Not gonna happen... Start from scratch. Divide the country into 5 regions: Atlantic, South, Midwest, Southwest & Pacific. Use geography. Put the best 14 schools in each conference. 2-7 team divisions. 9 conference games. Conferences can decide if they need cross-division rivalries or all the Cal schools need to play each other or not. Out of conference, game 10 is against another BCS conference, 11 is FBC, 12 is FCS.
| ACC | |
| North | South |
| Boston College | Maryland |
| Syracuse | Virginia |
| Connecticut | Virginia Tech |
| Rutgers | North Carolina |
| Penn State | North Carolina State |
| Pittsburgh | Duke |
| West Virginia | Wake Forest |
9 states in the East along the Atlantic anchored by 4 NC schools & Buffalo, Boston, NYC, Pittsburgh, DC, Baltimore, Charlotte markets. 10 acc schools, 3 big east, 1 big ten.
| SEC | |
| East | West |
| South Carolina | Tennessee |
| Clemson | Vanderbilt |
| Georgia | Alabama |
| Georgia Tech | Auburn |
| Florida | Mississippi |
| Florida State | Mississippi State |
| Miami | South Florida |
6 states in the South anchored by 4 FL schools & Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Nashville markets. 9 sec schools, 4 acc, 1 big east.
| Big 14 | |
| South | North |
| Texas | Oklahoma |
| Texas A&M | Oklahoma State |
| Texas Christian | Kansas |
| Texas Tech | Kansas State |
| Baylor | Missouri |
| Arkansas | Nebraska |
| Louisiana State | Colorado |
8 states in the southwest anchored by 5 TX schools & New Orleans, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, St. Louis, Denver markets. Comprised of 6 SWC teams in South & 7/8 Big 8 teams. 10 big 12 schools, 3 sec, 1 pac-12.
| Big Ten | |
| South | North |
| Ohio State | Michigan |
| Cincinnati | Michigan State |
| Kentucky | Northwestern |
| Louisville | Wisconsin |
| Indiana | Minnesota |
| Purdue | Iowa |
| Illinois | Iowa State |
8 states in the midwest anchored by Mi-Oh & Cleveland, Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis markets. 11 big ten schools, 2 big east, 1 sec.
| Pac-14 | |
| North | South |
| California | UCLA |
| Stanford | USC |
| Oregon | Arizona |
| Oregon State | Arizona State |
| Washington | Utah |
| Washington State | BYU |
| Boise State | UNLV |
7 states closest to the Pacific anchored by 4 CA schools & Salt Lake City, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Diego, LA, Bay Area markets. 11 pac-12 schools, 2 mwc, 1 ind. Boise St & UNLV fill in the ID & NV footprint & are only 2 non-FBS teams to be promoted. Central Florida, Houston, ECU are the next 3 that missed out on the BCS party.
4 leftovers go into non-BCS conferences. Best 1s in the East play in C-USA.
| C-USA | |
| East | West |
| Central Florida | Memphis |
| ECU | Tulane |
| Marshall | Houston |
| UAB | Rice |
| Southern Miss | SMU |
| Louisiana Tech | Tulsa |
Southern teams into the Sun Belt.
| Sun Belt | |
| East | West |
| Florida Atlantic | LA-Lafayette |
| Florida International | LA-Monroe |
| South Alabama | Arkansas State |
| Troy | North Texas |
| Middle Tennessee | Texas State |
| Western Kentucky | UTSA |
Northeast/midwest teams go in the MAC.
| MAC | |
| East | West |
| Massachusetts | Toledo |
| Buffalo | Bowling Green |
| Temple | Eastern Michigan |
| Kent State | Central Michigan |
| Akron | Western Michigan |
| Ohio | Ball State |
| Miami | Northern Illinois |
12 most western teams are in the WAC.
| WAC | |
| Mountain | West |
| UTEP | Idaho |
| New Mexico | Nevada |
| New Mexico State | San Jose State |
| Colorado State | Fresno State |
| Wyoming | San Diego State |
| Utah State | Hawaii |
These opinions are not necessarily those of the Proprietors of Shakin' The Southland.
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