64 power teams
by fontoknow (2018-12-12 15:53:08)

In reply to: And then expand beyond 8 teams?  posted by Irish Tool

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8 conferences of eight teams.

7 non-conference games ... 5 conference games ...

Conference champions play the weekend after thanksgiving.

Seeding based on record and strength of schedule.

Yes, ND would end up in a conference. Under this framework, that's ok.

This is 64 teams. If you divorce football from the all-sports conference, I could see schools like IU or KU walk away from football as a resource drain.

I don't really care about UCF.

Here you go:
by LuckyMcD  (2018-12-12 20:40:35)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Boston Col.
Syracuse
Rutgers
W. Virginia
Virginia
Louisville
Va. Tech
Miami

Maryland
Duke
Wake Forest
N. Carolina
NC St.
Clemson
Ga. Tech
Florida St.

Penn St.
Pitt
Ohio St.
Michigan
Michigan St.
Notre Dame
Indiana
Purdue

Northwestern
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska

Washington
Wash. St.
Oregon St.
Oregon
Utah
BYU
Colorado
Air Force

Cal
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Arizona St.
Texas Tech
TCU
Arizona

S. Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Alabama

Miss. St.
Mississippi
LSU
Arkansas
Texas A&M
Ok. St.
Oklahoma
Texas
I'd even entertain going to
by NDBob  (2018-12-12 19:58:21)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

12 divisions of 8 for 96 "power" teams - 7 Division Games 4 Non-Division and allow 4 "at-large" playoff bids or 5 non-division games and top 4 get a first round bye.

Possible better alternative might be divisions of 9 so you have even number of home and road games.
Do you have your game breakdown backwards?
by NDBass  (2018-12-12 18:05:35)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I'd think it would be 7 conference games and 5 non-conference games.
Yes. Sorry. *
by fontoknow  (2018-12-12 20:09:43)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Ok yeah I'm aware of that idea, but that's a bit more than
by Irish Tool  (2018-12-12 17:34:28)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

"return to smaller conferences." I'm just quibbling now, I suppose.