ACC, PAC-12, and BIG alliance / conference realignment

[Scooch]

Guys, guys, GUYS... all these extra games would be really harmful to the student-ath... BWAAAHAHAHAHAHA.

Sorry, I couldn't even finish the joke, it's just so preposterous.

 

[longtimefan]

One man's educated opinion. Contains some interesting factoids.

Big Ten, SEC plans for College Football Playoff are only getting more nonsensical

Possible College Football Playoff expansion to 16 teams in 2026 is far more complicated than it needs to be. Blame the Big Ten and SEC.

www.nytimes.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Bucknell
Colgate
Fordham
Georgetown
Holy Cross
Lafayette
Lehigh
Richmond
William & Mary

 

[sutomcat]

Bucknell
Colgate
Fordham
Georgetown
Holy Cross
Lafayette
Lehigh
Richmond
William & Mary

Good for them. UConn and Rutgers should join too.

 

[HtownOrange]

Good for them. UConn and Rutgers should join too.

Tom, I respect you, your posts are some of the best this board has seen, your analysis is unmatched. However, on the point of Rutgers joining the Patriot league, I am afraid you have overstated their potential.

 

[Scooch]

Bucknell
Colgate
Fordham
Georgetown
Holy Cross
Lafayette
Lehigh
Richmond
William & Mary

Wait, I could’ve sworn Nova had decided to move up to FBS in the past couple years.

This seems like they’re downgrading instead?

 

[Toga]

Wait, I could’ve sworn Nova had decided to move up to FBS in the past couple years.

This seems like they’re downgrading instead?

They had hoped for a spot in the Yankee Conference but it didn't work out.

 

[SU68]

Wait, I could’ve sworn Nova had decided to move up to FBS in the past couple years.

This seems like they’re downgrading instead?

They never moved up. They stuck their toes in the (financial) water and decided it was too cold. They just didn't have a FBS-level stadium and didn't want to build one.

 

[HtownOrange]

They never moved up. They stuck their toes in the (financial) water and decided it was too cold. They just didn't have a FBS-level stadium and didn't want to build one.

Agreed. They don't have the fan support for a larger stadium, if I recall. No large local fan base like many FBS schools. Nor do they have a significant football history to build support.

Nova missed the boat in the early Big East football days by nit stepping up then. They would have surpassed Rutgers and Temple. Not sure if that would have been sufficient but it would have given them a better shot at sticking with the FBS schools.

 

[Consigliere]

Agreed. They don't have the fan support for a larger stadium, if I recall. No large local fan base like many FBS schools. Nor do they have a significant football history to build support.

Nova missed the boat in the early Big East football days by nit stepping up then. They would have surpassed Rutgers and Temple. Not sure if that would have been sufficient but it would have given them a better shot at sticking with the FBS schools.

IIRC the conference was willing to assist financially to make it happen,

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[TexanMark]

Expect CW and ESPN to strike deals.

If they are lucky it might total $10M per team for all the combined TV deals

 

[kcsu]

Bucknell
Colgate
Fordham
Georgetown
Holy Cross
Lafayette
Lehigh
Richmond
William & Mary

great league im all in on Gate

 

[sutomcat]

Expect CW and ESPN to strike deals.

If they are lucky it might total $10M per team for all the combined TV deals

This is the new lineup:

Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Oregon State, San Diego State, Utah State, Washington State and Gonzaga (non-football).

They need 8 to be a viable football conference. The eighth school is expected to be Texas State.

Agree, $10 million per school would be a great outcome for this conference.

 

[TexanMark]

This is the new lineup:

Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Oregon State, San Diego State, Utah State, Washington State and Gonzaga (non-football).

They need 8 to be a viable football conference. The eighth school is expected to be Texas State.

Agree, $10 million per school would be a great outcome for this conference.

Texas St appears to be the invitee...not a bad invite. They might be able to become a UCF type program within 5 years

Texas St is located in San Marcos and is about 30 miles SW of downtown Austin. The area has exploded in population the last 25 years.

 

[TexanMark]

Agreed. They don't have the fan support for a larger stadium, if I recall. No large local fan base like many FBS schools. Nor do they have a significant football history to build support.

Nova missed the boat in the early Big East football days by nit stepping up then. They would have surpassed Rutgers and Temple. Not sure if that would have been sufficient but it would have given them a better shot at sticking with the FBS schools.

Plus those jerks voted No on Penn State to the Big East

 

[Orangefizz]

Expect CW and ESPN to strike deals.

If they are lucky it might total $10M per team for all the combined TV deals

Expect the PAC to add Texas St by the end of the month

 

[kirbivore]

This is the new lineup:

Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Oregon State, San Diego State, Utah State, Washington State and Gonzaga (non-football).

They need 8 to be a viable football conference. The eighth school is expected to be Texas State.

Agree, $10 million per school would be a great outcome for this conference.

Texas St?

 

[Toga]

Texas St?

They got the last spot over Minnesota State.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

They got the last spot over Minnesota State.

What about the State University College of Malibu Adjacent?

 

[Toga]

What about the State University College of Malibu Adjacent?

Or The Incarnate Word

 

[kirbivore]

I heard the University of American Samoa was in the running.

 

[HtownOrange]

Or The Incarnate Word

It's been a long day, already; I read that as "Inaccurate Word" as if it were a weird cult or bad law office.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

What CFB will look like in 2026-27...

ACC	SEC	Big 12	Big 10	Pac 12	American	MWC	CUSA	MAC	Sun Belt	Independent
Boston College	Alabama	Arizona	Illinois	Oregon State	Army	Air Force	Delaware	Akron	Appalachian State	Notre Dame
California	Arkansas	Arizona State	Indiana	Washington State	Charlotte	Hawaii	FIU	Ball State	Arkansas State	UConn
Clemson	Auburn	Baylor	Iowa	Boise State	East Carolina	Nevada	Jacksonville State	Bowling Green	Coastal Carolina
Duke	Florida	BYU	Maryland	Colorado State	Florida Atlantic	New Mexico	Kennesaw State	Buffalo	Georgia Southern
Florida State	Georgia	Cincinnati	Michigan	Fresno State	Memphis	San Jose State	Liberty	Central Michigan	Georgia State
Georgia Tech	Kentucky	Colorado	Michigan State	San Diego State	Navy	UNLV	Louisiana Tech	Eastern Michigan	James Madison
Louisville	LSU	Houston	Minnesota	Utah State	North Texas	Wyoming	Middle Tennessee	Kent State	Louisiana
Miami (FL)	Mississippi State	Iowa State	Nebraska	Texas State	Rice	Northern Illinois (FB only)	Missouri St	Miami (OH)	Louisiana–Monroe
NC State	Missouri	Kansas	Northwestern		South Florida	UTEP	New Mexico State	Ohio	Marshall
North Carolina	Oklahoma	Kansas State	Ohio State		Temple		San Houston State	Toledo	Old Dominion
Pittsburgh	Ole Miss	Oklahoma State	Oregon		Tulane		Western Kentucky	Western Michigan	South Alabama
SMU	South Carolina	TCU	Penn State		Tulsa			UMass	Southern Miss
Stanford	Tennessee	Texas Tech	Purdue		UAB				Troy
Syracuse	Texas	UCF	Rutgers		UTSA
Virginia	Texas A&M	Utah	UCLA
Virginia Tech	Vanderbilt	West Virginia	USC
Wake Forest			Washington			Grand Canyon*
			Wisconsin	Gonzaga*		UC Davis*