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It's really this simple:
- No more conferences
- Set up connected tiers of 12 teams each with promotion/relegation. Top 3 teams in each division get promoted or relegated each year.
- Teams play the other the 11 other teams in their division once per year.
- You can either declare the team at the top of the division 1 standings the champion, or you can have a playoff featuring the top 4 teams. You can even use playoffs to determine promotion/relegation throughout all of the divisions instead of using the final standings.
- Smaller-conference teams like UCF will have a fair chance to win their way into division 1 and win the overall championship,
- There's drama for good AND bad teams throughout the divisions. Every game matters. Imagine the Gophers at 1-5 with fans and players motivated and determined to avoid relegation to the division below, or Northwestern fighting to jump up to division 1.
Determine the team placement for the first year of the promotion/relegation system via some sort of ranking system from the previous year. If it started in 2019 (CFB playoff rankings used here):
Division 1:
1. Alabama Crimson tide
2. Clemson Tigers
3. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
4. Oklahoma Sooners
------makes championship playoff------
5. Georgia Bulldogs
6. Ohio State Buckeyes
7. Michigan Wolverines
8. UCF Knights
9. Washington Huskies
-----relegated to D2-------
10. Florida Gators
11. LSU Tigers
12. Penn State Nittany Lions
Division 2:
13. Washington State
14. Kentucky
15. Texas
------promoted to D1------
16. West Virginia
17. Utah
18. Mississippi St.
19. Texas A&M
20. Syracuse
21. Fresno State
------relegated to D3------
22. Northwestern
23. Missouri Tigers
24. Iowa State Cyclones
Division 3
Division 4
Division 5 ....
- No more conferences
- Set up connected tiers of 12 teams each with promotion/relegation. Top 3 teams in each division get promoted or relegated each year.
- Teams play the other the 11 other teams in their division once per year.
- You can either declare the team at the top of the division 1 standings the champion, or you can have a playoff featuring the top 4 teams. You can even use playoffs to determine promotion/relegation throughout all of the divisions instead of using the final standings.
- Smaller-conference teams like UCF will have a fair chance to win their way into division 1 and win the overall championship,
- There's drama for good AND bad teams throughout the divisions. Every game matters. Imagine the Gophers at 1-5 with fans and players motivated and determined to avoid relegation to the division below, or Northwestern fighting to jump up to division 1.
Determine the team placement for the first year of the promotion/relegation system via some sort of ranking system from the previous year. If it started in 2019 (CFB playoff rankings used here):
Division 1:
1. Alabama Crimson tide
2. Clemson Tigers
3. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
4. Oklahoma Sooners
------makes championship playoff------
5. Georgia Bulldogs
6. Ohio State Buckeyes
7. Michigan Wolverines
8. UCF Knights
9. Washington Huskies
-----relegated to D2-------
10. Florida Gators
11. LSU Tigers
12. Penn State Nittany Lions
Division 2:
13. Washington State
14. Kentucky
15. Texas
------promoted to D1------
16. West Virginia
17. Utah
18. Mississippi St.
19. Texas A&M
20. Syracuse
21. Fresno State
------relegated to D3------
22. Northwestern
23. Missouri Tigers
24. Iowa State Cyclones
Division 3
Division 4
Division 5 ....