College Football Realignment

Posted on: July 13, 2018 at 21:17:11 CT

All of the TV contracts are up, and the AD's of the Power Conferences come together to come up with a solution that will help the sport thrive. A vote was made to disband current conference affiliation to create regional divisions, split revenue, and employ a full football playoff to rejuvenate fan bases across the country. Notre Dame reluctantly decided to join in the new format, knowing they would be left out.

There are 9 divisions with 9 teams, meaning 8 conference games per year. Each team is required to play at least 2 non conference divisional teams, can play 1 non divisional team, and 1 FCS.

Northwest:
Boise St
BYU
Colorado
Colorado St
Oregon
Oregon St
Utah
Washington
Washington St

PAC:
Arizona
Arizona St
California
Nevada
San Diego St
Stanford
UCLA
UNLV
USC

Southwest:
Baylor
Houston
Oklahoma
Oklahoma St
SMU
TCU
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech

Midwest:
Illinois
Iowa
Iowa St
Kansas
Kansas St
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Wisconsin

South:
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
LSU
Memphis
Mississippi St
Ole Miss
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

Southeast:
Clemson
Florida
Florida St
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Miami
South Carolina
UCF
USF

Atlantic:
UNC
Duke
East Carolina
Maryland
Navy
NC St
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Northeast:
Boston College
Notre Dame
Penn St
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
Temple
UConn
West Virginia

North:
Cincinnati
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisville
Michigan
Michigan St
Northwestern
Ohio St
Purdue

The playoff format is 14 teams made up of the 9 division winners, and 5 at large teams from the divisions. A committee will be created to pick the 5 at large teams, as well as seeding the 14 teams. The higher seeded team will host the game until the Semifinals. Week 1 will take place during the current conference championship week.

In my playoff format, assume that the higher seeded team plays on. No team will play 3 weeks in a row, higher seeded teams (especially top 2) receive favorable match ups with bye weeks. The most a team will play is 15, the same as today, along with the same time period as today.

Week 1
13
14

11
12

3
10

4
9

Week 2
5
8

6
7

Week 3
1
13

2
11

4
5

3
6

Week 5
1
4

2
3

Week 7
1
2

Bowl games will still be available for ALL (division or non division) teams, but must be .500. Bowls will be played Week 4 and Week 6 between playoff bye weeks. If a team loses before the Semifinals, they are allowed to play in a Week 6 Bowl game.

Playoff Revenue is kept by the schools participating.