The New Era of the NCAA By: Mr. Dunlap

We have already seen during the past year, change is coming with the NCAA. Football is leading the way. Conferences all want to have a conference championship game, which can bring in an extra $15-20 million for the conference. The BCS conferences have had all the power and in the future with this expansion and realignment, they will have even more. There will be 4 super conferences. Why we are here?

Conference Snap Shot 16 teams each 12-18 teams “Big 4” Super Conferences “Little 4” Mid-Majors 16 teams each Big 10 Pac 10 Southeastern Atlantic Coast 12-18 teams Big East Mid-American Conference USA Big West Conference Snap Shot

The BIG 10 - 16 teams East West Ohio State Michigan Michigan State Notre Dame Penn State Pittsburgh Rutgers West Virginia Illinois Indiana Iowa Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Purdue Wisconsin The BIG 10 - 16 teams

The PAC 10 - 16 teams North South Boise State Cal Colorado Oregon Oregon State Stanford Washington Washington State Arizona Arizona State TCU Texas Texas A&M Texas Tech UCLA USC The PAC 10 - 16 teams

The SEC - 16 teams East West Clemson Florida Florida State Geogia Georgia Tech Miami South Carolina Tennessee Alabama Arkansas Auburn LSU Mississippi Mississippi State Oklahoma Oklahoma State The SEC - 16 teams

The ACC - 16 teams North South Boston College Duke Maryland North Carolina North Carolina State Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest Baylor Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Kentucky Missouri South Florida Vanderbilt The ACC - 16 teams

The Big East - 12 teams East West Army Cincinnati Louisville Navy Syracuse UConn Houston Memphis Rice SMU Southern Miss Tulane The Big East - 12 teams

The MAC - 14 teams East West Akron Buffalo Kent State Marshall Miami Ohio Temple Ball State Bowling Green Central Michigan Eastern Michigan Northern Illinios Toledo Western Michigan The MAC - 14 teams

Conference USA - 12 teams East West Central Florida East Carolina Florida Atlantic Florida International Middle Tennessee Western Kentucky Arkansas State North Texas Troy Tulsa UAB UTEP Conference USA - 12 teams

The Big West - 18 teams Mid-West Far West Air Force Brigham Young Colorado State Idaho Louisana Tech Louisana Lafayette Louisana Monroe UNLV Wyoming Fresno State Hawaii Nevada New Mexico New Mexico State San Diego State San Jose State Utah Utah State The Big West - 18 teams

Post-Season “Big 4” Conferences “Little 4” Conferences Top 3 Teams – Playoff 7-5 record – bowl game Champion – Playoff 7-5 record - bowl game Post-Season

Playoffs Computers to seed 16 teams to be played at bowl site Will start a week after the conference championship games and run on each Saturday, ending on SuperBowl Saturday First round sites Outback, Alamo, Liberty, Sun, Holiday, Insight, Champs, and Las Vegas Quarterfinals Fiesta, Cotton, Gator, and Capital One Semifinals Sugar and Orange Championsip Game Rose Playoffs

Bowl Games 20 bowl games are left 10 Bowl games will be played by the “Big 4” teams 10 Bowl games will be played by the “Little 4” Each team will be required to have a record of at least 7-5 instead of the current 6-6 Will be played Tuesday and Thursday during the playoffs Bowl Games

Sample Tournament Ohio State East Carolina Ohio State North Carolina Ohio State Iowa Iowa Nebraska Ohio State Kansas State Nebraska Virginia Tech Nebraska Brigham Young Virginia Tech Ohio State Cincinnati Boise State Boise State Oregon Boise State Oklahoma Oklahoma Boise State Miami Texas Miami Alabama Alabama Temple Alabama Sample Tournament

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