Josh Pate Realigns EVERY College Football Conference (Late Kick Cut)

Conference realignment continues to sweep College Football while taking the sport directions many fans don't like. On Late Kick Live Ep 489 Josh Pate looked at what the perfect conference setup would be. What if conferences were capped at 10 teams? Could everyone face everyone each year? What about the Big East, Southwest Conference, and Big 8 being resurrected? Let us know what you think in the comments below and be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the channel and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week!
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[@LateKickwithJoshPate]

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[@mememe9530]

This is actually a brilliant breakdown or grouping. Nice work!

[@dlpaul345]

12 team structure go back to the BCS (use automatic qualifiers): only 12 bowls (new years six plus six) ^^^the smaller schools get the other tv spots (post season) ^^^ separate the P5 from G5 everyone plays 8 con /4 non con games everyone plays block schedule system in con (3 cross div games per yr, then the other 3 the next ) you get no more than 1 sub division (G5 or lower) game per yr and it must be regional freshmen cant: transfer or get nil deals( i mean individual sponsorships) all transfers (except grad) must sit out 1 yr coaches salaries are capped and payed from the same pool (ex: $50 mil per school) human selection committee becomes NCAA football only sub-committee (voted for by the HCs and ADs) revive BIG EAST (for the most part) SEC: Bama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, MS, Ark / UF, UGA, SC, UK, TN, Vandy ACC: FSU, MIA, GT, Mem, Hou, merge LTech and uL(cajuns) / Clem, NC, Duke, NC State, UVA, VTech BIG10: OSU, uM, MSU, ND, Indy, Pur / NW, ill, WI, Minn, iowa, isu BIG12: UT, OU, OkSU, TAMU, TCU, Bay / Mizz, Kan, K State, Ttech, Co, Neb BIG EAST: uCONN, BC, Syr, PSU, Temple, PITT / Rut, Mary, Lou, WV, Wake, Cincy PAC12: UW, WSU, UO, O State, Cal, Stan / USC, UCLA, AZ, ASU, Utah, Boise (or Hawaii) no independents. all other schools drop to form a new division. MEAC, SWAC, and IVY move up to join them

[@netdragon256]

ACC = American Coast Conference :D Problem solved. This would never fly, like taking Texas market out of the SEC bc they're all greeeedy ;-) Why isn't Virginia Tech back in the Big East? Why isn't UConn back in the Big East?

[@snoopstp4189]

wow this bald guy is a complete moron.

[@Aiasmor]

-sees Josh's ideal conferences -cries with joy at the perfection of it

[@dlpaul345]

12 team structure go back to the BCS (use automatic qualifiers): only 12 bowls (new years six plus six) ^^^the smaller schools get the other tv spots (post season) ^^^ separate the P5 from G5 everyone plays 8 con /4 non con games everyone plays block schedule system in con (3 cross div games per yr, then the other 3 the next ) you get no more than 1 sub division (G5 or lower) game per yr and it must be regional freshmen cant: transfer or get nil deals( i mean individual sponsorships) all transfers (except grad) must sit out 1 yr coaches salaries are capped and payed from the same pool (ex: $50 mil per school) human selection committee becomes NCAA football only sub-committee (voted for by the HCs and ADs) revive BIG EAST (for the most part) SEC: Bama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, MS, Ark / UF, UGA, SC, UK, TN, Vandy ACC: FSU, MIA, GT, Mem, Hou, merge LTech and uL(cajuns) / Clem, NC, Duke, NC State, UVA, VTech BIG10: OSU, uM, MSU, ND, Indy, Pur / NW, ill, WI, Minn, iowa, isu BIG12: UT, OU, OkSU, TAMU, TCU, Bay / Mizz, Kan, K State, Ttech, Co, Neb BIG EAST: uCONN, BC, Syr, PSU, Temple, PITT / Rut, Mary, Lou, WV, Wake, Cincy PAC12: UW, WSU, UO, O State, Cal, Stan / USC, UCLA, AZ, ASU, Utah, Boise (or Hawaii) no independents. all other schools drop to form a new division. MEAC, SWAC, and IVY move up to join them

[@buildingbread]

I can't wait to play this out in NCAA 25 lol

[@Mzbbxhfbfnsx]

Here he here he I second that 😁

[@ericpommier4197]

Same here.

[@carterbhuff]

Me too

[@mgway4661]

How??

[@twinframes5035]

It will be really fun if you can import the old logos and they show up on the jerseys. The Southwest Conference logo? That goofy 90's Big West logo? A man can dream...

[@franslaw6405]

So back to the way it used to be. I'M ALL IN....

[@legofront0114]

OU fan here. I think I speak for all of us when I say that if we're bringing back both the SWC and the Big 8 we would rather be in the Big 8 and keep our historic rivalries and just play Texas in a midseason out of conference game. That being said if I were in charge of realignment I would resurrect the original Big 12 (1996-2010) instead.

[@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405]

I miss the feel of the old Big 12. It was just a blast back in the day watching all the different conference. The games had a different look, feel, style of play unique to each conference.

[@jamesmorse2169]

Of course OU would prefer that, because the old SWC is hot garbage outside of Texas/A&M. Texas would prefer that too. That's why the Big 12 happened. 😉

[@SnuffyOOO7]

OU and Ok St were members of the SWC, both teams left in the 1920s

[@joshnewman3152]

It’s crazy how great the original Big 12 was and failed.

[@jdwilmoth]

Our only historic rivalries is Nebraska in Texas okie pokie state is not a rivalry it's a charity game

[@Lram2525]

One of my favorite segments you’ve ever done. There is an alternate reality where this is our CFB and it’s just upsetting that instead of this, we are getting these mega conferences where rivalries and regionality now mean nothing.

[@dare2554]

The best realignment I have seen yet. I nominate Josh as our Conference Commissioner.

[@derektruelove1700]

He needs to be football commissioner over all of it

[@dlpaul345]

12 team structure go back to the BCS (use automatic qualifiers): only 12 bowls (new years six plus six) ^^^the smaller schools get the other tv spots (post season) ^^^ separate the P5 from G5 everyone plays 8 con /4 non con games everyone plays block schedule system in con (3 cross div games per yr, then the other 3 the next ) you get no more than 1 sub division (G5 or lower) game per yr and it must be regional freshmen cant: transfer or get nil deals( i mean individual sponsorships) all transfers (except grad) must sit out 1 yr coaches salaries are capped and payed from the same pool (ex: $50 mil per school) human selection committee becomes NCAA football only sub-committee (voted for by the HCs and ADs) revive BIG EAST (for the most part) SEC: Bama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, MS, Ark / UF, UGA, SC, UK, TN, Vandy ACC: FSU, MIA, GT, Mem, Hou, merge LTech and uL(cajuns) / Clem, NC, Duke, NC State, UVA, VTech BIG10: OSU, uM, MSU, ND, Indy, Pur / NW, ill, WI, Minn, iowa, isu BIG12: UT, OU, OkSU, TAMU, TCU, Bay / Mizz, Kan, K State, Ttech, Co, Neb BIG EAST: uCONN, BC, Syr, PSU, Temple, PITT / Rut, Mary, Lou, WV, Wake, Cincy PAC12: UW, WSU, UO, O State, Cal, Stan / USC, UCLA, AZ, ASU, Utah, Boise (or Hawaii) no independents. all other schools drop to form a new division. MEAC, SWAC, and IVY move up to join them

[@paulmcquerry6815]

This conference structure is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Make it so!

[@davidhart8552]

AMEN!!!

[@dlpaul345]

12 team structure go back to the BCS (use automatic qualifiers): only 12 bowls (new years six plus six) ^^^the smaller schools get the other tv spots (post season) ^^^ separate the P5 from G5 everyone plays 8 con /4 non con games everyone plays block schedule system in con (3 cross div games per yr, then the other 3 the next ) you get no more than 1 sub division (G5 or lower) game per yr and it must be regional freshmen cant: transfer or get nil deals( i mean individual sponsorships) all transfers (except grad) must sit out 1 yr coaches salaries are capped and payed from the same pool (ex: $50 mil per school) human selection committee gets swapped out for a czar/commissioner (voted for by the HCs and ADs) revive BIG EAST (for the most part) SEC: Bama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, MS, Ark / UF, UGA, SC, UK, TN, Vandy ACC: FSU, MIA, GT, Mem, Hou, merge LTech and uL(cajuns) / Clem, NC, Duke, NC State, UVA, VTech BIG10: OSU, uM, MSU, ND, Indy, Pur / NW, ill, WI, Minn, iowa, isu BIG12: UT, OU, OkSU, TAMU, TCU, Bay / Mizz, Kan, K State, Ttech, Co, Neb BIG EAST: uCONN, BC, Syr, PSU, Temple, PITT / Rut, Mary, Lou, WV, Wake, Cincy PAC12: UW, WSU, UO, O State, Cal, Stan / USC, UCLA, AZ, ASU, Utah, Boise (or Hawaii) no independents. all other schools drop to form a new division. MEAC, SWAC, and IVY move up to join them

[@paulmcquerry6815]

@dlpaul345 better than what we have now, for certain

[@skoobeedoobee]

This alignment is as close to perfect as it can get.

[@dlpaul345]

12 team structure go back to the BCS (use automatic qualifiers): only 12 bowls (new years six plus six) ^^^the smaller schools get the other tv spots (post season) ^^^ separate the P5 from G5 everyone plays 8 con /4 non con games everyone plays block schedule system in con (3 cross div games per yr, then the other 3 the next ) you get no more than 1 sub division (G5 or lower) game per yr and it must be regional freshmen cant: transfer or get nil deals( i mean individual sponsorships) all transfers (except grad) must sit out 1 yr coaches salaries are capped and payed from the same pool (ex: $50 mil per school) human selection committee is canned for a D1 FBS czar (voted for by the HCs and ADs) revive BIG EAST (for the most part) SEC: Bama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, MS, Ark / UF, UGA, SC, UK, TN, Vandy ACC: FSU, MIA, GT, Mem, Hou, merge LTech and uL(cajuns) / Clem, NC, Duke, NC State, UVA, VTech BIG10: OSU, uM, MSU, ND, Indy, Pur / NW, ill, WI, Minn, iowa, isu BIG12: UT, OU, OkSU, TAMU, TCU, Bay / Mizz, Kan, K State, Ttech, Co, Neb BIG EAST: uCONN, BC, Syr, PSU, Temple, PITT / Rut, Mary, Lou, WV, Wake, Cincy PAC12: UW, WSU, UO, O State, Cal, Stan / USC, UCLA, AZ, ASU, Utah, Boise (or Hawaii) no independents. all other schools drop to form a new division. MEAC, SWAC, and IVY move up to join them

[@joshfisher1299]

​@@dlpaul345PSU seems pretty likely to leave that Big East, maybe Pitt to B1G and ND to Big East.

[@dlpaul345]

​@@joshfisher1299 ND is in the midwest and rivals with uM, while also pairing with Indy and Purdue. PSU pairs with Temple and PITT. a major focus of my realignment is to preserve regionalism, to keep the major powers spread out and to maintain/restore rivalries. each team gets 4 non con games to do whatever they want (almost). PSU can maintain it's new found rivalry w/ OSU as an annual non con game

[@dlpaul345]

@@joshfisher1299 . . . and you cant just focus on the big brands; you have to give the lower brands a chance to capitalize on winning seasons. there's a reason teams like cincy, rutgers, uconn, memphis, and houston only show up like once every 5-10 years, the conferences are unbalanced. they need to have the same conference structure and scheduling rules. this addresses: in conference strength of schedule, fan and student travel, rivalries, teams purposely scheduling cupcakes, and forces more teams to play quality opponents more often in general (all of which equals fewer dips in revenue per game for the greedy pigs and better product for viewers)

[@joshfisher1299]

@dlpaul345 Like I said, PSU would leave this scenario. Also, PSU and ND at one point were also considered rivals. If you are going to force everyone into a conference and not have independents, then ND with OSU and UM will get us into the same situation we're in now. The biggest brands need to be split out amongst conferences relatively evenly.

[@owenherndon3794]

As a cinci fan. We would play Pitt, Louisville, West Virginia, and UCF. Absolutely love it

[@jdwilmoth]

Instead of calling it The Big East they should call it the cream puff conference

[@davidcolmer5448]

very soon all those schools might be in the Big12 anyways...

[@jeanraphael60]

@@jdwilmothoh my lord, shut up

[@terrencenewman5580]

@@jdwilmothbro the BIG 12 already exists.

[@captainspartan04]

@@terrencenewman5580we ain’t big 12. We’re the big east

[@jesselancaster7]

This is the greatest video ever made, I miss so much when the conference you were from told us where you were at

[@daltonhutchinson8291]

ASU fan here, this is the best conference landscape period. Greed is ruining college football in real time. PS. GIVE REGGIE HIS HEISMAN BACK!!!!!

[@alexcuevas5633]

He got it back!!!

[@daltonhutchinson8291]

@@alexcuevas5633 yoooooo!!!!!! The football gods heard all of us! 🙏🏼

[@calebshreve16]

Honestly these conferences work way better for the other sports too other than just football

[@mgway4661]

Geography matters

[@tannerlittle3167]

The seven wonders of college football! 💪🏼🏈

[@georgelucas2571]

This made me realize how much I miss the original PAC 10. I always felt like the conference started to fall off when they added Utah and Colorado and became the pac 12.

[@allandeaton5928]

as a husker fan the big 8 isn't the big 8 without OU . that being said I think your onto something.

[@Drollpanther]

Had the big 8 never expanded or broken up fine. But these are the big 12 north teams which was the weakest part of the big 12. As a Mizzou fan this would be miserable

[@maccleezy801]

Utah vs Nebraska sounds kinda cool for some reason

[@xperez14]

​@@Drollpanther the Big8 was one of the if not the perenial conference of that time period, they were also the first conference to have 4 teams with 10+ wins in a season

[@KALICOE]

​@@Drollpanther at the end when Nebraska fell off the south took over before that it was just Texas

[@KALICOE]

​@@xperez14 and I believe Colorado,Nebraska,Oklahoma finished 1,2,3 in the ap rankings

[@calmaxwell4654]

Please God someone put this man in charge

[@morefiction3264]

Arkansas wouldn't/didn't want to be the only non Texas team in the SWC either.

[@darronwilliams4641]

Because they used to cheat us

[@rolltide5059]

They did have their glory days while in the SWC. They are more of a mid level team, and conference realignment is making it almost impossible for these mid level teams to rise up and have a good season with a chance at a championship. There is no room to breathe in college football anymore.

[@Texashog11]

Arkansas is top 25 all time despite our recent problems. That’s not mid level despite what an elephant opines.

[@lostaggie66-canderson17]

What about the G5 Conferences: AAC, CUSA, MAC, MWC, SunBelt that would be interesting to see what you would do.

[@ScrunchBug22]

I have always said that a team in one conference should play every other team in their own conference every year. It is absurd that these big teams are playing the FCS opponents some weeks and not someone else in their own conference. Heck, in basketball, teams typically play each other twice. I understand the safety concerns of too many games, but smaller conference sizes can ensure that teams don't play too many games. Thank you for stating that!

[@jimmyjamesjamison2287]

A master class in efficiency and organization

[@brockfrederick6282]

Everyone who loves college football, loves your idea on these conference alignments.

[@blakeharrison3972]

Silly Josh, this is far too logical

[@AllAmpedUp088]

Chippewa fan and alum, would love to see you do this for the G5!

[@andrewblakeslee8709]

As a bronco fan I second this

[@michaelchirichella2380]

Memphis alumni thinks this just makes the chip on our shoulder a lot bigger

[@foreverorangegirl44]

@@michaelchirichella2380if there is a scenario where the ACC stays afloat and rebuilds, I can see Memphis being invited, along with Oregon St & Wash St. (might as well make a Western pod, unless the PAC rebuilds also, as they say they intend to). Memphis is a rising program.

[@terryfox9344]

Exceptional job. I would go for this in a heartbeat. Interest would be created by the regional rivalries. Furthermore a playoff featuring conference champions, would also create interest and regional pride. Which "virtue is more emotionally important to people, "greed" or "pride"? Ultimately "pride" is more important to people who will, in the long run, spend more money on the sport. Following college sports is an emotional experience and greed is a shallow emotion.

[@melroze]

The TV deals would ruin everything. ESPN/Fox would pay the SEC and Big 10 more than the other conferences and then teams would start to jump ship.

[@tmcobb04]

Just do what Chip Kelly said to do and have all Power conference and possibly even group conference share a single TV contract. Introduce some sort of revenue sharing model that still rewards the bigger schools and school success but still keeps the other schools competative.

[@foreverorangegirl44]

@@tmcobb04 I think you could create a model where the pie is broken up by a formula consisting of: 1) Base, equally divided to all teams 2) % based on viewership + attendance/game 3) % based on weekly rankings (combination of current polls + AI, or NET-style) Post season payouts based on invites & performance/wins. And I think the PARTICIPATING athletes should get a huge amount of the post-season payouts. It would incentivize them to not sit out. (Give equal amounts to those who are out due to injury, but if you CHOOSE to not play, then… no soup for you.)

[@Cifer77]

Those are some amazing conferences

[@bulldan2005]

I liked how it was before everybody started leaving the big 12, the longhorn network ruined college football

[@_Doodle-bob]

Yo, the SWC and BIG8 would be LIT!!!!

[@jaemekon]

i like Nebraska to the Big 8. The big ten has never felt right.

[@dakings1214]

Josh Pate for commissioner ! Great Conferences.

[@AlohaBlockchain]

BYU to Big8, OSU to SWC, Rice to independent.

[@justhereforthefoliage]

LOVE this content! Want more historical look backs, JP!

[@therealanonyomous]

This is the best conference realignment strategy video, I've seen so far.

[@ggoty]

OU wants the Big 8 but only to play Nebraska yearly

[@jeulenbach]

This makes so much sense that it will never happen.

[@coreysalter3421]

Great idea & video. I would love for you to do this with the G5 conferences too.

[@jjwalden93]

That’s the only teams that should exist in SEC. Everyone of these conferences would be exciting to watch if this happened.

[@rvail136]

This is way too logical. All conference champions would automatically get invitation to play off. The remaining spots are given to teams according to ranking. 16 team playoff just the rest of CFB divisions do.

[@truckerdavidjr.8952]

He saying there should only be 8 spots in the college football playoff an since in his world there are 7 conferences they get auto bids an then 1 school from a group of 5 would get the last spot. then you have your 8 team playoff that way. There expanding the playoff to 16 teams an i dont like it cause they changing up the rules of the game to were who ever wins the conference gets in the tournament even tho they shouldnt have gotten there. I LOVE the way josh has his college football playoff landscape an I Think thats what should happen!

[@Niquilly]

As a spokesman of the West Virginia fan conglomerate, I approve of these conferences, however I believe in the pit of my being that Mimi and Virginia Tech belong in the big east, I have spoken.

[@foreverorangegirl44]

As an SU alumni, I 💯 agree.

[@RonaldSparks-iw3ou]

Where is Penn State?

[@foreverorangegirl44]

@@RonaldSparks-iw3ouI really wish Penn State was back with SU, but I know that old rivalry will never come back again. 😔

[@jonboxleitner7354]

Put the Big East dream together: Penn State, Pitt, WVU, Syracuse, BC, Rutgers, Miami, VT, Louisville, UConn. Invite back Nova, G-town, Seton Hall, Providence, for B-ball. The BB tournament at MSG would be insane.

[@RonaldSparks-iw3ou]

Dude your 1000% right maybe grab fsu and clemson might have something

[@MadRat70]

Up to 12 team conferences, each having 2 divisions, would accomplish much the same outcome. 16 team playoff with 12 conference champs and 4 wildcards. Stretch season August to April, winter break December 1 through Feb 13, retain bowl season for rivalry games at bowl sites, playoffs begin in May and champion on Memorial Day weekend.

[@Drollpanther]

Mizzou getting screwed. As a Mizzou fan I would make a new Conference. Mizzou, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Oklahoma, Oklahoma st, Arkansas , Nebraska

[@mikefunderburk7965]

As a 90s kid this felt like therapy. Absolutely nailed it Pate.

[@colyhope6467]

This is the best conference realignment I have seen the only thing I would do differently is put Northwestern back in the Big Ten and remove South Florida from the Big East and put in Penn State. I'm an old guy and seeing Penn State in the Big Ten and no longer playing Pitt, Syracuse, and West Virginia is something I still can't get my head around.

[@drjoshaxe]

This is excellent and would be close to ideal.

[@timbevan6165]

OU must be back in the Big 8. That's the only way you'll get Bedlam back over little Mikey Gundy's crying. OU v Texas will still be played, 2nd Saturday in October, just like it always was before the Big 12. OU would also love to renew our yearly rivalry game against Nebraska. I know you're a little young to really remember it Josh, but some of those games were historic. You should look up the history of that rivalry. It was often the de facto conference championship game.

[@Newtonml]

Utah doesn’t have history with any of the Big 8 teams other than Colorado and is both geographically and culturally farther from the Big8 teams than the PAC teams.

[@georgelucas2571]

Nah Utah and Colorado have always been the odd ones out in the PAC. There’s nothing “Pacific” about them.

[@TheRCBuildersPost]

Thank you!! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this conference realignment is ridiculous. The SEC is no longer the SEC. It's, it's, it's the SUSC (Southern United States Conference). 😂

[@35gattsu]

If I could prognosticate for a moment, I foresee the larger brands within the jumbo conferences having serious squabbles over financials in 6-ish or so years (likely spurred by changing viewing habits, inflexible leadership, and preferred access to a larger playoff system as catalysts), and smaller conferences become the preferred business model again. 10-12 teams per conference, as many as 7 power conferences by 2030, lots of non-conference games per year to satisfy gen z viewing habits (which are yet to be truly determined, but could be a major factor in where the money goes.)

[@internationalmatt1]

You forgot the Nebraska Oklahoma rivalry of old. OU and NU in the Big 8

[@captainspartan04]

Olkahoma Texas feels bigger than olkahoma Nebraska

[@internationalmatt1]

@@captainspartan04 Now itt does but back in the day- the 70s to the 90s the Ou NU game decided the conference championship almost every year and 9 times the winner went on the be National Champion- OU in 74. 75. 85, and 2000. NU in 70, 71, 94, 95, and 97. The Ou texas match does not stack up to that

[@freddyhdickersonjr.1878]

I would love to see the lower tier conferences done since we’ve seen a large number of schools transition from FCS to FBS. Which schools would end up dropping back down? Would the conference team number still be 10?? Would we create or resurrect a conference (ex: WAC)?? This was a fun video!!

[@logansmyth4871]

Most logical thing I've heard anyone say in a while

[@dcbchannel1619]

Along with the conference realignment, you gotta do something about the network duopoly cartel. Perhaps regulators step in with anti-trust regulation that doesn’t permit ESPN to tip the scales towards the SEC and B1G with their multi billion dollar thumb. Gonna need to see Saturday 1PM televised games for all your P7.

[@ugafan1779]

Great realignment but what about the "lesser" conferences such as MAC, Sun, etc. How would they fit in?

[@richardbrooks6369]

I am sorry Josh, the NCAA has decided this makes to much sense and we can not allow things that make sense.

[@nordiczebo5336]

Now if we could get him to do a relegation model just interested in his approach but I actually really like this would modify it some for preference but I like round robin instead of conference title games (maybe a good idea for the G5 to be showcased)

[@mac4noles]

How about creating a new conference... Eastern Conference: FSU, PSU, ND, Clemson, Miami, Maryland, VT, Pitt, West Virginia, GT... then Northwestern to B1G; UCONN, Memphis, Liberty to Big East; ECU, App State, Coastal Carolina, James Madison, Vanderbilt to ACC; Oklahoma and BYU to Big 8; Tulane to SWC.

[@DarthVader19-77]

Much respect for your desire to realign. I came up with my own as well. 8 divisions of 9. Atlantic--Clemson, Duke, Florida, Florida St, Miami, NC St, No Carolina, So Carolina, Wake Forest Central--Cincinnati, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan St, Notre Dame, Ohio St, Purdue Midwest--Illinois, Iowa, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin Mountain--Arizona, Arizona St, Boise St, BYU, Colorado, Colorado St, Texas Tech, UNLV, Utah Northeast--Boston College, Maryland, Penn St, Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, VA Tech, Virginia, West Virginia Pacific--Cal, Oregon, Oregon St, San Diego St, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington St Southeast--Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, GA Tech, LSU, Miss St, Ole Miss, Tennessee, UCF Southwest--Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M

[@claytonholloway6067]

I am a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, but please do not discount that as I bleed Old Gold and White. To say I am a diehard fan of Georgia Tech is an understatement. Every Saturday, since I was a child living in College Park, Georgia, I have followed my Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. I am so sad to see what is happening to college football where I pray we are not relegated to the second division right off the bat. Who’d have thought I’d be talking English soccer terms about my beloved college football???

[@davidhart8552]

Totally agree! Tennessee fan/grad here. Jackets my second favorite team. Unacceptable for non-Sec /big10 schools to be relegated to second tier status. The greed of SEC/Big 10 is appalling. PAC 12 evaporated, ACC on life support. I’m retiring from college sports if this happens

[@claytonholloway6067]

Same here- I am a huge fan of college football, as a whole, and if they follow through this relegation junk… I won’t be following college football anymore and they will have lost a huge fan. I am sure there are many like ourselves. They have got to rethink this before their greed ruins the entire sport.

[@ObsidianElohim]

Oh man, how could you put OU in that s***** Southwest conference with all those Texas schools and Arkansas? No no, no. We are the kings of the big eight conference and it would be nice to have that Nebraska rivalry in November back

[@ZeusAmun-pt9dc]

I did this last month and I love what I came up with Big 10 : Cincinnati, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Pitt, Purdue, West Virginia SEC (9) Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt Great 10 : Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, North Western, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin Big East (10) : Army, Boston college, Buffalo, UConnn, Maryland, Navy, Penn State, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple Pac 10 same as before Acc (10) : Clemson, Duke, Liberty, UNC, NCSU, Old Dominion, South Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest Southern Conference (10): Central Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida international, Florida state, Georgia Tech, Louisiana Tech, Memphis Miami, Southern Florida, Tulane Big 12 (12) : Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Rice, SMU, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Tulsa Mountain West (9) : Air Force, Boise State, BYU, Colorado, Colorado State, Idaho, Utah, Utah State, Wyoming Obviously I brought Idaho back to the fbs

[@dominicd.292]

This is the best segment you have ever done.

[@claytonsibley3684]

Vandy is more controversial to me bc their founder was a leader in creating the SEC in the first place. If you take history into account, you can’t remove the school that helped create the conference you’re kicking it out of.

[@AlohaBlockchain]

Vandy doesn't take sports seriously.

[@JamesBond-zd5jx]

The colonists kicked the Brits out of the country. Vandy can be kicked out of the SEC. Just like Tulane.

[@TheMCJ2011]

Vandy isn’t immune to being kicked out of the SEC, and I don’t care about their “academic” representation because if that mattered so much then Georgia Tech would’ve never been kicked out either lol

[@cane870]

Vandy is in the SEC for baseball and their academics. If they weren’t good in one of those they wouldn’t be in.

[@AlohaBlockchain]

@@cane870 Nobody cares about baseball, and if academics mattered, Harvard and Yale would be getting invites.

[@0165EM4971]

Josh, this video just earned you a subscriber. I love the attention to historical details and the understanding that there is enough room at the table for more than 40 teams in 2 conferences. But your Big East selections broke my heart here. As a Louisville fan, I would do ANYTHING to detach our program from Boston College, Rutgers, Syracuse, etc. This is outside of regular college football knowledge, but since the 90’s and Tom Jurich as AD, we’ve worked TIRELESSLY to separate our program from these mid major esque teams. We earned SEC membership back around 2010 only to be blocked by UK’s arbitrary veto power. This spiraled into us joining the ACC after passing on the Big 12. But we’ve gone from Metro to MVC to Big East to ACC in a matter of decades, climbing higher and higher each time. We have the resources to compete with upgraded opponents and it’s been clear for decades. Please, (I know you have no authority here) give us the respect we’ve fought SO HARD for. Put us in a conference with Miami and FSU. Make sure we play Cincy and WVU regularly, but don’t shove us into some irrelevant conference again PLEASE. Much love brother. Maybe you can swap Rutgers for Miami or something like that. We deserve to compete against a “big boy” like we have for ky entire life. I love the conferences you chose to bring back and I love most of the placements(disagree about OU and UT), but Louisville deserves better than being the clear favorite of whatever conference they end up in. That’s my issue with the Big12 actually. We’re a sure fire addition assuming we’re passed up by the SEC and B1G, but let’s be honest here. Day one in the Big 12, Louisville runs the show. That just sounds boring to me, though basketball season sounds super fun!

[@thomasjeffries6884]

I freaking love this.

[@rileyh520]

I love it, only thing I'd complain about is keeping OK State and OU in separate conferences. I wish they could stick together and preserve that rivalry

[@chadreyes9672]

I think I would love to see this, but you have to have OU in the big 8 and move Utah and BYU into the same conference. OU and Texas would still play every year like they did pre-big 12 days.

[@josephp2109]

Here’s perfectly ideal college football… -9 power conferences with 9 teams in each -5 “group” conferences, 9/10 teams each -Play 8 conference games, 4 non conference -No divisions, top two teams in each conference make conference championship -12 team playoff, including top 10 conference champions + 2 at larges ***Major Conferences*** Northwoods Conference Washington Washington State Oregon State Oregon Boise State Utah BYU Wyoming Colorado Southwest Conference Cal Stanford USC UCLA San Diego State Nevada UNLV Arizona Arizona State Red River Conference Texas Tech TCU SMU Baylor Houston Texas A&M Texas Oklahoma Oklahoma State Southeastern Conference Louisiana LSU Arkansas Memphis Vandy Ole Miss Mississippi State Alabama Auburn Sunpeach Conference Georgia Georgia Tech Georgia State Florida State Florida Miami UCF USF FAU Appalachian Conference South Carolina Clemson Tennessee Appalachian State Wake Forest NC State UNC Duke West Virginia New England Conference Syracuse Boston College Rutgers Penn State Pittsburgh Maryland Virginia Liberty Virginia Tech Midwest Conference Michigan Michigan State Ohio State Cincinatti Illinois Indiana Notre Dame Louisville Kentucky Great Plains Conference Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota State Iowa State Iowa Nebraska Kansas State Kansas Missouri ***Group Conferences*** Great West Conference Hawaii San Jose State Fresno State Utah State Colorado State Air Force New Mexico New Mexico State UTEP Southern Conference UTSA Texas State North Texas Rice Tulsa Louisiana Tech Louisiana Monroe Tulane Southern Miss Arkansas State Atlantic Conference Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee UAB Troy South Alabama FIU Georgia Southern Coastal Carolina Charlotte Northeast Conference Marshall Ohio Old Dominion Navy Temple Army UConn UMass Akron Buffalo Mid American Conference Northern Illinois Northwestern Purdue Ball State Miami (OH) Bowling Green Western Michigan Eastern Michigan Central Michigan Kent State

[@wayneorlando960]

This is brilliant. As a guy who played ncaa football, I use to love rearranging the conferences. However, the big 8, big east, and southwest conference where not available. I hope the new college football game will have the old conferences available.

[@foreverorangegirl44]

I don’t play video games, but I understand how highly anticipated this game release is, and how highly-played it is. It would be nice if the powers that be would look at what the fans are creating as their own fantasy scenarios, and allow for those historic conferences (and custom-created ones) in the game. My guess would be that the customization would show FAR more fans creating smaller, regional/historical conferences, than just a Power 2/3. It would be fascinating to look at the data.

[@thaisilverback]

Brilliant, love it, been working on a similar setup for at least 25-years. Going beyond: I would force Norte Dame and Northwestern into your Big 8 Conference and call it the Mid America 10 Conference. I would create an Independent 10 conference and it would include: Boise State, BYU, Colorado State, Massachusetts, Memphis, San Jose State, Tulane, U. Conn, Vanderbilt, and Wyoming; I know, The Traveling Big 10 might be a better name. There is your 16-Team National Championship bracket with the conference champion and runner-up getting in. The winner of the Independent 10 Conference would have the option, repeat option, to trade places with the last place team in any other conference. Any other football program not included among these 80 teams, with a sufficiently good record, would have the option, repeat option, to trade places with the last place team in the independent 10 Conference.

[@jarrodtucker6767]

I love your idea! I would like to tweak it a little though. What about putting NW or Notre Dame in the Big 10, bring Iowa and OU to the Great Plains Conference (Big 8) and Utah to the sec?!?!

[@daveduncan2748]

If the NCAA had any of those manly W's in the SWC logo, they should disengage from the current CFB Playoffs, and do their own CFB tournament playoff. Some simple rules would encourage reasonable conferences again. 1-A conference must have 8-10 teams and all teams play each other. After initial realignment, if you leave a conference, you forfeit all of your revenue from that conference for one year. 2-The conference champions all (power AND group) get an invite to the 16-team playoff. 3-If a team declines an invite, their conference gets no invites that year, and a maximum of 1 invite the following year. 4-The rest of the slots are filled in order by average rank of the major press poll and the major coach poll (coaches cannot vote for teams in their conference), with the following caveat. No conference can have more than 2 invites to the playoff. 5-The various bowl committees bid for the 15 playoff games (8 first-round games, 4 quarterfinals, 2 semifinals, and 1 championship game). Highest bid gets championship game and so on, down to the15th highest bid gets last choice of the eight first-round games. The rest of the bowl committees can invite other teams as they want. The TV/Streaming networks bid similarly for the game coverage rights. 6-The playoff money is divided evenly among the rounds. The money for each round is divided evenly among the teams in that round. Teams give 3/4 of their share to their conference, and keep the other fourth. 7-The winner of the playoff is recognized as the NCAA CFB Champion. This would encourage logical, reasonably-sized conferences that don't consolidate all of the power teams in a few conferences. This encourages teams to play for the NCAA championship and abide the NCAA rules, rather than to split off and create their own power group of conferences with a separate playoff for a different championship. This rewards quality teams and conferences, while giving all conferences their shot at the title. Might some conferences "deserve" more than two teams? Maybe, but if you couldn't even get second place in your conference, do you really have a claim to compete for the national championship? This still allows for NIL for players, but puts the emphasis back on conference championships and the national championship. The NCAA could do this now, and show they have some of those manly W's, and regain control of college football. Or they can continue on their current path to irrelevance.

[@kyleturner1231]

I'd leave Northwestern in the Big Ten, move Penn State to independent or Big East, and put Maryland back in the ACC. Otherwise completely agree.

[@mauallison7755]

Agree

[@fecat93]

Big Ten vs. Pac 10 Rose Bowl is ALL that matters! Back to 1993!

[@fecat93]

I think Northwestern would drop football if it was forced out of the Big Ten. It would be too hard and expensive to build a schedule even if they played ND, Stanford, Duke, and Illinois every year. How do you find 8 other opponents without having a pseudo-Big Ten schedule?

[@gav7307]

War on I-4 returns? As a conference game? Got my thumbs up!!! Would love to see this happen, would make college ball SO much more fun to watch. (not that it isn't already)

[@Silence3157]

There is only one small change I would make to this. Put South Carolina in the ACC and Georgia Tech in the SEC. Makes more sense geographically and it puts those teams back in their original conferences.

[@adamsanders2270]

My only change… add Oklahoma and BYU to the Big 8 and call them the Real Big Ten just to make the Big Ten mad.

[@Nedmac5]

I think we could implicate a 8 team playoff though, 1 winner from all power conferences and then an exception. Bowl games would mean more than they have today too.

[@waynebennett745]

Question: I know you said you "checked yourself out of this topic", but what about this: PO of the P7 champs + indy winner. In that scenario, would the indies HAVE TO PLAY each other in order to get that slot? 🤔

[@Necile2]

Notre Dame would win easily every year.

[@timsunday5505]

I like the idea of 10-team conferences, no conference championships, just decide it in the regular season. I mess with realignments all the time, and here's what I came up with. My Power conferences include every current/future Power schools. All teams except the academies (who count as "group of 6") play a 9+3 schedule, with the three being 1-2 "Power 7" plus 1-2 "Group of 6" and alternating every year. I also took your initial comment about not having numbers in the conference names to heart: "Power 7 Conferences" Atlantic Coast: UCF, Clemson, Duke, FSU, Ga Tech, Miami, UNC, NCST, UVa, Wake Forest Great Lakes: Illinois, Indiana, Mich, MSU, Minnesota, Notre Dame, OSU, Purdue, Wisc Great Plains: Arkansas, BYU, Colorado, Iowa, ISU, Kansas, KSU, Mizzou, Nebraska, Utah Mid-Atlantic: BC, Cincy, Louisville, Maryland, PSU, Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, Va Tech, WVU Pacific Coast: UofA, ASU, Cal, Oregon, Oregon St, Stanford, UCLA, USC, UW, Wazzu Southeastern: Bama, Auburn, UF, UGa, UK, Ole Miss, Miss St, So Carolina, Tenn, Vandy Southwest: Baylor, UH, LSU, OU, OSU, SMU, UT, A&M, TCU, Texas Tech "Group of 6 Conferences" Borderland: La Tech, UNM, NMSU, North Texas, Rice, Sam Houston St, Texas St, UTSA, Tulsa, UTEP Mid-American: Ball State, BGSU, CMU, EMU, Kent St, Miami (OH), No Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, WMU Mountain West: BSU, CSU, Fresno St, Hawaii, Nevada, SDSU, SJSU, UNLV, Utah St, Wyoming Northeastern: Akron, Buffalo, UConn, WKU, JMU, Liberty, Marshall, UMass, ODU, Temple South Atlantic: App St, UNCC, Coastal Carolina, ECU, FAU, FIU, Ga Southern, Ga St, Jacksonville St, USF Sun Belt: Ark St, UL, ULM, Memphis, MTSU, So Alabama, Southern Miss, Troy, Tulane, UAB Independents: Air Force, Army, Navy -- two CIC Trophy games, 8-9 "Group of 6", and 1-2 "Power 7"

[@Mike-yj5yw]

I nominate Josh Pate as the next Commissioner of College Football.

[@lompochorsleys]

If you had a single TV contact with all "College Football, Inc.," this is easy. If you reset the conferences but have each conference have their own TV contacts, then the process we are on now starts again from from the reset point.

[@WVUFootballGoinDeep]

The theory isn't bad, but you're right about it not happening. Only way this happens is if someone files an anti-trust lawsuit, and the government forces a break-up of the Big 10 and SEC (like they did ATT&T). To make it work, the conferences would have to be organized to be equal in "quality" and in "market value." Then there would also need to be a media deal made with all the conferences inclusively rather than separate deals with each conference (which is where the inequality really kicked in). However, I don't think there's a school or conference out there with the nerve to file and risk what could happen.

[@jimjohnson6599]

Love it!! Everything about it!! 👋👋👋🙌🙌

[@davidcolmer5448]

once you reset it the SEC and BigTen will start itching for expansion again ;)

[@bwnotredame06]

Absolutely Love It. I was hoping at first that you would make an all Texas conference, but when you said SWC I was like Yesssssssssss. As a Notre Dame Fan, I would just go ahead and drop Illinois and Have Notre Dame in the Big 10. Josh Pate for College Football Commissioner.

[@alexbabinski7318]

I always added notre dame to the big 10 in ncaa, it just works so well

[@albertforpresident6022]

I love it. The only problem is that this won’t actually be a reality. 😢 College football has been hijacked. Sad.

[@aarondemers8961]

Josh just perfected college football🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Just wish it was RL

[@jimford6478]

This is awesome Josh 🎉

[@voiceofreason2674]

This would be perfect and i agree yea the playoffs would not ruin the regular season this way. You just created a space for at least 70 or so teams to be in a healthy position

[@thepokemonpowerhouse5562]

Iowa was never in the Big 8

[@VitoIsPuffBunny]

Iowa was a founding member of the big 8. 1907-1911.

[@ChaddRussell]

ACC should change their name to the American Coastal Conference. That way they can maintain all ACC logos while just changing one word.

[@paulteese4221]

This video was a breath of fresh air! Thanks, Josh!

[@pctroner23]

I think Michigan and ND doesn't necessarily need to spend money on advertising because their name sells for itself like other Top Collegiate Schools from their highly announced academics, world-class facilities, etc. Where else, other schools need the advertising locally, national and globally, to announce their brand for unheard ears

[@SpynCycle57]

Because very few people have heard of the University of Alabama, University of Southern California, University of Florida, or The Ohio State University. The advertising that Josh spoke of was not advertising their own school, it's the advertising of commercial products.

[@TheLemon420]

Can someone just give pate the keys to the NCAA? This is the best idea I’ve heard for the sport in years. This new way of doing things is killing the sport.

[@ch3rliec321]

what about tulane? ik this might sound silly but they’re academics are crazy and they’re usually well above average in football?

[@PaulMurray-pf8mt]

Love it! Conferences that make sense

[@markp7262]

When I first saw the headline for this video, I came in expecting some sort of hatchet job that left my school searching for some D-II conference to join because of the almighty football dollar. I am thoroughly impressed with this idea, although I would have let the Big 8 go and renamed it something to allow for ten teams. Something like the Big Midwest (though this might cause marketing issues with a certain car manufacturer) or Big Plains Country. The nice thing about a ten-team conference is that you can still have up to an 18-game conference schedule in basketball by playing each team twice.

[@jamesdo3086]

The ONLY problem with this set-up is that on NCAA14 if you only have 10 teams in a conference (and not 12) you don't get a conference championship game

[@SpynCycle57]

Why is a conference championship game necessary? Back in the SWC days, in case of a tie for the conference championship, there were co-champions. The team that had been the longest without going to the Cotton Bowl, was the one picked to go to the Cotton Bowl. I liked it.

[@kenglover2690]

I don't care. The Conference Championship games are mostly for the money, as Josh said about "in the interest of the sport".

[@michaelpalmer8669]

I believe this rule has been changed by the NCAA since then and would be maintained by Commissioner Pate

[@foreverorangegirl44]

There wouldn’t be a need to have a Conference Championship game if it was small enough where everyone in the conference had already played each other during regular season. Go with regular season standings, with head-to-head as tiebreaker. Allows the playoffs to get started sooner.

[@MrBigbearjon]

Mr. Josh I did something similar but made 8 conferences with 16 schools per conference.

[@craig3540]

Awesome show, Josh! I couldn't agree more! All hail old-school College Football! I long for those old days when logic and tradition ruled the day!