Ahh yes, seeing this Montain Division reminds me of all those mountains I would see driving Interstate 80 through Iowa and Nebraska. Visits to Ames Iowa that left me breathless due to the altitude of almost 600 feet.

Mountain Division

Minnesota
Iowa
Iowa State
Nebraska
Montana
Air Force
Colorado
Colorado State

Good thought, and I put a lot of value in conference championships, but the conferences are too big and the spread from top to bottom is Grand Canyon-esque. Texas and Rice in same division? Alabama and Troy? Georgia and coastal Carolina? Ohio State and Kent State? All those mid/low level teams are MUCH better off being in their own 'league'. There is ZERO chance 75% of the teams would ever even sniff the playoffs. I understand that is the case now, but at least those teams currently have the ability to win their small conference championship.

You seem to ignore geography by not placing us in your Southwest division (avg distance of 175 miles from those schools [which is even inflated by Tech] vs an avg of 470 miles from the Old South opponents).

I know we hate most of those schools, but hard to group the other 127 schools on geography and then cherry pick where we land.

and make the two worst teams in each conference drop down to the Group of 5 conference, just like European soccer....you have to earn your way back in!

jja79 said:

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Rocky Mountain division.

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Hey, the Rocky Mountain way is better than the way we had ...

I ran a dynasty on NCAA 25 last year that worked similarly to this. Paired each P5 (brought back PAC12) with a G5. Bottom two from P5 sent down and Top two from G5 sent up. Cool concept.

ACC = American
B10 = MAC
B12 = CUSA
PAC = MWC
SEC = SUN

Memphis being nearest to the Rockies in this guy's mock up.

Now 8*16 = 132?

WHAT?!

How about every game is a playoff game? If you lose Week 1, your season is over, and so forth.

ThatGuyFromWayBack said:

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I gave this answer to important people who could make changes, and was told to piss up a rope.

Here's what you do:

Eight 16 teams superconferences, each split into two 8 team divisions. Separate them geographically. That gives 132 teams a chance to win it all.

The playoff is 8 teams. Those 8 teams are the superconference winners. Seed them by ranking. Fine. Still, just the 8 teams. That said, EVERY division winner gets a chance to win it all because the conference title games are essentially the first round of a 16 team playoff.

1. It gives everyone a chance.
2. It makes a division title a big deal, and a conference title a HUGE deal, again.
3. It keeps the conference title games from being meaningless, if not punitive.
4. It keeps it regional in nature and eliminates bias.
5. It makes the playoffs legit games.

Here were my conferences:

1. Big South Conference

Southwest Division

Texas
Baylor
TCU
Texas Tech
Houston
SMU
Rice
North Texas

Big 8 Division

Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Tulsa
Kansas
Kansas State
UTEP
New Mexico
New Mexico State

2. Southeastern Conference

Rocky Mountain Division

Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Memphis
Middle Tennessee
Alabama
Auburn
Troy
UAB

Old South Division

Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Southern Mississippi
LSU
Tulane
Louisiana Monroe
Arkansas
Texas A&M

3. Atlantic Coast Conference

Citrus Division

Florida
Florida State
Miami
USF
FAU
UCF
Stetson
FIU

Palmetto Division

South Carolina
Clemson
South Carolina State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Georgia Southern
UL-Lafayette

4. East Coast Conference

Tobacco Road Division

North Carolina
Duke
NC State
Appalachian State
East Carolina
Wake Forest
West Virginia
Marshall

Capital Division

Virginia
Virginia Tech
Liberty
Maryland
Navy
Rutgers
Syracuse
Army

5. Northeast Conference

New England Division

Connecticut
Boston College
Boston University
Pitt
Penn State
Temple
Buffalo
Massachusetts

Midlands Division

Ohio
Ohio State
Toledo
Miami of Ohio
Cincinnatti
Akron
Kent State
Bowling Green

6. Heartland Conference

Great Lakes Division

Indiana
Purdue
Notre Dame
Ball State
Michigan
Michigan State
Central Michigan
Western Michigan

Central Division

Illinois
Southern Illinois
Northwestern
Northern Illinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas State

7. Big Sky Conference

Mountain Division

Minnesota
Iowa
Iowa State
Nebraska
Montana
Air Force
Colorado
Colorado State

West Division (running out of names)

Utah
Utah State
BYU
Idaho
Boise State
Wyoming
Air Force
South Dakota State

8. West Coast Conference

Pacific Division

Oregon
Oregon State
Washington
Washington State
UNLV
Nevada
Stanford
Cal-Berkley

Golden State Division

USC
UCLA
San Diego State
San Jose State
Fresno State
NAU
Arizona
Arizona State

There you go. Sixteen teams in the "playoff", which starts with the conference division winners. Then the "actual" playoff is the 8 conference winners, seeded the same way we seed now. Use 8 bowls, with the NYD bowls being the first round. Then you give two sites the semis on a rotating basis, and the same for one bowl site getting to be the title game also every four years.

Does that tighten up the number of teams in the "big" division? Maybe from 140+ to 132, but really, screw the rest of those teams. This gives everyone a shot, AND it means you can schedule THREE kickass non-conference games because they in no way keep you from having a chance at the 16 (eight) team "playoff".

You could play rivalry games (Texas v A&M, etc.) every year, really at any time, because they wouldn't affect your ability to be in the playoff because they don't affect conference standings.

I was told to shove it. The SEC and Big10 will never let it happen because it limits their power and money. It's the right thing to do, but it'll never go down.

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Are you guys hiring?
(asking for a friend)

The issue has been picking the Top 4 Teams, with #5, #6 always feeling like they were better than #4.
So the CFP was expanded, to 12 teams, trying to make sure no true Top 4 team is left out.
Now 5-12 are playing in meaningful bowl games, unlike #13 who's players skip post season toilet bowls.

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Congrats OP