Official NCAA 12! Thread

[BrntO4Life]

So I just realized that this dynamic conference thing isn't exactly what I was hoping for. If I can't delete conferences, then I can't have 10 conferences of twelve teams each with no independents. I'm gonna have to have at least 11 conferences with a minimum of four teams, and at least one independent.

Fuck.

I think what I'll do is make the six BCS conferences each have two divisions of six teams and a conf. championship. Then I will put nine teams in each of the five non-BCS conferences. They won't have a conf. championship game, but everyone will play everyone each year. That will leave me with three independents...probably the military schools. I guess that would work ok.

There's no way a conference would allow for you to delete them from your dynasty. I can't imagine seeing them agree to that in a licensing agreement.

[Sharkweather]

Here is where I got to, 1991 edition.

ATLANTIC COAST (8)

Clemson
Duke
Georgia Tech
Maryland
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Virginia
Wake Forest

BIG 12 (8) -the old Big 8-

Colorado
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma

BIG EAST (8)

Boston College
Miami
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
Temple
Virginia Tech
West Virginia

BIG TEN (10)

Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Northwestern
Ohio State
Purdue
Wisconsin

CONFERENCE USA (12)

Cincinnati
Connecticut
East Carolina
Louisville
Marshall
Memphis
South Florida
Southern Miss
Tulane
Tulsa
UAB
UCF

INDEPENDENTS

Army
Florida State
Navy
Notre Dame
Penn State
South Carolina

MID-AMERICAN (12)

Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
Miami OH
Northern Illinois
Ohio
Toledo
Western Michigan

MOUNTAIN WEST (9) -the old SWC-

Arkansas
Baylor
Houston
Rice
Southern Methodist
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Christian
Texas Tech

PACIFIC-10 (10)

Arizona
Arizona State
California
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Washington
Washington State

SOUTHEASTERN (10)

Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

SUN BELT (9)

Arkansas State
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Middle Tennessee
North Texas
Troy
Western Kentucky

WESTERN ATHLETIC (9)

Air Force
Brigham Young
Colorado State
Hawaii
New Mexico
San Diego State
Texas-El Paso
Utah
Wyoming

111/120

Remaining:

UNLV
Boise State
Fresno State
Idaho
Louisiana Tech
Nevada
New Mexico State
San Jose State
Utah State

[CaribbeanJoseph]

Thoughts on the tentative alignment of my uber-MWC conference? I wanted to stick to 12, but the geographical alignment balance felt off to me (and I like Hawaii and didn't want them to be left in the cold), so I expanded it to 14. I think it looks solid. Top four teams in separate conferences, and rivalry games abound.

Nice pretty similar to my Super WAC

[Sharkweather]

Pieced this together from some videos. The likely default top 25.

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Stanford
4. LSU
5. Oregon
6.
7. Oklahoma State
8. Boise State
9. Texas A&M
10. Florida State
11.
12. Auburn
13. South Carolina
14. TCU
15.
16. Nebraska
17.
18. Arkansas
19. Mississippi State
20. Florida
21. Notre Dame
22. Texas
23. Missouri
24.
25. Arizona State

[Rivers17ncsu]

Pieced this together from some videos. The likely default top 25.

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Stanford
4. LSU
5. Oregon
6.
7. Oklahoma State
8. Boise State
9. Texas A&M
10. Florida State
11.
12. Auburn
13. South Carolina
14. TCU
15.
16. Nebraska
17.
18. Arkansas
19. Mississippi State
20. Florida
21. Notre Dame
22. Texas
23. Missouri
24. NC State
25. Arizona State

Saw the NC State ranking in a video

[Realist]

Saw the NC State ranking in a video

I assume thats pre Russell Wilson

[Rivers17ncsu]

Maybe, I doubt they change it. I saw the video after Russell Wilson was released, which he was released the weekend of the NFL Draft. I saw the video last week.

[Sharkweather]

Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan State have to be top 20, so that only leaves one spot.

[BrntO4Life]

Ohio State is #6 from a screenshot I saw.

[Rivers17ncsu]

maybe Iowa or Georgia?

[Rivers17ncsu]

Pieced this together from some videos. The likely default top 25.

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Stanford
4. LSU
5. Oregon
6. Ohio State
7. Oklahoma State
8. Boise State
9. Texas A&M
10. Florida State
11. Wisconsin
12. Auburn
13. South Carolina
14. TCU
15. Michigan State
16. Nebraska
17. Virginia Tech
18. Arkansas
19. Mississippi State
20. Florida
21. Notre Dame
22. Texas
23. Missouri
24. NC State
25. Arizona State

I found shots for all those rankings except the Wisconsin one

[Sharkweather]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-tm9JmcsHk

Part 2.

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[St. Francisco]

My first rough draft for the conference re-alignment. I based it mainly on geographical positioning...not 100% satisfied with it right now, I'm sure I'll be tweaking it here and there as the days go by. Might even bring in a few teambuilder teams to replace some schools.

PAC-12

West               East

Oregon             Utah
Oregon St.         Arizona St.
Washington         USC
Cal                BYU
UCLA               Boise St.
Stanford           Colorado


MWC

Fresno St.
Colorado St.
Wyoming
Air Force
Iowa St.
Kansas St.
UTEP
Arizona
Nevada


WAC

1 Hawaii
2 Idaho
3 Utah St.
4 San Jose St.
5 San Diego St.
6 UNLV
7 Washington St.
8 New Mexico
9 New Mexico St.


Big XII

North            

Oklahoma         Texas
Oklahoma St.     Texas A&M
Tulsa            Texas Tech
Arkansas         Baylor
Kansas           TCU
Missouri         Houston


SEC

West                East

LSU                 Florida
Ole Miss            Florida St.
Mississippi St.     Clemson
Alabama             South Carolina
Auburn              Georgia
Southern Miss       Georgia Tech



C-USA

1 ECU
2 NC State
3 Mid Tenn St.
4 Arkansas St.
5 Memphis
6 Western Kentucky
7 Miami (OH)
8 Troy
9 UAB

Sun Belt

1 Rice
2 SMU
3 North Texas
4 FAU
5 FIU
6 La. Tech
7 UL Monroe
8 UL Lafayette
9 Tulane


Big Ten

West             East

Nebraska         Michigan
Iowa             Michigan St.
Wisconsin        Ohio St.
Minnesota        Purdue
Northwestern     Indiana
Illinois         Cent. Michigan



ACC    

South               North

USF                 Virginia Tech
Miami               Virginia
UCF                 Maryland
Wake Forest         Boston College
North Carolina      UConn
Vanderbilt          Duke



Big East

West           East

Cincinnati     Penn St.
Louisville     Pittsburgh
Kentucky       West Virginia
Notre Dame     Rutgers
Ball St.       Marshall
Tennessee      Syracuse

MAC

1 Buffalo
2 W. Michigan
3 E. Michigan
4 Bowling Green
5 Akron
6 Kent St.
7 Toledo
8 N. Illinois
9 Ohio


Independents

Navy
Army
Temple

Thoughts are welcome.

[Tengo Juego]

Emphasis on the "rough." :smug2: A few teams in questionable places.

[St. Francisco]

Emphasis on the "rough." :smug2: A few teams in questionable places.

The two that stick out to me like sore thumbs are Ball State and Marshall in the Big East...unfortunately, there's pretty much no firepower left in the non-BCS conferences to replace them with.

The nicest thing about all of this is that I'll be able to make yearly changes to keep things nice and balanced.

One thing I am considering is moving Penn State, Notre Dame, and West Virginia into the Big Ten, Tennessee into either the SEC or ACC, and making the Big East a nine team non-BCS conference with six independent schools. If I can completely get rid of the independents, then I can make three 16-team BCS super conferences, and eight 9-team non-BCS conference.

Something else to consider would be two super conferences (16), two BCS conferences (12), and seven 9-team non-BCS conference with one independent school.