Geography aside, the two have a similar style of play and would certainly light up scoreboards on Saturdays. The pairing of these two conferences is only natural. It’s very likely that these conferences would have also liked to add SMU, but they steal a different Texas school in Texas State. Imagine that explosive Houston offense against a Big 12 defense. Adding Houston provides the conferences with another G5 program that has a winning history. The additions to Conference USA are minimal, as they are a full conference as is. So they take their ball and go home and their old conference welcomes them back with open arms. The Aggies were that one and were not happy with UT trespassing on their golden goose. When Texas and Oklahoma joined the SEC, the schools voted 13-1 to allow it. Where we have our first head-scratcher in this college football realignment is Texas A&M coming back. Geographically, NDSU is way north of anything, but they have played their way into the big leagues. Additionally, they’d add the FCS power, NDSU. Each of these programs has won wherever they play and would immediately compete. Scrambling to remain relevant after dropping to eight teams, the Big 12 makes the biggest splashes by adding G5 powers Cincinnati, Boise State, and Appalachian State. To start this college football realignment exercise, we must look at the conference who, in reality, will likely not survive. The conference partnerships for promotion and relegation are as follows: Each has dominated at the FCS level as of late and deserves their shot at the FBS level. Eight of the last ten FCS titles belong to NDSU and one belongs to JMU. In order to create ten conferences with 13 teams, two FCS programs will have to be called up: North Dakota State and James Madison. Most of the college football realignment centers around geographical locations and the respective success/failure of programs.

But college football could be considered the best product of the American lifestyle, so why not stir it all up and muddy the waters? College Football Realignment: Pie-In-The-Sky Scenario Conference Partnerships Obviously, this would never fly because you’d have to think of all of the other athletic programs at the school.

This is only a thought experiment meant to pass the time. In no way am I suggesting this will ever happen, nor do I have any inside information.

Assign a promotion/relegation-style partnership between Power Five and Group of Five.

All ten conferences must have 13 schools.

Mac conference realignment