Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Introduction

Having grown unsatisfied with the uninspiring results of last seasons playoff and especially after predicting a virtual repeat here I decided to create my own College Football Pyramid complete with promotion and relegation over the various tiers.

The difference between myself and other proposals of this ilk is I will actually be simulating the season under the following arrangement as opposed to just throwing out hypotheticals with recency bias.




Premier League - Top 22 all time winning percentage, two divisions of eleven arranged geographically.  Division winners meet for the overall championship.  Bottom two teams in each division are relegated.

Championships - Rest of the power 5 arranged into four groups of eleven with Rutgers swapped out for Boise State.  Arranged geographically.  Group winners are promoted, bottom two teams relegated.

Conferences - Rest of FBS with FCS teams added to make up the numbers.  Eight groups of nine.  Group winners promoted.

Geographic arrangement was done longitudinally.  I admit the geographic names don't make total sense.  Any quibble over how the teams have been arranged should be resolved by the results throughout this season and subsequent seasons.

Single round-robin format.  Realignment by geography after each season.  Massey Predictor used for game results.



Your Week 1 Schedule (sorted by away)



Alabama
LSU
Appalachian State
Liberty
Arkansas State
Tulane
Auburn
Oklahoma
Baylor
Arkansas
Buffalo
Massachusetts
BYU
Oregon
California
Stanford
Central Michigan
Western Michigan
Colorado
Oregon State
Colorado State
Wyoming
Connecticut
Navy
Duke
Boston College
East Carolina
Temple
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
Florida International
Coastal Carolina
Florida State
Clemson
Fresno State
UNLV
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
Hawaii
Utah State
Houston
Sam Houston State
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Vanderbilt
Iowa State
Minnesota
James Madison
Florida Atlantic
Kansas State
Kansas
Kentucky
Purdue
Louisville
Northwestern
Marshall
Akron
Memphis
Northern Illinois
Miami (OH)
Ball State
Michigan State
Virginia Tech
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Nevada
Idaho
New Mexico
UTSA
New Mexico State
UTEP
North Dakota State
Rice
Ohio State
Georgia
Oklahoma State
Iowa
Old Dominion
Rutgers
Penn State
Michigan
San Jose State
Eastern Washington
SMU
North Texas
South Alabama
ULLAF
South Carolina
North Carolina State
South Dakota State
Texas State
South Florida
Charlotte
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Miami (FL)
Texas A&M
USC
Texas Christian
Missouri
Toledo
Cincinnati
Troy
Jacksonville State
Tulsa
Louisiana Tech
UCLA
Washington State
ULM
Illinois State
Utah
Arizona
Wake Forest
Maryland
Washington
Arizona State
West Virginia
North Carolina
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State

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