ESPN.com has this interesting question: If we could weed out the crap from the 120 schools that comprise the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and make it just a 40 team outfit ... who would be those schools that make the cut?
My guess is that we'd have to create five 8-team conferences. Let's call them the Eastern, Southern, Midwest, Southwest and Western Conferences. Some of the decisions were difficult and there are conference alignments that I really didn't like doing. But it makes sense.
Before you get a bit bent, hear my explaination on this. My Eastern Conference comprises of a geographic region ranging from Boston down to Clemson ... which is about 2/3 of the current ACC area.
The Southern Conference pretty much comprises of the SEC and ACC. Two SEC teams didn't make this conference and were moved to the Southwest Conference. This was basically to satisfy the 8-team rule.
The Midwest Conference is pretty much six Big Ten teams, Notre Dame and a mystery guest. Out west, there really isn't much debate. Enjoy!
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Boston College
Clemson
Maryland
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Tennessee
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Florida State
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Miami-FL
Ole Miss
MIDWEST CONFERENCE
Iowa
Louisville
Michigan
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Penn State
Wisconsin
SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE
Arizona State
Arkansas
LSU
Nebraska
Oklahoma
TCU
Texas
Texas A&M
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Boise State
BYU
Colorado
Oregon
UCLA
USC
Utah
Washington
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