College Football Dream Conference Alignment

Anyone who follows college football knows that there are some serious shake-ups in the offing. In this case, it's not necessarily a good thing because television and money is trumping play-style, old alliances, and geographical concerns. So, here's my dream conference alignment that will never ever happen. (Automatic BCS qualifiers are marked with an asterisk, and note that there are fewer now--only 4, which leaves more chances for other conferences.)

ACC-North

• Boston College
• Georgia Tech
• Maryland
• Navy
• North Carolina
• NC State

ACC-South

• Duke
• Miami (FL)
• South Carolina
• South Florida
• Virginia
• Wake Forest

Big East

• Army
• Connecticut
• East Carolina
• Memphis
• Pitt
• Rutgers
• Syracuse
• West Va

Big XII-North*

• Arkansas
• Colorado
• Oklahoma
• Oklahoma State
• Texas Christian
• Texas Tech

Big XII-South*

• Arizona
• Arizona State
• Houston
• Mississippi State
• Texas
• Texas A&M

CSA (Conference of Student Athletics)

• Baylor
• Northwestern
• Rice
• SMU
• Temple
• Tulane
• Vanderbilt

C-USA-East

• Alabama-Birmingham
• Central Florida
• Florida Atlantic
• Marshall
• Middle Tennessee State
• Troy
• Western Kentucky

C-USA-West

• Arkansas State
• Louisiana-Lafayette
• Louisiana-Monroe
• La Tech
• Kansas State
• North Texas
• UT-El Paso

Heartland Conference (Formerly the Big 1Ten1)-Great Lakes*

• Illinois
• Indiana
• Michigan
• Michigan State
• Minnesota
• Purdue
• Wisconsin

Heartland Conference-Great Plains*

• Cincinnati
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Mizzou
• Nebraska
• Notre Dame
• Ohio State

MAC-East

• Akron
• Bowling Green
• Buffalo
• Kent State
• Miami (OH)
• Ohio
• Toledo

MAC-West

• Ball State
• Central Michigan
• Eastern Michigan
• Iowa State
• Northern Illinois
• Western Michigan

M-WAC (Formerly MWC and WAC)

• Colorado State
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Nevada
• New Mexico
• New Mexico State
• San Jose State
• UNLV
• Utah
• Utah State
• Wyoming

MWC (Dissolved)

Pac-12 (Formerly Pac-10)-Emerald*

• Boise State
• BYU
• Oregon
• Oregon State
• Washington
• Wazzu

Pac-12-Golden*

• Cal
• Fresno State
• San Diego State
• Stanford
• UCLA
• USC

SEC-East*

• Florida
• Florida State
• Clemson
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Va Tech

SEC-West*

• Alabama
• Auburn
• LSU
• Mississippi
• Southern Miss
• Tennessee

Sun-Belt (Dissolved)

WAC (Dissolved)