Alright, here are the conference alignments as I have them right now.



Took a while, between running down the list of teams moving, checking divisional alignments, checking for protected rivalries, etc. But for the most part they should be correct. I did make a couple changes. Instead of leaving Texas State and UTSA in the WAC (thus screwing the C-USA and Sun Belt in the process), I went ahead and put Texas State in the Sun Belt (to get them to 8 teams) and UTSA in C-USA to have even divisions.

Due to the whole 4 teams minimum in a conference crap with the WAC, I went ahead and grabbed New Mexico and Wyoming from the Mountain West, as they make the natural rivalries for Idaho and New Mexico State.

When Navy moves to the Big East in 2015, I may shift Air Force over as well (since most of the talk these days is Air Force being invited to be the 14th team when Navy joins up) and move BYU from Independent back to the Mountain West to fill Air Force's spot.

As for the Big East divisions, there was a story sent out in the sports and football emails by the Navy Sports Information Department last week. A part of the story specifically discussed Big East alignment.

As opposed to an East-West Divisional format, momentum in the Big East is for a "zipper concept" splitting natural rivals like Boise State and San Diego State and Houston and SMU, who would then play each year in a potential 6-1-1 format, sources said.

The eight-game conference format would include six divisional games, one crossover game and one rotating crossover opponent.

Officials from schools soon to join the conference like Boise State, San Diego State and Houston are in attendance in Newport.

Most notably, the Big East will have a championship game next season, he said. The game will be played at the site of the higher seeded team.

“We will have a championship game next year,” Carparelli said. “It will be at the campus site or home venue of the highest ranked or best division leader.”
So I tried to follow that zipper format with "natural rivals" as best as I could, as well as rivals from current existing Big East teams. I have no clue what I'm going to name the Big East divisions though. Sort of at a loss with that as they don't follow a geographical or directional layout. If anyone has any ideas for names, feel free to share.