Thought if at some point HD wanted to put together conferences that somewhat match the current alignment of teams, that the list below could work.    Instead of 27 conferences, there could now be 29... the Summit goes away, and new conferences include the Atlantic Sun, the SWAC and the American.  

Teams that are not currently in the listed conferences are shown in CAPS and UNDERLINED.   This would affect Div-2 somewhat, since teams have moved up to Div-1 since HD's original configuration.  Also, 3 current Div-1 teams would be left out-- Umass Lowell, UT Pan American, and NJIT.   But in this lineup, the top 8 or 9 conferences only have maybe 8 or 9 teams incorrectly placed.

Anyway, this may have been discussed before, but I couldn't find a thread on it.

Also, the format on this is hosed up...


AMERICAN
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Temple
East Carolina
South Florida
LOUISVILLE

Houston
Memphis
SMU
Central Florida
Tulane
Tulsa


ACC
Duke
UNC
NC State
Wake Forest
Virginia
Virginia Tech


Boston College
Clemson
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Miami Fla
MARYLAND



ATLANTIC SUN
Fla Gulf Coast
Jacksonville
Lipscomb
North Florida
USC Upstate
Stetson

Northern Kentucky
Kennesaw State
Nebraska Omaha
North Dakota State
South Dakota
South Dakota State


A-10
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
St Bonaventure
St Joseph’s
La Salle
RUTGERS

Vcu
Dayton
Saint Louis
George Washington
Richmond
Davidson


 
BIG EAST
Providence
St John’s
Seton Hall
Villanova
Georgetown
SYRACUSE

Creighton
Marquette
DePaul
Butler
Xavier
PITTSBURGH


 
BIG SKY
Eastern Washington
Portland State
Idaho
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State

North Dakota
Northern Colorado
Northern Arizona
Weber State
Southern Utah
Sacramento State



BIG SOUTH
UNC Asheville
Gardner Webb
High Point
Longwood
Liberty
Radford

Charleston Southern
Coastal Carolina
Presbyterian
Winthrop
Campbell
SAVANNAH STATE



BIG TEN
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Illinois

Michigan
Michigan State
Purdue
Indiana
Ohio State
Penn State


 

BIG 12
Iowa State
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Kansas
Kansas State

Texas
Texas Tech
Texas Christian
Baylor
TEXAS A&M
MISSOURI


 

BIG WEST
UC Santa Barbara
Long Beach State
CS Northridge
CS Fullerton
UC Riverside
UC Irvine

Hawaii
UC Davis
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
CS BAKERSFIELD
GRAND CANYON
UTAH VALLEY


 
COLONIAL
Northeastern
Hofstra
Towson
Delaware
Drexel
GEORGE MASON

Elon
College of Charleston
William and Mary
Unc Wilmington
James Madison
OLD DOMINION


 

C-USA
Marshall
UAB
Western Kentucky
Charlotte
Fla Atlantic
Fla International

Lousiana Tech
Middle Tennessee
North Texas
Utep
Rice
Southern Miss


 
HORIZON
Cleveland State
Wright State
Youngstown State
Oakland
IP FORT WAYNE
IUPUI

Milwaukee
Green Bay
Valpo
Detroit Mercy
Illinois Chicago
NOTRE DAME




IVY LEAGUE
Brown
Dartmouth
Harvard
Yale
MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE

Penn
Princeton
Columbia
Cornell
VERMONT
BINGHAMTON


 
METRO ATLANTIC
Quinnipiac
Fairfield
Canisius
Siena
Niagara
ALBANY

St Peter’s
Iona
Manhattan
Monmouth
Rider
Marist


 
MAC
Buffalo
Akron
Ohio U
Miami Ohio
Kent State
Toledo

Bowling Green
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois
Ball State


 

MEAC
Howard
Md Eastern Shore
Coppin State
Norfolk State
Delaware State
Morgan State

NC Central
Hampton
Florida A&M
So Carolina State
NC A&T
Bethune Cookman



MISSOURI VALLEY
Wichita State
Missouri State
Drake
Northern Iowa
UM-KANSAS CITY
ORAL ROBERTS

Indiana State
Southern Illinois
Bradley
Evansville
CHICAGO STATE
LOYOLA CHICAGO


 

MOUNTAIN WEST
Colorado State
Air Force
Wyoming
Boise State
New Mexico
NEW MEXICO STATE

San Diego State
Fresno State
Unlv
San Jose State
Nevada
Utah State


 
NORTHEAST
Bryant
Central Conn State
Sacred Heart
Liu Brooklyn
HARTFORD
STONY BROOK

St Francis NY
St Francis PA
Fairleigh Dickinson
Mt St Mary’s
Wagner
Robert Morris


 

OHIO VALLEY
Austin Peay
Tenn Martin
Tenn State
Tenn Tech
Jacksonville State
SE Missouri State

Belmont
Eastern Kentucky
Morehead State
Murray State
Eastern Illinois
Siu Edwardsville


 


PAC-12
Washington
Washington State
Oregon
Oregon State
Cal
Stanford

Ucla
Southern Cal
Arizona
Arizona State
Utah
Colorado


 

PATRIOT
American
Loyola Md
Navy
Army
Lafayette
Lehigh

Holy Cross
Boston U
Colgate
Bucknell
DUQUESNE
FORDHAM


 

SEC
Kentucky
Arkansas
Tennessee
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Lsu

Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Auburn
Alabama
Vanderbilt


 

SOUTHERN
Chattanooga
The Citadel
Furman
Unc Greensboro
Western Carolina
NEW ORLEANS

Wofford
Samford
Vmi
Mercer
East Tenn State
UMBC


 

SOUTHLAND
Abilene Christian
Central Arkansas
Houston Baptist
Incarnate Word
Lamar
McNeese State

Texas a&m Corpus Christi
Nicholls State
Northwestern State
Sam Houston State
Southeastern La
Stephen F Austin


 


SWAC
Southern
Alabama State
Alabama A&M
Grambling State
Alcorn State
WESTERN ILLINOIS

Texas Southern
Ark Pine Bluff
Prairie View
Mississippi Valley State
Jackson State
UT-PAN AMERICAN


 


 
SUNBELT
Texas State
Ut Arlington
UL Lafayette
UL Monroe
South Alabama
UT SAN ANTONIO

Troy
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
Appalachian State
UA Little Rock
Arkansas State


 

WEST COAST
St Mary’s
Santa Clara
San Francisco
Pacific
Loyola Marymount
Pepperdine

Brigham Young
San Diego
Gonzaga
Portland
DENVER
SEATTLE

It's a nice thought, but there's no good business reason to do this...especially moving the D2s to D1s...virtually impossible without screwing everything...I think the only way this flies is with an 11th world, and even then it's probably not likely.

You've done a terrific job with this!   A few years ago, I tried it  and it was a mess. Especially with the question: Where do I put Notre Dame??

Posted by alblack56 on 9/19/2014 8:01:00 PM (view original):
You've done a terrific job with this!   A few years ago, I tried it  and it was a mess. Especially with the question: Where do I put Notre Dame??

Thanks guys. Yeah, could work maybe if there's an 11th world.
File this away for now.

The key I think is because conferences have to stay at 12, just put:
(this was the order they were placed)
Maryland back in the ACC,
Rutgers back to its A-10 roots,
Louisville stays in the American,
Mizzou and aTm return to the Big-12,
Syracuse and Pitt return to the Big East.
Notre Dame goes way back to the Horizon.
The WCC gets Seattle and Denver, which will probably happen anyway.
New Mexico State to the Mountain West,
Then it was basically filling in empty spaces, like the Valley gets Chicago and KC schools...
Those are the main ones

I think the coaches that are in Big 10 or Rutgers would lose in this lineup.  They are BCS status now.  This would take those schools away.  So I personally would be against it.  I feel if the schools are in BCS conferences now they should stay there.  This punishes those schools ie coaches that worked their way up to BCS status.  Would the American have BCS status in this lineup?  I dont think the American in Football would be considered BCS.  So in basketball they would get punished also. The WCAA is almost current but it's different than NCAA so I doubt they will make such drastic changes.  Also the Big Sky would be destroyed and the joy of that conference is that its a national conference so you don't battle to many schools in your conference.  Just my thought but good try ;-). 

I never understood why they couldn't just make different conferences different sizes and just split the cash among greater or fewer teams.

Posted by car_crazy_v2 on 9/21/2014 8:01:00 PM (view original):
I never understood why they couldn't just make different conferences different sizes and just split the cash among greater or fewer teams.

Scheduling would be more difficult to program.  In a 16-team conference, who would you play?  If you played each team twice in your division, that would be 14 games. You'd only have 2 games vs. the other division. That's hardly fair to the team that plays two tough games instead of two SIMS.

It is much better to have it the way it is, there are no inherent advantages or disadvantages for over 900 teams...it's the best way to run this kind of business.

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