Wednesday, October 26, 2011

How the survival of the Big 12 could impact the college football landscape

The Big 12 has survived.  Texas, Tex Tech, Oklahoma and Ok St are committed to the success of this conference.  Dan Bebee is out and the Big 12 has become a proactive conference rather than reacting to poaching.  The Big 12 is stable now.  Missouri will soon be gone but replaced.  Unfortunately, Missouri leaving provides a great opportunity for college football reform.  What is my suggestion?  5 14 team almost super-conferences.

Let's start with the easiest one to predict, the SEC:
SEC East:
Florida
Georgia,
South Carolina,
Kentucky
Tennessee,
Vanderbilt
Missouri

SEC West:
Alabama,
Auburn,
Ole Miss,
Mississippi St,

LSU,
Arkansas,
Texas A&M

Next up let's look at what the Big 12 could do to establish themselves as one of the premier conferences
Big 12 East:
Baylor,
TCU,
USF,
UCF,
Louisville,
Cincinnati,
West Virginia

Big 12 West:
Texas,
Texas Tech,
Oklahoma,
Oklahoma St,
Kansas,
Kansas St,
Iowa St

The ACC has already committed to 14 teams:
ACC North:
Boston College,
Syracuse,
Pittsburgh,
Maryland,
Virginia,
Virginia Tech
Miami

ACC South
Duke,
UNC,
NC State,
Wake Forest,
Clemson,
Georgia Tech,
Florida State

Next would be the Big 10 who would take up the remnants of the Big East like so...
Big 10 East:
Ohio State,
Wisconsin,
Indiana,
Purdue,

Penn State,
Rutgers,
UConn,


Big 10 West:
Michigan,
Michigan State,
Illinois,
Northwestern,

Minnesota,
Nebraska,
Iowa,

and finally, the fifth conference of 14, the Pac:
Pac 14 North:
Washington
Washington State,
Oregon,
Oregon State,
Stanford,
California,

Pac 14 South:
Arizona,
Arizona State,
Colorado,
Utah,
USC,
UCLA,

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