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-sees Josh's ideal conferences -cries with joy at the perfection of it

I can't wait to play this out in NCAA 25 lol

So back to the way it used to be. I'M ALL IN....

The best realignment I have seen yet. I nominate Josh as our Conference Commissioner.

This conference structure is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Make it so!

One of my favorite segments you’ve ever done. There is an alternate reality where this is our CFB and it’s just upsetting that instead of this, we are getting these mega conferences where rivalries and regionality now mean nothing.

OU fan here. I think I speak for all of us when I say that if we're bringing back both the SWC and the Big 8 we would rather be in the Big 8 and keep our historic rivalries and just play Texas in a midseason out of conference game. That being said if I were in charge of realignment I would resurrect the original Big 12 (1996-2010) instead.

This alignment is as close to perfect as it can get.

As a cinci fan. We would play Pitt, Louisville, West Virginia, and UCF. Absolutely love it

This is the greatest video ever made, I miss so much when the conference you were from told us where you were at

The seven wonders of college football! 💪🏼🏈

Honestly these conferences work way better for the other sports too other than just football

This made me realize how much I miss the original PAC 10. I always felt like the conference started to fall off when they added Utah and Colorado and became the pac 12.

Please God someone put this man in charge

ASU fan here, this is the best conference landscape period. Greed is ruining college football in real time. PS. GIVE REGGIE HIS HEISMAN BACK!!!!!

Arkansas wouldn't/didn't want to be the only non Texas team in the SWC either.

A master class in efficiency and organization

as a husker fan the big 8 isn't the big 8 without OU . that being said I think your onto something.

Everyone who loves college football, loves your idea on these conference alignments.

I have always said that a team in one conference should play every other team in their own conference every year. It is absurd that these big teams are playing the FCS opponents some weeks and not someone else in their own conference. Heck, in basketball, teams typically play each other twice. I understand the safety concerns of too many games, but smaller conference sizes can ensure that teams don't play too many games. Thank you for stating that!

What about the G5 Conferences: AAC, CUSA, MAC, MWC, SunBelt that would be interesting to see what you would do.

Those are some amazing conferences

Chippewa fan and alum, would love to see you do this for the G5!

Josh Pate for commissioner ! Great Conferences.

Exceptional job. I would go for this in a heartbeat. Interest would be created by the regional rivalries. Furthermore a playoff featuring conference champions, would also create interest and regional pride. Which "virtue is more emotionally important to people, "greed" or "pride"? Ultimately "pride" is more important to people who will, in the long run, spend more money on the sport. Following college sports is an emotional experience and greed is a shallow emotion.

This is the best conference realignment strategy video, I've seen so far.

Maryland fan and you’re right, that is upsetting. If not the big 10, we need to be in the ACC.

This makes so much sense that it will never happen.

LOVE this content! Want more historical look backs, JP!

The TV deals would ruin everything. ESPN/Fox would pay the SEC and Big 10 more than the other conferences and then teams would start to jump ship.

Yo, the SWC and BIG8 would be LIT!!!!

Silly Josh, this is far too logical

I freaking love this.

Most logical thing I've heard anyone say in a while

As a 90s kid this felt like therapy. Absolutely nailed it Pate.

That’s the only teams that should exist in SEC. Everyone of these conferences would be exciting to watch if this happened.

This is the best segment you have ever done.

You forgot the Nebraska Oklahoma rivalry of old. OU and NU in the Big 8

As a spokesman of the West Virginia fan conglomerate, I approve of these conferences, however I believe in the pit of my being that Mimi and Virginia Tech belong in the big east, I have spoken.

I liked how it was before everybody started leaving the big 12, the longhorn network ruined college football

Much respect for your desire to realign. I came up with my own as well. 8 divisions of 9. Atlantic--Clemson, Duke, Florida, Florida St, Miami, NC St, No Carolina, So Carolina, Wake Forest Central--Cincinnati, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan St, Notre Dame, Ohio St, Purdue Midwest--Illinois, Iowa, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin Mountain--Arizona, Arizona St, Boise St, BYU, Colorado, Colorado St, Texas Tech, UNLV, Utah Northeast--Boston College, Maryland, Penn St, Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, VA Tech, Virginia, West Virginia Pacific--Cal, Oregon, Oregon St, San Diego St, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington St Southeast--Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, GA Tech, LSU, Miss St, Ole Miss, Tennessee, UCF Southwest--Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M

I did this last month and I love what I came up with Big 10 : Cincinnati, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Pitt, Purdue, West Virginia SEC (9) Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt Great 10 : Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, North Western, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin Big East (10) : Army, Boston college, Buffalo, UConnn, Maryland, Navy, Penn State, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple Pac 10 same as before Acc (10) : Clemson, Duke, Liberty, UNC, NCSU, Old Dominion, South Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest Southern Conference (10): Central Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida international, Florida state, Georgia Tech, Louisiana Tech, Memphis Miami, Southern Florida, Tulane Big 12 (12) : Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Rice, SMU, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Tulsa Mountain West (9) : Air Force, Boise State, BYU, Colorado, Colorado State, Idaho, Utah, Utah State, Wyoming Obviously I brought Idaho back to the fbs

Up to 12 team conferences, each having 2 divisions, would accomplish much the same outcome. 16 team playoff with 12 conference champs and 4 wildcards. Stretch season August to April, winter break December 1 through Feb 13, retain bowl season for rivalry games at bowl sites, playoffs begin in May and champion on Memorial Day weekend.

BYU to Big8, OSU to SWC, Rice to independent.

Absolutely Love It. I was hoping at first that you would make an all Texas conference, but when you said SWC I was like Yesssssssssss. As a Notre Dame Fan, I would just go ahead and drop Illinois and Have Notre Dame in the Big 10. Josh Pate for College Football Commissioner.

Utah doesn’t have history with any of the Big 8 teams other than Colorado and is both geographically and culturally farther from the Big8 teams than the PAC teams.

I love it, only thing I'd complain about is keeping OK State and OU in separate conferences. I wish they could stick together and preserve that rivalry

This is awesome Josh 🎉

This is way too logical. All conference champions would automatically get invitation to play off. The remaining spots are given to teams according to ranking. 16 team playoff just the rest of CFB divisions do.

I am sorry Josh, the NCAA has decided this makes to much sense and we can not allow things that make sense.

Great idea & video. I would love for you to do this with the G5 conferences too.

This is the best conference realignment I have seen the only thing I would do differently is put Northwestern back in the Big Ten and remove South Florida from the Big East and put in Penn State. I'm an old guy and seeing Penn State in the Big Ten and no longer playing Pitt, Syracuse, and West Virginia is something I still can't get my head around.

Awesome show, Josh! I couldn't agree more! All hail old-school College Football! I long for those old days when logic and tradition ruled the day!

Damn!!! You are definitely the smartest guy in the room!!!! I love all of your suggestions!!!!

If I could prognosticate for a moment, I foresee the larger brands within the jumbo conferences having serious squabbles over financials in 6-ish or so years (likely spurred by changing viewing habits, inflexible leadership, and preferred access to a larger playoff system as catalysts), and smaller conferences become the preferred business model again. 10-12 teams per conference, as many as 7 power conferences by 2030, lots of non-conference games per year to satisfy gen z viewing habits (which are yet to be truly determined, but could be a major factor in where the money goes.)

Love it! Conferences that make sense

Love it!! Everything about it!! 👋👋👋🙌🙌

ACC should change their name to the American Coastal Conference. That way they can maintain all ACC logos while just changing one word.

greatest realignment i have ever seen! I didn't realize it until now, but I really miss the Pac-10 and Josh created the PERFECT realignment! So beautiful!

This video was a breath of fresh air! Thanks, Josh!

You tell them Josh!

One of the best segments of the show and this version of college football would instantly be better than the current one

Thank you, Josh Pate, for bringing some common sense and logic into the world college football, where common sense and logic don't exist. I applaud you tremendously for your love and passion for college football, and I hope your show continues to grow. Keep up the good work!

Can someone just give pate the keys to the NCAA? This is the best idea I’ve heard for the sport in years. This new way of doing things is killing the sport.

old man and I LOVE it

Vandy is more controversial to me bc their founder was a leader in creating the SEC in the first place. If you take history into account, you can’t remove the school that helped create the conference you’re kicking it out of.

This is brilliant. As a guy who played ncaa football, I use to love rearranging the conferences. However, the big 8, big east, and southwest conference where not available. I hope the new college football game will have the old conferences available.

My only change… add Oklahoma and BYU to the Big 8 and call them the Real Big Ten just to make the Big Ten mad.

War on I-4 returns? As a conference game? Got my thumbs up!!! Would love to see this happen, would make college ball SO much more fun to watch. (not that it isn't already)

This is glorious, Pate for CFB Emperor for life!!!!

I nominate Josh Pate as the next Commissioner of College Football.

Mizzou getting screwed. As a Mizzou fan I would make a new Conference. Mizzou, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Oklahoma, Oklahoma st, Arkansas , Nebraska

This would be perfect and i agree yea the playoffs would not ruin the regular season this way. You just created a space for at least 70 or so teams to be in a healthy position

Josh just perfected college football🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Just wish it was RL

Josh, this video just earned you a subscriber. I love the attention to historical details and the understanding that there is enough room at the table for more than 40 teams in 2 conferences. But your Big East selections broke my heart here. As a Louisville fan, I would do ANYTHING to detach our program from Boston College, Rutgers, Syracuse, etc. This is outside of regular college football knowledge, but since the 90’s and Tom Jurich as AD, we’ve worked TIRELESSLY to separate our program from these mid major esque teams. We earned SEC membership back around 2010 only to be blocked by UK’s arbitrary veto power. This spiraled into us joining the ACC after passing on the Big 12. But we’ve gone from Metro to MVC to Big East to ACC in a matter of decades, climbing higher and higher each time. We have the resources to compete with upgraded opponents and it’s been clear for decades. Please, (I know you have no authority here) give us the respect we’ve fought SO HARD for. Put us in a conference with Miami and FSU. Make sure we play Cincy and WVU regularly, but don’t shove us into some irrelevant conference again PLEASE. Much love brother. Maybe you can swap Rutgers for Miami or something like that. We deserve to compete against a “big boy” like we have for ky entire life. I love the conferences you chose to bring back and I love most of the placements(disagree about OU and UT), but Louisville deserves better than being the clear favorite of whatever conference they end up in. That’s my issue with the Big12 actually. We’re a sure fire addition assuming we’re passed up by the SEC and B1G, but let’s be honest here. Day one in the Big 12, Louisville runs the show. That just sounds boring to me, though basketball season sounds super fun!

Here’s perfectly ideal college football… -9 power conferences with 9 teams in each -5 “group” conferences, 9/10 teams each -Play 8 conference games, 4 non conference -No divisions, top two teams in each conference make conference championship -12 team playoff, including top 10 conference champions + 2 at larges ***Major Conferences*** Northwoods Conference Washington Washington State Oregon State Oregon Boise State Utah BYU Wyoming Colorado Southwest Conference Cal Stanford USC UCLA San Diego State Nevada UNLV Arizona Arizona State Red River Conference Texas Tech TCU SMU Baylor Houston Texas A&M Texas Oklahoma Oklahoma State Southeastern Conference Louisiana LSU Arkansas Memphis Vandy Ole Miss Mississippi State Alabama Auburn Sunpeach Conference Georgia Georgia Tech Georgia State Florida State Florida Miami UCF USF FAU Appalachian Conference South Carolina Clemson Tennessee Appalachian State Wake Forest NC State UNC Duke West Virginia New England Conference Syracuse Boston College Rutgers Penn State Pittsburgh Maryland Virginia Liberty Virginia Tech Midwest Conference Michigan Michigan State Ohio State Cincinatti Illinois Indiana Notre Dame Louisville Kentucky Great Plains Conference Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota State Iowa State Iowa Nebraska Kansas State Kansas Missouri ***Group Conferences*** Great West Conference Hawaii San Jose State Fresno State Utah State Colorado State Air Force New Mexico New Mexico State UTEP Southern Conference UTSA Texas State North Texas Rice Tulsa Louisiana Tech Louisiana Monroe Tulane Southern Miss Arkansas State Atlantic Conference Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee UAB Troy South Alabama FIU Georgia Southern Coastal Carolina Charlotte Northeast Conference Marshall Ohio Old Dominion Navy Temple Army UConn UMass Akron Buffalo Mid American Conference Northern Illinois Northwestern Purdue Ball State Miami (OH) Bowling Green Western Michigan Eastern Michigan Central Michigan Kent State

pate state staying independent in todays climate is a massive show of strength.

Just make this happen. I agree 100000000%. Would’ve done a few different things but this is a million times better than the shit show that we have today with conferences

Brilliant, love it, been working on a similar setup for at least 25-years. Going beyond: I would force Norte Dame and Northwestern into your Big 8 Conference and call it the Mid America 10 Conference. I would create an Independent 10 conference and it would include: Boise State, BYU, Colorado State, Massachusetts, Memphis, San Jose State, Tulane, U. Conn, Vanderbilt, and Wyoming; I know, The Traveling Big 10 might be a better name. There is your 16-Team National Championship bracket with the conference champion and runner-up getting in. The winner of the Independent 10 Conference would have the option, repeat option, to trade places with the last place team in any other conference. Any other football program not included among these 80 teams, with a sufficiently good record, would have the option, repeat option, to trade places with the last place team in the independent 10 Conference.

I love it. The only problem is that this won’t actually be a reality. 😢 College football has been hijacked. Sad.

Along with the conference realignment, you gotta do something about the network duopoly cartel. Perhaps regulators step in with anti-trust regulation that doesn’t permit ESPN to tip the scales towards the SEC and B1G with their multi billion dollar thumb. Gonna need to see Saturday 1PM televised games for all your P7.

This guy is about to start a war lol. I like his ideas.

This alignment is beautiful

Your proposal makes more sense than anything currently out.there.

This is excellent and would be close to ideal.

Pretty good. Here are my six 12-team conferences: PAC-12: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Utah, California, Stanford, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State Southwest: Arkansas, LSU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Houston, Rice, SMU, Texas, TCU, Texas Tech, Texas A&M Big 12: Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Iowa State, Memphis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Boston College, Connecticut, Syracuse Big Ten: Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Northwestern, Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers ACC: Pitt, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Miami, UCF SEC: Clemson, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Florida State, Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Kentucky

Now if we could get him to do a relegation model just interested in his approach but I actually really like this would modify it some for preference but I like round robin instead of conference title games (maybe a good idea for the G5 to be showcased)

Great realignment but what about the "lesser" conferences such as MAC, Sun, etc. How would they fit in?

Well done Josh! Only thing I would change is swap Maryland and Virginia Tech, but other than that, this warms my college football lovin' heart.

Southwest conference was my dream! It was perfect

There is only one small change I would make to this. Put South Carolina in the ACC and Georgia Tech in the SEC. Makes more sense geographically and it puts those teams back in their original conferences.

I absolutely love that. I wish you were in charge. It just makes way too much sense to actually happen, though.

If you had a single TV contact with all "College Football, Inc.," this is easy. If you reset the conferences but have each conference have their own TV contacts, then the process we are on now starts again from from the reset point.

I am a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, but please do not discount that as I bleed Old Gold and White. To say I am a diehard fan of Georgia Tech is an understatement. Every Saturday, since I was a child living in College Park, Georgia, I have followed my Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. I am so sad to see what is happening to college football where I pray we are not relegated to the second division right off the bat. Who’d have thought I’d be talking English soccer terms about my beloved college football???

The ONLY problem with this set-up is that on NCAA14 if you only have 10 teams in a conference (and not 12) you don't get a conference championship game

How about creating a new conference... Eastern Conference: FSU, PSU, ND, Clemson, Miami, Maryland, VT, Pitt, West Virginia, GT... then Northwestern to B1G; UCONN, Memphis, Liberty to Big East; ECU, App State, Coastal Carolina, James Madison, Vanderbilt to ACC; Oklahoma and BYU to Big 8; Tulane to SWC.

This version of the Big 8 would be so cool. Would love to see it

I'd leave Northwestern in the Big Ten, move Penn State to independent or Big East, and put Maryland back in the ACC. Otherwise completely agree.

I loved it for the most part. The only change I would have made would have been to switch virginia and virginia tech for UCF and USF. That would have worked better for the regionality in my opinion.