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The South Will Rise! ...Maybe

Posted on July 16, 2011 at 03:46 PM.

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Yes! Another alignment. This time based on the American Civil War. The Union states are one region (minus California and Oregon) and the Confederate states are another, with the territories plus California and Oregon as another region.

Confederacy
1. SEC
1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Auburn
4. Florida
5. Texas
6. Florida State
7. TCU
8. Virginia Tech
9. Georgia
10. Miami
11. Texas A&M
12. South Carolina
13. Arkansas
14. Clemson
15. Tennessee
16. Georgia Tech

2. ACC
1. North Carolina
2. Mississippi State
3. NC State
4. UCF
5. Texas Tech
6. Houston
7. ECU
8. Virginia
9. Ole Miss
10. USF

3. Big East
1. SMU
2. Baylor
3. Troy
4. Wake Forest
5. Vanderbilt
6. Southern Miss
7. Duke
8. Louisiana Tech
9. UTEP
10. Rice

4. Sun Belt1. Tulane
2. Florida International
3. Middle Tennessee
4. Arkansas State
5. Louisiana-Monroe
6. Louisiana-Lafayette
7. Florida Atlantic
8. Memphis
9. North Texas
10. UAB

Union

1. Big Ten
1. Ohio State
2. Penn State
3. Wisconsin
4. Notre Dame
5. Michigan
6. Iowa
7. Michigan State
8. Missouri
9. West Virginia
10. Northwestern
11. Maryland
12. Pittsburgh
13. UConn
14. Kansas State
15. Navy
16. Kentucky

2. Big XII
1. Illinois
2. Louisville
3. Syracuse
4. Boston College
5. Cincinnati
6. Rutgers
7. Purdue
8. Northern Illinois
9. Miami U

3. Mountain West
1. Ohio
2. Kansas
3. Iowa State
4. Minnesota
5. Temple
6. Indiana
7. Marshall
8. Central Michigan
9. Toledo

4. MAC
1. Bowling Green
2. Ball State
3. Buffalo
4. Army
5. Western Michigan
6. Kent State
7. Western Kentucky
8. Eastern Michigan

5. Independent
1. Akron

The Territories

1. Pac-12
1. Oklahoma
2. Oregon
3. USC
4. Boise State
5. Nebraska
6. Stanford
7. Oklahoma State
8. Utah
9. BYU
10. Arizona State
11. Tulsa
12. Air Force
13. Oregon State
14. Washington
15. Nevada
16. Cal

2. Conference USA
1. Arizona
2. Hawaii
3. San Diego State
4. Fresno State
5. UCLA
6. Wyoming
7. Colorado State
8. UNLV

3. WAC
1. Colorado
2. Washington State
3. Idaho
4. Utah State
5. San Jose State
6. New Mexico
7. New Mexico State

Lower division conferences were chosen by prestige rather than geography since geography doesn't really matter.