I think that 48 teams should be in Div 1A. In 6 divisions of 8 teams each.

I think the NCAA should set their schedules (Only Div 1A teams can play each other)

Following the NFL model.

After the season, the division winners go to a 12 team playoff. (3 division champs and 3 wildcards)

So in the new divisions, the top 8 teams would make the cut, Notre Dame would be moved to the big east.

ACC
Boston College, Florida St., Clemson, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Miami, Maryland.

Big East
Notre Dame, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, USF, Rutgers

Big Ten
Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Penn St, Iowa, Purdue, Minnesota, Michigan ST

Big 12
Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Kansas St, Texas A&M, Texas Tech

Pac 10
USC, UCLA, Stanford, Oregon, Oregon St, Arizona St, Arizona, California

SEC
Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Auburn, LSU

These teams would only play these teams (In Conf and out) then have a playoff.

What do you guys think? Time for the split?

I think the last thing the schools should do is turn over more power to those asshats.

An Ohio State 12 game schedule would look like this:

After the changes:

OSU vs Stanford
OSU @ Missouri
OSU vs Rutgers
OSU @ Georgia
OSU vs Boston College

OSU Vs Iowa
OSU @ Penn St
OSU Vs Wisconsin
OSU @ Purdue
OSU Vs Michigan St
OSU @ Minnesota
OSU VS Michigan

No strength of schedule determination, just overall record and division record to see if you can make the playoffs.

No.

Simply put, what you propose doesn't take into account who makes what money and who would stand to make/lose in this breakdown.

I hardly see (for example) Indiana and Northwestern from the Big 10 willing to give up the money they get from Big 10 TV revenue/BCS revenue.

No way.

Perhaps, but the only things holding college football back, I believe, is the extreme lopsided games, that fill about 50% of schedules.

This would take CFB off to a whole new level..the popularity could rise to near the NFL standards.

There's nothing holding college ball back. What you see now is a move toward super conferences that maximize revenue/viewership, that also strengthens a specific conferences ability to maximize BCS money.

What lacks in college ball is a sanctioned NCAA champion (1A). The move towards larger conferences means that member schools are not as concerned with that as they are maximizing revenue.

What's more rydawg, is you're only addressing football, the conferences are the way they are for a lot more sports/academics than just football.

Give me super conferences that will eventually pit the "best" two teams on the field. Regardless of their tradition or who Rydawg happens to think is more deserving. Why doesn't Boise get a seat in your D1? Or TCU or Utah? But you give seats to Maryland and Minnesota? hahahahaha

ytownfootball wrote: What's more rydawg, is you're only addressing football, the conferences are the way they are for a lot more sports/academics than just football.

They could still technically all be in the Big Ten (just not in the Div1a eligible for football)

jordo212000 wrote: Give me super conferences that will eventually pit the "best" two teams on the field. Regardless of their tradition or who Rydawg happens to think is more deserving. Why doesn't Boise get a seat in your D1? Or TCU or Utah? But you give seats to Maryland and Minnesota? hahahahaha

Boise has nothing on Minnesota. Minnesota goes out and plays Penn St, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio St, Iowa, Purdue, and Michigan st every year.

Boise plays crap compared to that.

rydawg5 wrote: They could still technically all be in the Big Ten (just not in the Div1a eligible for football)

Where is Northwestern? They were better than several of the teams you have in the Big 10 this past season. Minnesota has never been what you would and I would call "good" but they are there

No offense rydawg, but this is "pie in the sky".

rydawg5 wrote: Boise has nothing on Minnesota. Minnesota goes out and plays Penn St, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio St, Iowa, Purdue, and Michigan st every year.

Boise plays crap compared to that.

Boise was just one example. How come you didn't mention Utah? And please, you actually think Minnesota is better than #4 Boise State?

jordo212000 wrote:

rydawg5 wrote: Boise has nothing on Minnesota. Minnesota goes out and plays Penn St, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio St, Iowa, Purdue, and Michigan st every year.

Boise plays crap compared to that.

Boise was just one example. How come you didn't mention Utah? And please, you actually think Minnesota is better than #4 Boise State?

I think that if you separate divisions, you have more of a universal standard. Naturally, any team in the new DIV 1a would be much better, what big recruits would want to go to a Div 1aa team? None..

So after this is in place, the standard of competition would grow because 48 teams would be getting ALL of the top recruits, pitted against each other.

It'd be an amazing thing to happen to college football.

It would only be amazing in the respect that the obstacles it would have overcome to come to fruition would have been monumental.

ytownfootball wrote: It would only be amazing in the respect that the obstacles it would have overcome to come to fruition would have been monumental.

If you played every game against a top caliber team, with only 48 teams getting the top caliber recruits, it would be unreal.

Recruiting day/Signing day would get bigger (Heck it might be a prime time thing)

Releasing of the schedules would be huge, since NCAA would control it.

Fighting great out of conference teams

Trying to win your division or make the playoffs.

Exciting stuff.

LOL...the NCAA isn't going to do ANYTHING that forces a current member of 1A to a lower division.

That's a damn death sentence to those that don't become a member of your hypothetical scenario.

ytownfootball wrote: LOL...the NCAA isn't going to do ANYTHING that forces a current member of 1A to a lower division.

That's a damn death sentence to those that don't become a member of your hypothetical scenario.

Im not being realistic, I just think it would be the Utopia of college football.

I see where your head is at, but its just not feasible

I just think this is a terrible idea. Why would you want to drop a bomb 70 teams for the good of 48? Isn't half the fun the threat of an upset? Your list of 48 is so subjective anyways. Like I said why would stinkbombs like Minnesota or Maryland get in but other smaller, more successful programs get sent to the minors?

6 or 7 12 team conferences might work here. It appears that we might be going that way anyway with Big10 and Pac10 talking 12 teams.

MAC, CUSA, SunBelt and the remaining MWC/WAC teams should be a lesser division.

Look for a bunch of FCS (1-AA) schools to move to D2.