rock55choc

Now that it looks like the BIG XII will survive after all and drastic conference realignment and expansion will not take place, it looks like two conferences will need new names.

Big Ten - call it the Big Midwest Conference.

Big XII - just go back to calling it the Southwest Conference again. Although Iowa State is far from Southwest.

Now its your turn. Suggest new names for the BIG XII and Big Ten here.

Most of you who pay attention to college football as much as I do are aware of the current talks of conference expansion involving the Big Ten mainly and when they do make a change it will affect the Big East, Big XII, Pac Ten, and possibly the SEC.

The following is my idea of what should take place. It is a drastic overhaul of the alignment of teams and conferences. Each one of the three new divisions would compete for a seperate championship.

NCAA Division 1A

ACC

Atlantic Division

Florida State

Maryland

Wake Forest

Boston College

North Carolina State

Pittsburgh

West Virginia

East Carolina

Coastal Division

Virginia Tech

Miami (FL)

North Carolina

Duke

Virginia

Central Florida

Memphis

Cincinnati

BIG MIDWEST (formerly the Big Ten)

Land Division

Connecticut

Iowa

Notre Dame

Nebraska

Rutgers

Syracuse

Penn State

Minnesota

Lakes Division

Illinois

Northwestern

Indiana

Purdue

Michigan

Michigan State

Ohio State

Wisconsin

BIG XVI (formerly the BIG XII)

North Division

Missouri

Iowa State

Kansas

Kansas State

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

Brigham Young

Utah

South Division

Texas

Texas A&M

Texas Tech

Baylor

Texas Christian

Houston

New Mexico

Southern Methodist

PAC 16 (formerly the Pac 10)

North Division

Oregon

Oregon State

Washington

Washington State

Boise State

Colorado

Fresno State

Nevada

South Division

Arizona

Arizona State

California

Stanford

San Diego State

Nevada Las Vegas

California Los Angeles

Southern California

SEC

West Division

Alabama

Auburn

Arkansas

Louisiana State

Mississippi State

Ole Miss

Kentucky

Louisville

East Division

Tennessee

South Carolina

Florida

Vanderbilt

Georgia

Georgia Tech

South Florida

Clemson

NCAA Division 1B

WAC

Colorado State

Wyoming

Hawaii

Idaho

New Mexico State

San Jose State

Utah State

Air Force

Louisiana Tech

Western Kentucky

C-USA

Marshall

Rice

Southern Miss

Tulane

Tulsa

Alabama Birmingham

Texas El Paso

South Alabama

Georgia State

Arkansas State

Middle Tennessee

Troy

MAC

Akron

Bowling Green

Ball State

Buffalo

Central Michigan

Eastern Michigan

Western Michigan

Kent State

Miami (OH)

Northern Illinois

Ohio

Toledo

Southland

Central Arkansas

McNeese State

Nicholls State

Northwestern State (LA)

Sam Houston State

Southeastern Louisiana

Stephen F. Austin

Texas State

Louisiana Monroe

Louisiana Lafayette

Texas San Antonio

Colonial

Delaware

James Madison

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Northeastern

Rhode Island

Richmond

Towson

Villanova

William & Mary

Temple

Big Sky

Eastern Washington

Idaho State

Montana

Montana State

Northern Arizona

Northern Colorado

Portland State

Sacramento State

Weber State

Southern Illinois

Western Illinois

Northern Iowa

Southern

Appalachian State

Chattanooga

Citadel

Elon

Furman

Georgia Southern

Samford

Western Carolina

Wofford

Florida Atlantic

Florida International

North Texas

Independents

Army

Navy

NCAA Division1C

BIG SOUTH

Charleston Southern

Coastal Carolina

Gardner-Webb

Liberty

Presbyterian

Stony Brook

Virginia Military Institute

Old Dominion

Bucknell

Georgetown

Lafayette

Lehigh

Ivy

Brown

Columbia

Cornell

Dartmouth

Harvard

Pennsylvania

Princeton

Yale

MEAC

Bethune-Cookman

Delaware State

Florida A&M

Hampton

Howard

Morgan State

Norfolk State

North Carolina A&T

South Carolina State

Great West / Valley

Illinois State

Indiana State

Missouri State

Cal Poly

Southern Utah

UC Davis

North Dakota State

South Dakota State

North Dakota

South Dakota

Northeast

Albany

Bryant University

Central Connecticut State

Duquesne

Monmouth

Robert Morris

Sacred Heart

St. Francis (PA)

Wagner

Colgate

Fordham

Holy Cross

Ohio Valley

Austin Peay

Eastern Illinois

Eastern Kentucky

Jacksonville State

Murray State

Southeast Missouri State

Tennessee State

Tennessee Tech

Tennessee-Martin

Youngstown State

Pioneer

Butler

Campbell

Davidson

Dayton

Drake

Jacksonville

Marist

Morehead State

San Diego

Valparaiso

SWAC

Alabama A&M

Alabama State

Alcorn State

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Grambling State

Jackson State

Mississippi Valley State

Prairie View A&M

Southern University

Texas Southern

So these are my changes and this is my overhaul. Let me know what you think