS in the Pac-10 than in the SEC. That's just my opinion.

 

[jayhawk]

I LOVE the ESPN thought, but won't happen

That would keep us with Nebraska and Mizzou, and even K-state....

Texas an A&M are AAU schools and the Pac 10 cares. Also, the western conference would be easier to win. OU and Okie State are not, and the SEC only has 2 in the whole lot anyway...

 

[sd'sker]

nexus, don't you think that texas and oklahoma would more likely go the sec route, rather than the pac 10 route?

In reality, I haven't a clue. :LOLtartar

But my best guess would be UT and A&M would go to the Pac-10 because they're similar academically speaking and also because UT and A&M are a package deal.

Oklahoma and Oklahoma St. are also a package deal from what I've heard and they'd fit in the SEC better since they're similar with those institutions academically.

no one has a clue. i just figure that UT would want to keep with the big boys, they are close to the sec, and pac 10 football is soft.

All the more reason why they'd pick the Pac-10 over the SEC. They'd have an easier route to the BCS in the Pac-10 than in the SEC. That's just my opinion.

i think it can work both ways. i can also see them wanting to be part of something more respectable, the top conference. but they would dominate in the pac 10, i don't know why, i just don't see them as a pac 10 team.

 

[VA Husker Fan]

OK, I'll play, but in my version, 80 teams make the cut for 16 pods of 5 teams each. Still gives you your nice 16 team playoff, and no existing BCS school is left out. I had trouble coming up with the last few to fill out the 80 and did them as much for regional convenience as anything. Not all rivalries are preserved but you will definitely go out of your pod for games, and even your region if needed. It's not perfect by any means.

ATLANTIC

North Carolina

North Carolina St

Duke

Wake Forest

ECU

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Pitt

Syracuse

Rutgers

Uconn

Boston College

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Maryland

Virginia

Virginia Tech

WV

Marshall

---

Florida

Florida St

Miami

South Florida

Central Florida

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SOUTHEAST

South Carolina

Clemson

Georgia

Ga Tech

UAB

---

Tennessee

Vandy

Louisville

Kentucky

Memphis

---

Alabama

Auburn

Mississippi

Mississippi St

Southern Miss

---

Louisiana Tech

LSU

Houston

Ark

Baylor

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MIDWEST

Indiana

Purdue

Notre Dame

Ohio State

Cincinnati

----

Illinois

Northwestern

Iowa

Iowa St

Missouri

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Michigan

Michigan St

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Penn St

----

Oklahoma

Oklahoma St

Kansas

Kansas St

Nebraska

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WEST

Texas

Texas A&M

Texas Tech

TCU

UTEP

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Colorado

Arizona

Arizona St

BYU

Utah

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USC

UCLA

Stanford

Cal

Fresno St

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Oregon

Oregon St

Washington

Washington St

Boise St