TC's CFB25 Conference Relegation System

[tc020791]

Wanted to post this for anyone who wants an easy blue print for how to set up a relegation system with promotion and demotion, a la the EPL, in CFB25. The basics of the set up are as follows, 12 teams per conference, 11 conference games each, 14 teams still independent. I will be treating conference championship games as huge relegation determiners. I will also view the SEC (Division 1) Championship game as the "EPL Championship", while the CFP could be what you might consider the "UEFA Champions League". Feel free to set up the conferences in any order you like, with any teams you want, this is just a suggestion.



*MAKE SURE TO SET EACH CONFERENCE TO 11 CONFERENCE GAMES, NO DIVISIONS, WITH A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME*



SEC (DIVISION 1)

1 Georgia

2 Ohio St

3 Texas

4 Oregon

5 Ole Miss

6 Alabama

7 Penn St

8 Notre Dame

9 Michigan

12 Utah

13 LSU

15 Tennessee



BIG TEN (DIVISION 2)

10 Mizzou

11 Florida St

14 Oklahoma

16 Arizona

17 Clemson

18 Oklahoma St

19 Kansas St

20 Louisville

21 Kansas

22 NC ST

23 Miami

25 USC



ACC (DIVISION 3)

24 Texas A&M

Washington

Arkansas

Auburn

Colorado

Florida

Iowa

North Carolina

South Carolina

TCU

Texas Tech

UCLA



BIG12 (DIVISION 4)

Kentucky

Va Tech

West Virginia

Baylor

Boston College

California

Cincinnati

Iowa St

Memphis

Michigan St

Minnesota

Purdue


PAC12 (DIVISION 5)

Nebraska

SMU

Central Florida

Wisconsin

Arizona St

Boise St

Duke

Georgia Tech

Illinois

Indiana

Maryland

Mississippi St



AMERICAN (DIVISION 6)

Northwestern

Pittsburgh

Stanford

Syracuse

Wake Forest

BYU

FAU

Fresno St

Houston

Liberty

Oregon St

Rutgers



MOUNTAIN WEST (DIVISION 7)

Tulane

South Florida

UTSA

Vanderbilt

Virginia

Washington St

App St

Arkansas St

East Carolina

Louisiana

Nevada

North Texas



SUN BELT (DIVISION 8)

Rice

San Diego St

Texas St

UAB

UNLV

Utah St

Western Kentucky

Charlotte

Georgia Southern

Georgia St

Louisiana Tech

Marshall


CONFERENCE USA (DIVISION 9)

Miami (OH)

Sam Houston

South Alabama

Southern Miss

Temple

Toledo

UCONN

UMASS

Buffalo

Coastal Carolina

Colorado St

Eastern Michigan



MID AMERICAN (DIVISION 10)

Florida International

Hawaii

Middle Tennessee St

Northern Illinois

San Jose St

Troy

Tulsa

UTEP

Wyoming

Bowling Green

Central Michigan

James Madison



INDEPENDENTS (DIVISION 11)

Jacksonville St

Kennesaw St

Kent St

Navy

New Mexico

New Mexico St

Ohio

Old Dominion

Western Michigan

Army

Air Force

Akron

Ball St

UL Monroe



PROMOTION/DEMOTION RULES

*1ST PLACE TEAM IS ALWAYS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WINNER. THESE TEAMS JUMP TWO DIVISIONS. MAKING CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.*



SEC (DIVISION 1)

10th place down to BIG10 (DIVISION 2)

11th place down to BIG10 (DIVISION 2)

12th place down to ACC (DIVISION 3)



BIG10 (DIVISION 2)

1st place up to SEC (DIVISION 1)

2nd place up to SEC (DIVISION 1)

11th place down to ACC (DIVISION 3)

12th place down to BIG12 (DIVISION 4)



ACC (DIVISION 3)

1st place up to SEC (DIVISION 1)

2nd place up to BIG10 (DIVISION 2)

11th place down to BIG12 (DIVISION 4)

12th place down to PAC12 (DIVISION 5)



BIG12 (DIVISION 4)

1st place up to BIG10 (DIVISION 2)

2nd place up to ACC (DIVISION 3)

11th place down to PAC12 (DIVISION 5)

12th place down to AMERICAN (DIVISION 6)



PAC12 (DIVISION 5)

1st place up to ACC (DIVISION 3)

2nd place up to BIG (DIVISION 4)

11th place down to AMERICAN (DIVISION 6)

12th place down to MOUNTAIN WEST (DIVISION 7)



AMERICAN (DIVISION 6)

1st place up to BIG12 (DIVISION 4)

2nd place up to PAC12 (DIVISION 5)

11th place down to MOUNTAIN WEST (DIVISION 7)

12th place down to SUN BELT (DIVISION 8)



MOUNTAIN WEST (DIVISION 7)

1st place up to PAC12 (DIVISION 5)

2nd place up to AMERICAN (DIVISION 6)

11th place down to SUN BELT (DIVISION 8)

12th place down to CONFERENCE USA (DIVISION 9)



SUN BELT (DIVISION 8)

1st place up to AMERICAN (DIVISION 6)

2nd place up to MOUNTAIN WEST (DIVISION 7)

11th place down to CONFERENCE USA (DIVISION 9)

12th place down to MID AMERICAN (DIVISION 10)



CONFERENCE USA (DIVISION 9)

1st place up to MOUNTAIN WEST (DIVISION 7)

2nd place up to SUN BELT (DIVISION 8)

11th place down to MID AMERICAN (DIVISION 10)

12th place down to MID AMERICAN (DIVISION 10)



MID AMERICAN (DIVISION 10)

1st place up to SUN BELT (DIVISION 8)

2nd place up to CONFERENCE USA (DIVISION 9)

11th place down to INDEPENDENTS (DIVISION 11)

12th place down to INDEPENDENTS (DIVISION 11)



INDEPENDENTS (DIVISION 11)

1st place up to CONFERENCE USA (DIVISION 9)

2nd place up to MID AMERICAN (DIVISION 10)

[dmacgreg37]

How does it work for the independents if there are only 4 of them, but all other teams are only playing within conference? Do they get only 3 games?

[jello1717]

Quote: Originally Posted by dmacgreg37

How does it work for the independents if there are only 4 of them, but all other teams are only playing within conference? Do they get only 3 games?

I’d imagine they play 9 FCS teams (which might not even be possible as I don’t think there are 9 different FCS teams) which sounds pretty terrible.

[tc020791]

Quote: Originally Posted by dmacgreg37

How does it work for the independents if there are only 4 of them, but all other teams are only playing within conference? Do they get only 3 games?

Good catch. Their schedules were not great, playing way too many schools from the upper divisions. I went ahead and dropped every single division down to 12 teams. The schedules seem better now, still not perfect, but definitely better. Most independents now play just about all independents on their schedule. I will update the OP.

[Tommyboy35987]

I would just have 1 independent team each year and that is the team that finishes last in division 10. The next season they go back to division 10 and are replaced by the last place team in division 10 the following year. I would split the remaining 133 teams and have division of 13-14 teams.

[ejohnson82390]

Quote: Originally Posted by tc020791

Good catch. Their schedules were not great, playing way too many schools from the upper divisions. I went ahead and dropped every single division down to 12 teams. The schedules seem better now, still not perfect, but definitely better. Most independents now play just about all independents on their schedule. I will update the OP.

I know this is like 4 months late. I just literally did mine just like yours yesterday with the Independents. But when you realized the scheduling problem. What did you change everything too?