I could live with that OR I like a 20 team League---with 4 five team pods (divisions)

Posted on August 18, 2026 at 03:45:46 PM by jonpc (edited August 18, 2026 at 03:54:00 PM)

In a nutshell:

Pods (divisions) A, B, C, D

9 game league seasons - in essence 2 ten team conferences that change yearly based on a 3 year cycle

first year: Pod A plays Pod B + the 4 teams in it's pod
second year: Pod A plays Pod C +
third year Pod A plays Pod D +

etc.

I'd go East:
Virginia
PSU
UNC
Mary
Rutgers

Mid East:
UM
OSU
MSU
Indiana
PU

North West:
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Washington
Oregon

South West:
NW
Illinois
NU
UCLA
USC

The two winners of the rotating 9 game schedule would play for the B1G title OR even better
The top 2 teams in each 10 team yearly pairing have an auto bid to the CF Playoff.

Instead of UVA & UNC you could do Cal & Stanford and just put Nebraska with the 4 Cali schools.

Cal & Stanford don't help our recruiting as much as UNC & UVA. Ga Tech & Miami might really help. Though, I suspect money is now the most important determinant in recruiting.

Back to the board

Thread:

IMO the B1G should add two western teams and then make two 10-team divisions that don’t play each other - By Nikos August 18, 2026 at 10:31:58 AM
- I could live with that OR I like a 20 team League---with 4 five team pods (divisions) - By jonpc August 18, 2026 at 03:45:46 PM
- Then hold the conf championship game in the Rose Bowl* - By Voltron Blue August 18, 2026 at 11:47:20 AM
- The pre-2024 conference made sense. - By GritsGoBlue August 18, 2026 at 11:23:56 AM
- The OFFICIAL hierarchy. 1. Two tiered divisions with promotion & relegation (“Makers & Takers”). 2. Geographical E/W divisions. 3. The shitass slop we have now - By brick August 18, 2026 at 11:11:50 AM
- Agree 100%, but unfortunately FOX, CBS & NBC disagree nm - By mgaelster August 18, 2026 at 11:07:56 AM
- add two more teams and then have two conferences. Original Big Ten and 10 added teams after that... - By ajs August 18, 2026 at 11:06:42 AM
- easy solution: just make rutgers move school out west* - By chiwalker August 18, 2026 at 11:01:58 AM
- But then we'd be cut off from Minnesotsa, Iowa and Wisconsin - By jon August 18, 2026 at 10:54:47 AM
  - Oh no!* - By brick August 18, 2026 at 11:33:45 AM
  - To each their own. I don’t give one single shit about playing Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin… - By Craig August 18, 2026 at 11:03:30 AM
  - Last good hot dog I ever had was '52. - By ftb August 18, 2026 at 11:00:08 AM
- I met a man on Sunday wearing a Cal hat and asked him how he's enjoying the ACC ... - By Cutter August 18, 2026 at 10:51:29 AM
  - Pac 8/10/12 always seemed to be the most coherent conference - By syrfan August 18, 2026 at 11:11:48 AM
    - All of it squandered because of the fucking Longhorn Network. - By GritsGoBlue August 18, 2026 at 11:27:57 AM
- Like this? - By BigLake August 18, 2026 at 10:47:17 AM
  - Put PSU Maryland and Rutgers in the other division - By Rich August 18, 2026 at 10:49:01 AM
    - Or remove Maryland and Rutgers, bring Wisc and Minn to the BT Alliance and add Arizona and Utah to the Pac10 Alliance* - By BigLake August 18, 2026 at 10:55:45 AM
      - Trade Maryland and Rutgers for Cal and Stanford * - By Nikos August 18, 2026 at 11:16:10 AM
        
        Like an actual trade. Arizona and Utah would be better for the league. I just mean an actual H2H B1G-ACC trade * - By Nikos August 18, 2026 at 11:17:17 AM
- Yeah, basically the Big Ten / Pac Ten Alliance* - By Charlie August 18, 2026 at 10:37:08 AM

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I could live with that OR I like a 20 team League---with 4 five team pods (divisions)