What is the best Conference set-up?

[MLcardinalfan]

I was just wondering what the best set-up for conferences are. Should I make all ten conferences have 12 teams, or should I have the Power 5 with 10 teams only?


I don't like 13, 14, 15, 16 team conferences and I do prefer that each team play each other. If the results are better with every conference having a championship game, then I'll set it up that way.


Just curious about anybody's results.

[lilhook]

[BSK]

I put Houston & Tulane in the Big 12, only Notre Dame & BYU are independent, MAC & MWC automatic bid to Fiesta Bowl.

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[RoyMela]

I go with geographical idea, so I get as many in-state games as possible. This is how I usually go (UAB replaced with Appalachian St.)

Names are states, or the name of the lone state team with name something other than state name. Number after state name indicates the number of teams in state (excluding military academies, who are all Independent)

ACC: New England area

UMass
Boston College
Connecticut
Buffalo
Syracuse
Penn State
Pitt
Temple
Rutgers
Maryland

American: Carolinas, Virginias + Kentucky

South Carolina / Kentucky
Clemson / Virginia Tech
Appalachian State* / Old Dominion
Wake Forest / Virginia
North Carolina / West Virginia
North Carolina St / Louisville
Duke / Western Kentucky
East Carolina / Marshall

* AppSt replacing UAB

Big 12: Only Texas teams

Texas / Baylor
Texas A&M / TCU
Rice / Texas Tech
Houston / SMU
Texas State / North Texas
UTSA / UTEP

Big Ten: Great Lakes area.

Michigan / Notre Dame
Michigan St / Indiana
Western Michigan / Northern Illinois
Eastern Michigan / Ball State
Central Michigan / Purdue
Wisconsin / Northwestern
Minnesota / Illinois

C-USA: Tornado Alley

Kansas
Kansas State
Nebraska
Iowa
Iowa State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Tulsa

Independents: Military academies

Air Force, Navy, Army

MAC: Ohio

Ohio
Ohio State
Akron
Miami, OH
Cincinnati
Toledo
Bowling Green
Kent State

Mountain West: Around Rocky mountains

Nevada / BYU
UNLV / Wyoming
Arizona / Colorado
Arizona State / Utah
New Mexico / Colorado State
New Mexico State / Utah State

Pac-12: West Coast states

UCLA / Boise St
USC / Washington
San Diego St / Hawaii
San Jose St / Idaho
Stanford / Oregon
Cal / Oregon St
Fresno St / Hawaii

SEC:

LSU / Ole Miss
Tulane / Southern Miss
Louisiana Lafayette / Memphis
Louisiana Tech / Vanderbilt
Louisiana Monroe / Midd Tenn St
Arkansas / Tennessee
Arkansas St / Mississippi St

Sun Belt:

Florida / Georgia
Florida State / Alabama
Miami / Auburn
FIU / Georgia State
FAU / Troy
UCF / South Alabama
USF / Georgia Tech

[Papytendo]

This is the config I've been happiest with. If I don't mention a detail, it's because I didn't change it from default (other than rivals which I mention regardless).
EDIT: Hey, I just realized I didn't answer your question at all, sorry dawg

ACC: (rivals off)
North|South
Duke | Central Florida
Maryland | Clemson
UNC | Georgia Tech
NC State | Florida State
Virginia | Miami (FL)
Wake Forest | South Florida

Big East: (matched by rival, championship at MetLife Stadium)
North|South
Boston College | Virginia Tech
Connecticut | Louisville
Penn State | Pittsburgh
Rutgers | Cincinnati
Syracuse | West Virginia
Temple | East Carolina

Big 14: (matched by rival, championship at Jerry World)
North|South
Iowa State| Houston
Kansas | Memphis
Kansas State | Baylor
Missouri| Texas A&M
Nebraska | Texas Tech
Oklahoma | Texas
Oklahoma State | TCU

Big 10:
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Northwestern
Ohio State
Purdue
Wisconsin

Independents:
Navy
Notre Dame

PAC-14: (matched by rival, championship at the Rose Bowl)
Boise State| BYU
Cal | UCLA
Oregon | Arizona
Oregon State| Arizona State
Stanford | USC
Washington | Colorado
Washington State | Utah

SEC: (not matched by rival, because I don't remember what they were)
West|East
Alabama| Florida
Auburn| Georgia
Arkansas| Kentucky
LSU| South Carolina
Ole Miss| Tennessee
Mississippi State| Vanderbilt

C-USA: (no rivals)
West|East
Louisiana Tech| UAB
North Texas| Charlotte
Rice | FAU
SMU | FIU
UTSA | Old Dominion
Tulane | MTSU
Tulsa | Southern Miss

MAC: (no rivals)
West|East
Ball State| Akron
Central Michigan| Bowling Green
Eastern Michigan| Buffalo
Northern Illinois| Kent State
Toledo| Marshall
Western Kentucky | Miami (OH)
Western Michigan| Ohio

MWC: (no rivals)
[b]Mountain|West[/B
Air Force| Fresno State
Colorado State| Hawai'i
New Mexico| Nevada
Utah State| UNLV
UTEP| San Diego State
Wyoming| San Jose State

Sun Belt:
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
UL Lafayette
UL Monroe
South Alabama
Texas State
Troy

Displaced teams: Army, Idaho, UMass, NM State
Added teams: Appalachian State, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern

[vgunn]

I posted this a while back--it worked very well when I gave it a test run.

Power 4 / 16-team Custom Conferences

I've decided on making a POWER 4 conference setup. Each of these conferences have sixteen teams and are the only four which have championship games. Aiming for defacto semi-final matchups with the setup.

The four power conferences are: BIG TEN, BIG XII, PAC-12, SEC. The ACC has been relegated to a non-power conference.

Permanent crossover games are in ().

Another goal is to try to keep as many rivalry games intact as possible, as well as a geographic relationship.

Here is what it looks like:

ACC

1 Old Dominion
2 East Carolina
3 Duke
4 Wake Forest
5 UCF
6 USF
7 Charlotte
8 Georgia State
9 Florida Atlantic
10 Florida International

AMERICAN

1 Syracuse
2 Buffalo
3 Boston College
4 UMass
5 UConn
6 Rutgers
7 Army
8 Temple
9 Marshall
10 Navy

BIG TEN

EAST
1 Virginia (Indiana)
2 Virginia Tech (Purdue)
3 Maryland (Illinois)
4 Penn St. (Michigan St.)
5 West Virginia (Kentucky)
6 Pitt (Northwestern)
7 Ohio St. (Michigan)
8 Cincinnati (Louisville)

WEST
9 Louisville
10 Kentucky
11 Michigan
12 Michigan St.
13 Indiana
14 Purdue
15 Illinois
16 Northwestern

BIG XII

NORTH
1 Wisconsin (Texas Tech)
2 Minnesota (TCU)
3 Iowa (Texas)
4 Iowa State (Texas A&M)
5 Kansas (Baylor)
6 Kansas St. (Oklahoma St.)
7 Nebraska (Oklahoma)
8 Missouri (Arkansas)

SOUTH
9 Texas
10 Texas A&M
11 Texas Tech
12 Oklahoma
13 Oklahoma St.
14 Arkansas
15 TCU
16 Baylor

C-USA

1 Tulsa
2 SMU
3 Houston
4 Rice
5 North Texas
6 UTSA
7 Texas State
8 UTEP
9 New Mexico
10 New Mexico St.

Independent

Notre Dame

MAC

1 Toledo
2 Bowling Green
3 Ohio
4 Miami Ohio
5 Kent State
6 Akron
7 Ball State
8 Northern Illinois
9 Western Michigan
10 Eastern Michigan
11 Central Michigan

MWC

1 Air Force
2 Idaho
3 Nevada
4 Utah State
5 UNLV
6 San Jose State
7 Colorado State
8 Fresno State
9 Wyoming

PAC 12

NORTH
1 Washington (Colorado)
2 Washington St. (Boise)
3 Oregon (Arizona)
4 Oregon State (Arizona St.)
5 Stanford (BYU)
6 California (Utah)
7 USC (Hawai'i)
8 UCLA (San Diego State)

SOUTH
9 Arizona
10 Arizona St.
11 BYU
12 Utah
13 Colorado
14 San Diego St.
15 Boise
16 Hawai'i

SEC

WEST
1 Alabama (Florida St.)
2 Auburn (Miami)
3 Ole Miss (South Carolina)
4 Miss St. (North Carolina State)
5 Georgia (Florida)
6 Georgia Tech (North Carolina)
7 Vanderbilt (Tennessee)
8 LSU (Clemson)

EAST
9 Florida St.
10 Miami
11 Florida
12 Clemson
13 North Carolina
14 North Carolina State
15 South Carolina
16 Tennessee

Sunbelt

1 Troy
2 South Alabama
3 Southern Miss
4 Tulane
5 Memphis
6 Middle Tennessee
7 Louisiana
8 Louisiana Tech
9 Louisiana Monroe
10 Arkansas State
11 Western Kentucky

Power 4 Conference Championship Games (all in domes for ideal weather/playing conditions):

BIG TEN @ Indianapolis
BIG XII @ Dallas
PAC 12 @ Phoenix
SEC @ Atlanta

To me this looks really good, with a couple caveats.

The two last teams in were San Diego State and Hawai'i. A case could be made for adding any of two of these: Colorado State, Nevada, Air Force or Wyoming. From a conference perspective, San Diego provides the largest market and Hawai'i the strongest recruiting area of the five candidates. It also didn't seem right adding Air Force to the Power 4, while leaving out Army and Navy.

Syracuse and Boston College are two teams that have the history and prestige to be a part of the Power 4. Yet it with the rivalries and geography it makes sense for them to be in the American. I also believe and this allows them a greater chance at getting an at-large bid vs playing a brutal conference schedule.

Right now I do not have any BCS Bowl Tie-Ins. If I decide on it, I'd go with rotation:

Even Years:

BIG TEN (Rose Bowl)
BIG XII (Sugar Bowl)
PAC 12 (Rose Bowl)
SEC (Sugar Bowl)

Odd Years:

BIG TEN (Orange Bowl)
BIG XII (Fiesta Bowl)
PAC 12 (Fiesta Bowl)
SEC (Orange Bowl)

[theonlybstew]

I made all conferences 12 teams with a title game.

*Teambuilder

American
East West
Boston C - Cincinnati
UConn - Louisville
Rutgers - Pittsburgh
Seton Hall*- Tulane
Syracuse - Tulsa
Temple - West Virginia
Metlife Stadium

ACC
Atlantic Coastal
Clemson - Duke
Florida St - Georgia Tech
Maryland - Miami
NC State - N Carolina
Old Dominion - Virginia
Wake Forest - Virginia Tech
ACC Championship

B1G
East West
Indiana - Illinois
Michigan - Iowa
Michigan St - Minnesota
Ohio St - North Dakota St*
Penn St - Northwestern
Purdue - Wisconsin
B1G Championship

Big 12
North South
Colorado - Baylor
Iowa St - Oklahoma
Kansas - Oklahoma St
Kansas St - Texas
Missouri - Texas A&M
Nebraska - Texas Tech
Cowboy Stadium

Conference USA
East West
E Carolina - Houston
Lou. Tech - Rice
Marshall - SMU
Memphis - TCU
S Mississippi - UTEP
UAB - UTSA
Superdome

MAC
East West
Akron - Ball St
BGSU - C Michigan
Buffalo - E Michigan
Kent St - N Iillinois
Miami(OH) - Toledo
Ohio - W Michigan
MAC Championship

Mountain West
Mountain West
Air Force - Boise St
BYU - Fresno St
Colorado St - Nevada
Utah - San Diego St
Utah St - San Jose St
Wyoming - UNLV
Sam Boyd St(UNLV) WAC championship was held there.

Pac 12
North South
California - Arizona
Oregon - Arizona St
Oregon St - New Mexico
Stanford - New Mexico St
Washington - UCLA
Wash. St - USC
Levi's Stadium

SEC
East West
Florida - Alabama
Georgia - Arkansas
Kentucky - Auburn
S Carolina - LSU
Tennessee - Mississippi St
Vanderbilt - Ole Miss
SEC Championship

Sun Belt
East West
Fla Atlantic - Arkansas St
Fla Int - MTSU
S Alabama - N Texas
Troy - ULL
C Florida - ULM
S Florida - W Kentucky
I don't remember which stadium I picked

Independents
Army
Hawaii
Idaho
Navy
Norte Dame
All Time SWAC*

I'm using all time rosters.

[DHC]

Thanks for the idea's for set up's, spent far too long looking at them in game and trying to move people around.