Updated Conference Realignment Guide for 2015

[rkwittem]

SEC:
Under Conference Rules:
Change South Carolina's locked rivalry to Texas A&M from Arkansas.

ACC:
Use triangle to swap Maryland with Louisville. (You can do this right away, just click triangle when you reach the ACC and grab Maryland and swap them with AAC's Louisville. Then take Maryland and Rutgers to the B1G Ten.)

Big Ten:
Add: Maryland and Rutgers from American Athletic Conference.

B1G East: OSU, PSU, MSU, Michigan, Indiana, Rutgers, Maryland
B1G West: Minny, Wisconsin, Neb, Iowa, Illinois, Purdue, NW


Under Conference Rules:
Rename: Leaders division to East. Legends division to West
No Protected Rivalries (will grant 8 instead of 9-game conference schedule)

Sun Belt:
Add: Idaho and New Mexico State from Independents.

(No Sun Belt divisions)

Conference USA:
Add: Old Dominion from Independents to East Division. Western Kentucky from Sun Belt to East Division.

C-USA East: WKU, Marshall, ODU, MTSU, FIU, FAU, Charlotte
C-USA West: So Miss, UTSA, UTEP, La Tech, Rice, North Texas


American Athletic Conference:
Add: ECU, Tulane, and Tulsa from Conference USA; Navy from Independents.

AAC East: UConn, Cincy, ECU, USF, UCF, Temple
AAC West: Navy, Houston, Tulane, Tulsa, Memphis, SMU


Pac-12 Conference Championship Game Location moved to Fight Hunger Bowl.

American Conference Championship Game to "Best Record Hosts"

BCS Bowl Tie Ins:
Delete the American Athletic Conference's bowl bid.
Change the Big XII Champion to the Sugar Bowl.

[TheKingTodo]

Thank you so much for this!

[FedExPope]

This is a lifesaver. Truly appreciate you making this thread.

[rkwittem]

I just wanted to add here that the Big Ten is going to 9 conference games in 2016 (year 2 of any 2015 dynasties you start) so you will need to flip their protected rivals to "on" to achieve this effect. Change Minnesota's rival to Michigan and Ohio State's to Illinois and you should get good cross-divisional rivalries for most- with apologies to teams stuck with Rutgers and Maryland as a cross-divisional rivalry

[FedExPope]

Quote: Originally Posted by rkwittem

I just wanted to add here that the Big Ten is going to 9 conference games in 2016 (year 2 of any 2015 dynasties you start) so you will need to flip their protected rivals to "on" to achieve this effect. Change Minnesota's rival to Michigan and Ohio State's to Illinois and you should get good cross-divisional rivalries for most- with apologies to teams stuck with Rutgers and Maryland as a cross-divisional rivalry

Appreciate the tip!

[esayem]

Quote: Originally Posted by FedExPope

Appreciate the tip!

What I did:

IU-Purdue
UM-Minn
OSU-Illinois
MSU-Iowa (used to be a season ending game in the 70's)
PSU-Northwestern
Maryland-Wisconsin
Rutgers-Nebraska

I didn't think it was fair to make Nebraska and Penn State play yearly while OSU and Michigan get easy games.

[RTRb17ch]

I'm trying to remember how to switch SCar's rivalry to A&M without it making a 9 game conference schedule. I remember that someone figured out how to do this a while back...

[FedExPope]

Quote: Originally Posted by RTRb17ch

I'm trying to remember how to switch SCar's rivalry to A&M without it making a 9 game conference schedule. I remember that someone figured out how to do this a while back...

Yeah I realized this too late. I've got 9 games in my Florida dynasty this year...beat Gerogia and figured 'oh good i only have vandy and south carolina left', only to see Auburn scheduled the week before FSU.