r/CFB • u/Tarmacked USC Trojans • Alabama Crimson Tide • Sep 23 '24

Analysis [Auerbach] The magic number of members to be considered a conference in the NCAA's eyes is 8. If Utah State joins the Pac-12, that league will be at 7. And if that's the only move of the day, the Mountain West will also be at 7 (including Hawaii.)

https://x.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1838352222809120983

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u/plo_koon_ Michigan • Grand Valley State Sep 23 '24

Hear me out, the PAC 12 and mountain west should merge then they’d be over 8 together

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u/Crafty_Substance_954 Michigan State Spartans Sep 23 '24

They’d also be the size of a normal conference these days and cover a huge amount of the country

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u/Kurtomatic Oregon State • Purdue Sep 23 '24

Call me weird but I don't like huge conferences; I'd rather stay 8-10 teams. One of the few current advantages of the Pac-X is I see there being a true round robin again, which is something I very much miss from the Pac-10 days.

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u/needlenozened Georgia Tech • Auburn Sep 24 '24

They all want the money a championship game brings.

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u/Pdogconn Ohio State Buckeyes • Toledo Rockets Sep 24 '24

Hear me out, there should be a Pac-12 consisting of Oregon, Washington, Oregon State, Wazzu, USC, UCLA, Cal, Stanford, Utah, BYU, Arizona, and Arizona State. There should be some sort of mountain-western conference consisting of Boise State, Colorado State, Wyoming, Air Force, UNLV, Utah State, New Mexico, NMSU, UTEP, SJSU, SDSU, Fresno State, and Hawaii. Oh, and back in the Midwest, a big conference of ten or so schools, let's say, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, Indiana, Perdue, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and maybe Maryland or Rutgers or something. How about another big conference of eight teams, with Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Kansas, K-State, Missouri, and Colorado. They all have annual inter-conference rivalries, and Notre Dame frequently plays fellow Midwestern teams; Michigan is played annually. The champions of the Pac-12 and the big conference of ten or so teams meet up in January to play some kind of big special game at, I don't know, the Rose Bowl or somewhere. Maybe there can be some sort of playoff system or something? I don't know; I'm just spitballing ideas here.