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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 5203346, member: 5685"] A "fix" to all of this might be for the NCAA to limit conferences to round robin play. So all conferences need to be a minimum of 8 and max of, I suppose 13 (if you play no OOC). So what would happen to the B1G and SEC? I don't think they kick anyone out. Instead they can have a Western Conference, Central, and Eastern. They will be separate but under one umbrella for TV and finances. It would make the most sense for the three to be 10 teams each. You can play your 9 conference games, and have 2 OOC games based on the prior year standings against the other two conferences as part of a scheduling agreement. That leaves 1 OOC game to be scheduled as you wish. So the 1st placed team plays "OOC" vs the first placed teams from the other two conferences. In the case of the B1G... the OGs are in the Central, Washington/Oregon/USC/UCLA/Nebraska in the West, and Penn State/Maryland/Rutgers in the East. For the SEC the OGs are in the Central, Texas/A&M/Arkansas/Oklahoma/Missouri in the West, and South Carolina in the East. Both would need to get to 30 by adding teams. As to the playoff if you have 7 conference champ auto bids and 7 at larges, the B1G/SEC likely get 3 autos each (6 total) and then 4-7 of the auto bids. So they could get a baker's dozen out of the 14 bids. Currently the most they can get 11. The only issue of course is that I think SU gets left out. IMO UVA, UNC, Duke, GA Tech would band together. So adding those 4 to the B1G Eastern Conference leaves only 3 openings. I think BC and Miami get the call. Which leaves one more spot that would be down to Notre Dame or SU. Notre Dame could decide to stay Indy and get an at large. But it would be difficult with no ACC left to park other sports and for FB scheduling. [/QUOTE]

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