I did some thinking about how Division I FBS should look. A lot of it is based on how conferences used to look, but I tried not to just go all-out on the old conferences. There are ten conferences (the same as it is now) and a group of seven independents (three more than there are now). Atlantic Coast Conference - 13 North: Boston College, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest South: Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State Big East - 11 Central Florida, Connecticut, Cincinnati, Louisville, Massachusetts, Memphis, Old Dominion, South Florida, Syracuse, West Virginia Big Ten - 10 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin Big 12 - 12 South: Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech North: Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska Gulf States Conference - 14 West: Alabama-Birmingham, Alabama State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana Tech, South Alabama, Troy East: Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Middle Tennessee State, Southern Mississippi, Western Kentucky Independents - 7 Army, Air Force, Brigham Young (BYU), Navy, Notre Dame, Pennsylvania State, Rutgers Mid-American Conference - 14 West: Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan East: Akron, Buffalo, Kent State, Marshall, Miami University, Ohio, Temple Mountain West - 10 Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Nevada-Las Vegas, San Diego State, San Jose State, Utah State, Wyoming Pacific-12 - 12 North: Boise State, Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, Washington, Washington State South: Arizona, Arizona State, California, California-Los Angeles (UCLA), Southern California (USC), Stanford Southeastern Conference - 12 West: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Louisiana State (LSU), Mississippi, Mississippi State East: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt Southwest Conference - 12 West: New Mexico, New Mexico State, Texas-El Paso (UTEP), Texas-San Antonio (UTSA), Texas State, Tulsa East: Arkansas State, Houston, North Texas, Rice, Southern Methodist (SMU), Texas Christian (TCU)