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The New NCAA Reform

Posted on July 8, 2014 at 05:08 PM.

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - After an entire year worth of talk about the BCS being dead the devised plan for a 4 team playoff has been replaced with another plan. For the next season, the NCAA will try a relegation system for to try to make the NCAA very competitive and give reward to smaller teams that can thrive in the league. The NCAA is now separated into 4 regions: Northeast, Southeast, Central, and West. From there, there are 4 different tiers that the teams are divided into: Elite, High, Mid, and Low. Here are the divisions for the Southeast:

SEC
Swamp:
Alabama
Florida
Florida State
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Miami

Bluegrass:
Auburn
Clemson
Louisville
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia Tech

American
Duke
ECU
Kentucky
NC State
Tennessee
UCF
USF
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Wake Forest

Sun Belt
Southeast:
Florida Atlantic
FIU
Memphis
Mid Tenn State
Troy
Western Kentucky

Southeast Independents
UAB
Goergia State
Old Dominion
South Alabama

Here are the conference tiers for the Northeast:
ACC
Rural:
Michigan
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Purdue
Wisconsin

Urban:
Boston College
Cincinnati
Maryland
Penn State
Rutgers
West Virginia

MAC
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Connecticut
Indiana
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Temple
Toledo

Sun Belt
Northeast:
Army
Central Michigan
Kent State
Marshall
Miami University
Navy

Northeast Independents
Akron
Eastern Michigan
UMass
Western Michigan

Here are the different tiers for the Central Region:
Big 12
North:
Arkansas
Iowa
Mississippi State
Missouri
Northwestern
Ole Miss

South:
Baylor
LSU
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A&M

Big 10
Arkansas State
Houston
Illinois
Iowa State
Northern Illinois
SMU
TCU
Texas Tech
Tulsa
UL Lafayette

C-USA
Central:
Louisiana Tech
Rice
Southern Miss
Tulane
UL Monroe
UTEP

Central Independents
Texas State
UTSA
North Texas

And last but not least, the West Region:
PAC-12
Pacific:
California
Oregon
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Washington

Mountain:
Arizona
Arizona State
Boise State
Kansas State
Nebraska
Utah

Mountain West
Colorado
Fresno State
Hawai'i
Kansas
Minnesota
New Mexico
Oregon State
San Diego State
San Jose State
Washington State

C-USA
West:
Air Force
Colorado State
Nevada
UNLV
Utah State
Wyoming

West Independents
BYU
New Mexico State
Idaho

There are a few things to note. BYU elected to remain an Independent for this season thinking that it would benefit them. However, they would have been selected for the MWC. Since they were not moved up New Mexico remained in the MWC.

Here's how this new system works. The Elite tiers are made up of the best teams in college football. To make it there you need to win. Therefore, if a High tier team wants to make it to the Elite tier they need to win their conference. And vice versa for Mid tier. The only exception is Low tier. Only the best team for the season makes it out of the Independents. That is why BYU will be hurting by staying there. If you finish last in your conference AND there is a team that can be promoted then there the team is to be demoted. There is a small catch. Once you are promoted or demoted you are then frozen in that conference for 2 years. The only exception to the rule is if a team starts the season in the Top 25. Then, that team will be moved up a tier and the team that finished worst in the conference above will be demoted.

The NCAA hopes that this will be a beneficial move to help and increase popularity in college football. They look forward to a successful year and more. There is much more to come, but as the current Preseason Polls stand, there is only one team that is in the Top 25 not from the Elite tier: Texas Tech.