FanPost

A Fair Way to Determine a National Champion

Reorganize the out-of-control conference expansion into 7 BCS conferences based on region of the country. 10 teams each. 9-game conference schedule (everyone plays everyone). 1 out-of-conference BCS game (permanent rival like FSU-Florida or rotate opponents). 1 non-AQ game vs WAC, CUSA, etc. 1 FCS game against an in-state opponent. 12 regular season games.

#1 & #2 in each BCS conference play each other again in the Conference Championship game. 7 Champions enter an 8-team playoff with 1 at-large team. Takes 16 games to win the National Championship. 16 teams get a crack at it. 6 playoff games to be played at Rose, Fiesta, Cotton, Sugar, Orange, & a new bowl in the new Indianapolis Colts domed stadium. Game #7 the National Championship rotates between the bowl sites like it does now.

Big East Atlantic Coast Southeastern Southwest
Boston College Maryland Florida Louisiana State
Syracuse Virginia Georgia Memphis
Connecticut Virginia Tech South Carolina Arkansas
Rutgers North Carolina Wake Forest Oklahoma
Penn State North Carolina State Tennessee Oklahoma State
Pittsburgh Duke Vanderbilt Texas
West Virginia Clemson Alabama Texas A&M
Cincinnati Georgia Tech Auburn Texas Tech
Kentucky Florida State Mississippi Texas Christian
Louisville Miami Mississippi State Baylor
  • Finally a real eastern conference w/ Penn St as the anchor
  • ACC classic w/ instate rivals Va Tech & Miami added in
  • SEC loses the geographic outliers Arkansas, LSU, Kentucky & picks up NC w/ Wake
  • Old SWC & Big 12 South

Big Ten Great Midwest Pacific Ind.
Ohio State Kansas California Army
Michigan Kansas State Stanford Navy
Michigan State Missouri UCLA Air Force
Notre Dame Iowa USC
Indiana Iowa State Arizona
Purdue Nebraska Arizona State
Illinois Colorado Oregon
Northwestern Utah Oregon State
Wisconsin Brigham Young Washington
Minnesota Boise State Washington State

  • B1G classic w/ an Iowa for ND trade
  • a new conference is born, the GMC stretches from Illinois to Oregon
  • PAC-10 classic
  • military schools are Ind by themselves
  • conferences designed to promote what makes college football fun - rivalry games

After the 70 BCS schools, there are 55 non-AQ teams in 4 conferences. They play in a conference championship game. Maybe the right 13-0 non-AQ team w/ enough BCS wins during their undefeated season could earn the at-large bid.

Western Athletic
Conference USA
Mountain
West
East
West
UTEP
Nevada
Marshall
Tulane
New Mexico
UNLV
East Carolina
Louisiana Tech
Colorado State
San Jose State
Birmingham
Houston
Wyoming
Fresno State
Southern Miss
Rice
Utah State
San Diego State
Central Florida
Southern Methodist
Idaho
Hawaii
South Florida
Tulsa

  • mid-tier conferences. WAC on the left coast
  • CUSA on the right.

Mid-American
Sunbelt
East
West
East
West
UMass
Toledo
Florida Atlantic
Arkansas State
Temple
Bowling Green
Florida International
Louisiana Monroe
Buffalo
Eastern Michigan
South Alabama
Louisiana Lafayette
Ohio
Central Michigan
Troy
Texas State
Miami
Western Michigan
Georgia State
North Texas
Akron
Ball State
Middle Tennessee
UTSA
Kent State
Northern Illinois
Western Kentucky
New Mexico State

bottom rung. 1 in the North & 1 in the South. 14-teams each

In This FanPost

Teams

Trending Discussions