Part I is here.
So here's part II, based on geography. Same NCAA12 rules apply:
NCAA 12 Rules: Must have 4 Independent Teams. Must have 4 teams per conference. No conferences can be destroyed. Schools consist of only those in NCAA12--no created schools or schools moving up to FBS in 2013, like UMASS.
Own rules: Make categories fit together as best given the rules above. Schools in the same state must be in the same conference. Independents must be drawn from states with only one FBS school in them.
So, here we go. Again, enjoy, discuss, debate, hypothesize how they'd do...whatever. You miscreants are the only ones who could appreciate my time and effort on something so useless.
| Big East |
| Syracuse Orange |
| Army Black Knights |
| Buffalo Bulls |
| Penn St Nittany Lions |
| Pitt Panthers |
| Temple Owls |
| Maryland Terps |
| Navy Mids |
| Marshall Herd |
| WVU Mountaineers |
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10 Teams
3 Northeastern teams became Independents, so I drew the dividing line for this conference at the Civil War border.
| ACC |
| UNC Tarheels |
| NC State Wolfpack |
| ECU Pirates |
| Duke Blue Devils |
| Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| VT Hokies |
| VA Cavaliers |
| SC Gamecocks |
| Fuck Clemson Tigers |
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9 Teams
ACC=VA, NC, SC
| SEC |
| FIU Golden Panthers |
| FAU Owls |
| USF Bulls |
| Florida Gators |
| FSU Seminoles |
| UCF Golden Knights |
| Miami Hurricanes |
| UGA Bulldogs |
| GT Yellowjackets |
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9 Teams
SEC = Florida and Georgia
| Sun Belt |
| Alabama Crimson Tide |
| UAB Blazers |
| Auburn Tigers |
| Troy Trojans |
| Miss St Bulldogs |
| Ole Miss Rebs |
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| S. Miss Golden Eagles |
| LSU Tigers |
| LA Monroe Warhawks |
| La Tech Bulldogs |
| Tulane Green Wave |
| Louisiana/Lafayette Ragin Cajuns |
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12 Teams
Sun Belt = Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. I threw Southern Miss in with the LA teams because Oxford and Starkville were closer to Alabama than LA.
| MAC |
| Ohio Bobcats |
| Cinci Bearcats |
| Bowling Green Falcons |
| Miami Redhawks |
| Akron Zips |
| Toledo Rockets |
| Ohio State Buckeyes |
| Kent St. Golden Flashes |
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8 Teams
MAC=Ohio. It's tOSU's dream come true.
| B1G |
| KY Wildcats |
| Louis Cards |
| WKU Hilltoppers |
| Tenn Volunteers |
| Vandy Commodores |
| Memphis Tigers |
| MTSU Blue Raiders |
| Ball St Cards |
| IND Hoosiers |
| ND Irish |
| ? Boilermakers |
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11 Teams
ND finally joins the B1G...which is now teams from Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
| Conf USA |
| C. Mich Chippewas |
| E. Mich Eagles |
| Mich Wolverines |
| W. Michigan Broncos |
| MSU Spartans |
| Wisc Badgers |
| Minn Gophers |
| Illinois Illini |
| N. Ill Huskies |
| Northwestern Wildcats |
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10 Teams
CUSA = Michigan, Wisc, Minnesota, and Illinois
| Big 12 |
| Iowa St. Cyclones |
| Iowa Hawkeyes |
| Missouri Tigers |
| Kansas St. Wildcats |
| KS Jayhawks |
| Arkansas Razorbacks |
| Arky St Red Wolves |
| Ok St Cowboys |
| Oklahoma Sooners |
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane |
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10 teams
Big 12 = Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansa, and Oklahoma. Sounds bizarre, until you look at the map and see they line up nicely.
| WAC |
| Texas Longhorns |
| UTEP Miners |
| TCU Frogs |
| Texas A&M Aggies |
| Rice Owls |
| Tex Tech Red Raiders |
| N. Texas Mean Green |
| Houston Cougars |
| SMU Mustangs |
| Baylor Bears |
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10 Teams
WAC = Texas. Pretty simple.
| Mountain West |
| Boise St. Broncos |
| Idaho Vandals |
| Utah Utes |
| Utah St Aggies |
| BYU Cougars |
| Nevada Wolfpack |
| UNLV Running Rebs |
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| New Mex Lobos |
| NM State Aggies |
| ASU Sun Devils |
| AZ Wildcats |
| Air Force Falcons |
| Colorado Buffaloes |
| Colorado St Rams |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers |
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15 teams
MWC = Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico in one division, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho in the other, divided sort of on a SW--NE axis. Wyoming was going to be in here as well, but I needed a 4th Independent, and it's not like anyone will miss them.
| Pac12 |
| USC Trojans |
| UCLA Bruins |
| Cal Bears |
| San Jose St Spartans |
| SDSU Aztecs |
| Fresno St Bulldogs |
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| Stanford Cardinal |
| Hawaii Warriors |
| Oregon Ducks |
| Oregon St Beavers |
| WSU Cougars |
| Wash. Huskies |
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12 Teams
Sure, Hawaii would make sense as a geographic Independent, but screw you, I'm a Hawaii grad and we're winning the PAC 12, baby. Plus, it made a logical choice for a 12th team--not like Wyoming or Boston College was going to fit here.
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