Realigning the Conferences

Even with a playoff system, people will still complain that schedules and conferences are not balanced. The smaller schools from the weaker conferences will never get a fair shake at the national championship. Well, we here at College Football Nation have come up with a rather radical idea on how to facilitate equality in college football. In addition to a playoff system, we have come up with a geographically logical eight-conference league each consisting of 15 programs. We have a feeling traditionalists will hate this idea, and we know there are many logistical problems with the notion, but it's fun. Check it out!

NORTHEAST CONFERENCE

NORTH	SOUTH
Army	Marshall
Boston College	Maryland
Buffalo	Navy
Connecticut	Penn State
Rutgers	Pittsburgh
Syracuse	Virginia
Temple	Virginia Tech
	West Virginia

MID-ATLANTIC CONFERENCE

NORTH	SOUTH
Bowling Green	Clemson
Cincinnati	Georgia
Duke	Georgia Tech
East Carolina	Kentucky
North Carolina	Louisville
North Carolina State	South Carolina
Toledo	Wake Forest
	Western Kentucky

SOUTHERN ATLANTIC CONFERENCE

NORTH	SOUTH
Alabama	Central Florida
Auburn	Florida
Mississippi	Florida Atlantic
Mississippi State	Florida International
Southern Miss	Florida State
Troy	Miami (Fla.)
UAB	South Florida
Vanderbilt

SOUTHERN GULF CONFERENCE

EAST	WEST
Arkansas	Baylor
Arkansas State	Houston
LSU	Memphis
Louisiana Tech	Middle Tennessee State
Louisiana-Lafayette	Missouri
Louisiana-Monroe	Rice
Tulane	SMU
	Tennessee

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE

EAST	WEST
Akron	Central Michigan
Ball State	Michigan
Eastern Michigan	Michigan State
Kent State	Indiana
Miami (Ohio)	Notre Dame
Ohio	Purdue
Ohio State	Western Michigan
	Wisconsin

MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE

PLAINS	MOUNTAINS
Boise State	Air Force
Idaho	Brigham Young
Illinois	Colorado
Minnesota	Colorado State
Nebraska	Nevada
Northern Illinois	UNLV
Northwestern	Utah
	Utah State

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE

NORTH	SOUTH
Iowa	New Mexico
Iowa State	New Mexico State
Kansas	North Texas
Kansas State	TCU
Oklahoma	Texas
Oklahoma State	Texas A&M
Tulsa	Texas Tech
	UTEP

PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE

NORTH	SOUTH
California	Arizona
Fresno State	Arizona State
Oregon	Hawai'i
Oregon State	San Diego State
Stanford	San Jose State
Washington	Southern California
Washington State	UCLA
Wyoming