I previously posted a blog entry where I argued for a 16-member MWC that resembled the old 16-member WAC. In that article I considered Boise St, San Diego St, Houston, and Southern Methodist as locks for this conference and speculated that BYU, Tulsa, UTSA, and UTEP could be considered to help fill out the league. But what if they were able to add all of those schools and have 18 members? Sure the league would be over-sized but the champion of this league would have to be a lock for the new football playoffs. You could set it up two different ways--two divisions of 9 or three divisions of 6:
East--SMU, Houston, Tulsa, UTSA, UTEP, New Mexico, Air Force, Colorado St, Wyoming
West--BYU, Utah St, Boise St, Nevada, UNLV, San Jose St, Fresno St, San Diego St, Hawaii
OR
Pacific--Nevada, UNLV, San Jose St, Fresno St, San Diego St, Hawaii
Mountain--BYU, Utah St, Boise St, Air Force, Colorado St, Wyoming
Central--SMU, Houston, Tulsa, UTSA, UTEP, New Mexico
Each of these models would require some creative scheduling but I think they do I good job of keeping rivals together. The likelihood of something like this getting adopted is probably minuscule because a larger conference diminishes the value that the more profitable schools bring the league but its an intriguing thought.
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