bigfrog

Coach's poll #1 finishes count in my book. And that year Auburn went undefeated (2003?) got screwed out of the title game, I'm totally okay w them claiming that.

So I decided to hook the 360 up and download the most recent rosters and start a new dynasty to satisfy my thirst for football and with all the realignment talk, I did my conferences a little differently than I usually do. For those that don't know, NCAA 14 is limited to 16 teams, and conferences must have at least 4 teams w independent needing 1. Those are my limitations. I'd just like to see others ideas on ideal conferences. All power conferences have permanent division crossover games.

I know this isn't realistic as teams will never leave a more profitable conference to go to a much lower paying one where they can be more competitive. With that said, I did factor in things such as no religious schools in the PAC and AAU requirements for B1G members (idk if ND?? is, but their academic prestige precedes itself). Financial standing and market pull was also considered, and that's why SDSU and Hawaii landed in my PAC for example.

New powerhouses could emerge from not having to get beat down every week. For example, I think Arkansas, South Carolina, Miss St, and Arizona could rise to dominance their respective conferences and be flagship members in this setup.

Obviously irl 16 prob won't be the stopping point. They would need automatic bids and a tiering system for conferences to reward playing in more challenging conferences, and I've considered that. If I do the playoff mod, idk how I'd do 12 teams, but this is based on a 12 team playoff. The remaining 2 bids go to the remaining highest ranked teams.

NONE OF THIS IS MEANT TO BE INSULTING TO ANY TEAM. I'M JUST HAVING FUN. I used the preseason outlook that's updated to 2021-22 season using operation sports rosters, so I didn't rank the teams myself. Courtesy of OutrunFire0290 on Xbox.

SEC (T1 - 4 bids)
Dixie Division
1) Bama
2) UGA
3) Florida
4) Auburn
5) Tennessee
6) Kentucky
7) Ole Miss
8) Vandy

Southern Division
1) Clemson
2) Oklahoma
3) LSU
4) Texas A&M
5) North Carolina
6) VA Tech
7) FSU
8) GA Tech

Championship game in Atlanta, GA (obv)

B1G (T2 - 2 bids)
Lakes Division
1) Ohio St
2) Penn St
3) Notre Dame
4) Michigan
5) Indiana
6) Northwestern
7) Mich. St
8) Purdue

Plains Division
1) Wisconsin
2) Minnesota
3) Iowa St
4) Iowa
5) Nebraska
6) Mizzou
7) Illinois
8) Kansas
Championship game alternating between outdoor Soldier Field in Chicago, IL and the dome in Indianapolis

PAC (T2 - 2 bids)
Pacific Division
1) Oregon
2) Boise St
3) Washington
4) Cal
5) Wazzu
6) Stanford
7) Hawai'i

Rockies Division
1) Texas
2) USC
3) Utah
4) AZ St
5) UCLA
6) SDSU
7) Colorado
Best team hosts championship game

ACC (T3 - 1 bid)
North Atlantic Division
1) Cincinnati
2) Louisville
3) Pitt
4) WVU
5) Maryland
6) BC
7) Syracuse
8) Rutgers

South Atlantic Division
1) UCF
2) Miami
3) Virginia
4) Duke
5) South Carolina
6) NC St.
7) Wake
8) East Carolina
Championship game in Charlotte, NC

Now the BigXII dissolves and two new conferences begin and form an alliance with crossover games and a championship game between each conference champion for a playoff bid.

Big XII - (T3 - 1 bid)
Border
1) BYU
2) Texas Tech
3) Oregon St
4) Arizona
5) Colorado St
6) Fresno St
7) New Mexico
8) UTSA

SWC
1) Okahoma St
2) Memphis
3) Baylor
4) TCU
5) Miss St
6) Kansas St
7) Houston
8) Arkansas
Championship game in El Paso, TX

Feel free to criticize me as y'all will either way lol. Again, I meant no disrespect to anyone's school. Thanks to anyone that takes the time to read this.