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Hmm by Vairish84

The West division is the PAC-10, the South is the SEC, the Southeast, basically the ACC. Other than some promotions, the Midwest is basically the Big-10, the Southwest is the SWC and the Plains the Big 8. Didn't we used to call these conferences before the mad rush for more ESPN dollars? Very nostalgic. Swap a couple of teams around and that is what they are.

For us, Penn State and Pitt used be our rivals when we had these things called independents. Not sure how Indiana is now considered Northeast. I think really only Rutgers, BC and Syracuse would be remotely considered Northeast. Other than Virginia and Maryland, all the other schools were independents within the last 30 or so years.