College Football: My Dream Realignment Map

After taking a final back in 2013, I was still a little high-strung and couldn’t sit still. I had to do something with my time between two cleaning sessions at my apartment, so I made a conference realignment map based solely on geography, rivalries and fun. Last week, I found it on my laptop, and I’ve decided to share it with the world.

A few notes:

• Protected rivalries are marked in parenthesis.
• Wake Forest is shit out of luck.
• Yes, I know Tallahassee is west of Clemson and Athens, but I’m keeping the Florida schools in one division.
• The Great Plains Conference would be hella weak.
• The Big 12 would be the most fun conference, as was intended.
• Notre Dame and BYU can keep being independent. I’m totally cool with that.

Big 12 West

Oklahoma (1)

Oklahoma State (2)

Texas (3)

Texas Tech (4)

TCU (5)

Baylor (6)

Big 12 East

Texas A&M (3)

Arkansas (1)

SMU (5)

LSU (4)

Ole Miss (6)

Mississippi State (2)

Great Plains (Round Robin)

Kansas

Kansas State

Nebraska

Iowa

Iowa State

Missouri

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Illinois

Northwestern

Big Ten (Round Robin)

Michigan

Michigan State

Ohio State

Indiana

Purdue

Kentucky

Louisville

West Virginia

Cincinnati

Pitt

Atlantic Coast (Round Robin)

Penn State

Maryland

Virginia

Virginia Tech

Rutgers

Boston College

North Carolina

Duke

NC State

Syracuse

SEC West

Alabama (1)

Auburn (2)

Georgia (3)

Tennessee (4)

Clemson (5)

Georgia Tech (6)

SEC East

South Carolina (5)

Florida (3)

Florida State (2)

Miami (1)

UCF (4)

USF (6)

Pac 12

As is currently