Updated as of 10:52 est Thursday, September 29, 2011.
Last year the Pac-10 realized it needed a championship game so it promoted Utah & stole Colorado from the Big XII. Big Ten also stole Nebraska.
| Pac-12 | |
| California | UCLA |
| Stanford | USC |
| Oregon | Arizona |
| Oregon State | Arizona State |
| Washington | Utah |
| Washington State | Colorado |
The ACC afraid the SEC would poach its' members for Team 14 fills in the holes between Maryland & Boston College by again raiding the Big East - for Pittsburgh & Syracuse. Then raises the buyout to $20 million.
| ACC | |
| Florida State | Miami |
| Clemson | Georgia Tech |
| North Carolina State | North Carolina |
| Maryland | Virginia |
| Boston College | Virginia Tech |
| Syracuse | Pittsburgh |
| Wake Forest | Duke |
SEC wanted to be as selective for Team 14 as they were with Texas A&M so they rejected West Virginia & were rejected by Missouri. While they waited Texas & Oklahoma decided to rebuild their conference by raiding the Big East for Louisville, Cincinnati, West Virginia & TCU. Plus they already knew their Team 14 - BYU (gets to keep BYU-tv 3rd tier rights like Long Horn Network).
| Big 14 | |
| Texas | Oklahoma |
| Texas Tech | Oklahoma State |
| Baylor | Kansas |
| Texas Christian | Kansas State |
| Louisville | Missouri |
| Cincinnati | Iowa State |
| West Virginia | Brigham Young |
Big Ten penetrate the New York City market with BTN by adding Rutgers & Connecticut. The ACC passes on UConn in case Notre Dame & Penn State had wanted to join.
| Big Ten | |
| Ohio State | Michigan |
| Penn State | Nebraska |
| Purdue | Iowa |
| Wisconsin | Minnesota |
| Indiana | Michigan State |
| Illinois | Northwestern |
| Connecticut | Rutgers |
SEC still needs a Team 14 & the only BCS team left & only Big East team left is South Florida. Realizing Tampa is a large enough tv market & Florida is a huge place, the rest of the SEC adds a 2nd there despite Florida's 'Gentleman's Agreement' to keep a monopoly.
| SEC | |
| Florida | Louisiana State |
| South Carolina | Arkansas |
| Georgia | Auburn |
| Tennessee | Alabama |
| Vanderbilt | Mississippi |
| Kentucky | Mississippi State |
| South Florida | Texas A&M |
With the Big East dead there is a 6th automatic bid available, the Mountain West & C-USA merge to get it for football-only. The MWC needs 2 more teams - Utah State to get back to Salt Lake City. LA Tech gets promoted from WAC & maybe trades places with UTEP.
Play a 5 game schedule against their division, 2 out-of-division, 1 each against each division from other conference. Division winners play in a conference semi-final then a championship game for the BCS bid.
| Conference USA | Mountain West | |||
| Central Florida | Louisiana Tech | UTEP | Boise State | |
| East Carolina | Tulane | New Mexico | Nevada | |
| Marshall | Houston | Air Force | UNLV | |
| UAB | Rice | Colorado State | Fresno State | |
| Southern Miss | Southern Methodist | Wyoming | San Diego State | |
| Memphis | Tulsa | Utah State | Hawaii | |
With Big East football dead, everyone finally gets what they want. The football schools got to play real football & the Catholics get to have a super 16 basketball league. The 8 leftover Catholic basketball schools join with the 8 Catholic Atlantic 10 schools.
| Big East | |
| Georgetown | Dayton |
| Providence | Duquesne |
| St. John's | Fordham |
| Seton Hall | La Salle |
| Villanova | St. Bonaventure |
| Notre Dame | Saint Joseph's |
| DePaul | St. Louis |
| Marquette | Xavier |
All the major markets are covered with 3 teams in New York CIty, 3 in Philadelphia, Providence, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Dayton, Cincinnati, South Bend, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis.
Finally you have the Sun Belt adopt 3 WAC teams - Texas State, UTSA & New Mexico State. They need a Team 14 - Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens are 1 of the best FCS teams.
| Sun Belt | |
| Florida Atlantic | LA-Lafayette |
| Florida International | LA-Monroe |
| Delaware | Arkansas State |
| South Alabama | North Texas |
| Troy | Texas State |
| Middle Tennessee | UTSA |
| Western Kentucky | New Mexico State |
And the MAC adds UMass & Temple as full members now that the Atlantic-10 has lost 8 teams.
| MAC | |
| Massachusetts | Toledo |
| Temple | Bowling Green |
| Buffalo | Eastern Michigan |
| Kent State | Central Michigan |
| Akron | Western Michigan |
| Ohio | Ball State |
| Miami | Northern Illinois |
The End?
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