Skunkapekiller manifesto 2.0




mountain west conference

north

idaho
montana
montana state
north dakota
north dakota state
portland state
sacramento state

south

wyoming
colorado state
san jose state
nevada-reno
utah state
new mexico
new mexico state


conference usa

west

tulsa
rice
texas-el paso
north texas
ut-san antonio
la-tech
tulane

east

marshall
east carolina
florida international
unc-charlotte
southern miss
alabama-birmingham
delaware



mid-american conference

north

bowling green
ball state
toledo
northern illinois
western michigan
central michigan
eastern michigan

south

miami
kent state
akron
ohio
buffalo
western kentucky
youngstown state


sun belt conference

east

florida atlantic
florida a & m
appalachian state
georgia state
georgia southern
old dominion
james madison


west

texas state
middle tennessee state
la-monroe
la-lafayette
south alabama
arkansas state
troy


big 6 conferences


acc

north

north carolina
north carolina state
duke
boston college
syracuse
maryland
pittsburgh

south

virginia
virginia tech
georgia tech
clemson
florida state
miami
wake forest


big 10 conference

east

minnesota
wisconsin
indiana
illinois
northwestern
purdue

west

iowa
michigan
michigan state
penn state
nebraska
ohio state


big 12 conference

north

iowa state
kansas
kansas state
oklahoma state
oklahoma

south

texas
texas christian
baylor
texas tech
west virginia



big east conference

north

uconn
umass
villanova
rutgers
temple

south

memphis
cincinnati
smu
houston
louisville

east

south florida
central florida
army
navy
air force

west

sdsu
boise state
hawaii
fresno state
unlv


pac 12 conference

north

washinton state
washington
oregon
oregon state
stanford
california-berkely

south

arizona
arizona state
california-los angeles
southern california
colorado
utah


sec

west

arkansas
missouri
texas a&m
vanderbilt
louisiana state
kentucky
tennessee

east

mississippi
mississippi state
georgia
south carolina
auburn
alabama
florida


independents

brigham young
notre dame






conference usa / mountain west + sun belt / mac scheduling alliance

6 conference games / 2 flex games

4 conference championship games mwc / conf usa / sun belt / mac

2 championship games between the mwc versus conf usa and sun belt versus mac (best winning % during flex play hosts)

flex games are 1 home / 1 away every year between conf usa / mwc and sun belt / mac

(ex: Wyoming hosts montana / wyoming travels to tulsa one year and wyoming travels to idaho / host rice the next)
(ex: Akron hosts troy / akron travels to toledo one year and akron travels to texas state / host bowling green the next)


big 6 conference schools play 7 conference games / 2 out of conferences games / 1 championship game
big 6 ooc games are played within the big 6 conferences (only fbs schools play fbs schools)



16 teams make the national tournament
124 remaining teams can accept bids to current bowls



conf-usa / mwc 1 automatic bid
sun belt / mac 1 automatic bid
big east 2 automatic bids
big 12 2 automatic bids
pac12 2 automatic bids
big 10 2 automatic bids
acc 2 automatic bids
sec 2 automatic bids
2 at- large bids



round of 16 (eight home games to highest seeds)

1. Auburn v 16. Troy
2. Oregon v 15. North dakota state
3. Alabama v 14. Boise state
4. Lsu v 13. Usc
5. Michigan v 12. Ohio state
6. Miami v 11. Florida state
7. Clemson v 10. Oklahoma
8. Texas v 9. Houston

round of 8 (bowl sites)

1. Lsu v 8. Oklahoma (cotton bowl)
2. Alabama v 7. Clemson (peach bowl)
3. Usc v 5. Florida state (gator bowl)
4. Oregon v 6. Miami (orange bowl)

round of 4 (bowl sites-rotation between the 3 sites)

1. Lsu v 4. Oregon (fiesta bowl)
2. Alabama v 3. Texas (rose bowl)

national championship (jan 1st)

1. Lsu v 2. Alabama (sugar bowl)