Everyone says the future of college football is 2 mega conferences. Here's what that might look like with a exciting promotion and relegation based system:
| BIG 1 | $120 | SEC1 | $120 | |
| University of Michigan | University of Alabama | |||
| The Ohio State University | University of Oklahoma | |||
| Pennsylvania State University | University of Texas at Austin | |||
| University of Notre Dame | University of Georgia | |||
| Clemson University | Louisiana State University | |||
| Florida State University | University of Tennessee | |||
| University of Southern California | University of Florida | |||
| University of Oregon | Texas A&M University | |||
| University of Washington | Auburn University | |||
| BIG 2 | $90 | SEC 2 | $90 | |
| Michigan State University | University of Arkansas | |||
| University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Oklahoma State University | |||
| University of Miami | Kansas State University | |||
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Brigham Young University | |||
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | University of Utah | |||
| University of California, Los Angeles | Texas Christian University | |||
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | University of South Carolina | |||
| University of Iowa | University of Mississippi | |||
| University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | Texas Tech University | |||
| BIG 3 | $65 | SEC 3 | $65 | |
| Rutgers University–New Brunswick | University of Arizona | |||
| Indiana University Bloomington | Arizona State University | |||
| North Carolina State University | University of Colorado, Boulder | |||
| Purdue University | University of Kentucky | |||
| University of Louisville | University of Missouri | |||
| University of Pittsburgh | Mississippi State University | |||
| University of Virginia | West Virginia University | |||
| University of Maryland, College Park | Baylor University | |||
| University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign | Iowa State University | |||
| BIG 4 | $40 | SEC 4 | $40 | |
| Wake Forest University | Vanderbilt University | |||
| Stanford University | University of Central Florida | |||
| University of California, Berkeley | University of Houston | |||
| Northwestern University | University of Connecticut | |||
| Duke University | University of Cincinnati | |||
| Boston College | San Diego State | |||
| Syracuse University | University of Kansas | |||
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Washington State University | |||
| Southern Methodist University | Oregon State University | |||
Rules:
- 9 teams in each division
- Teams play 8 divisional games, 3 games against teams in the same division of the opposite conference, and 1 group of 5 game.
- Top 2 teams in divisions 2-4 play a neutral site divisional championship game to see who gets promoted, bottom 2 teams in divisions 1-3 play a home site elimination game to see who gets relegated (road team is last place position team). Promotion and relegation positions based on record against teams in same division within conference with tie breakers being head to head match-up followed by point differential.
- TV payouts per division are 120 Million, 90 Million, 65 Million, and 40 Million
- Top 4 teams from each Division 1 make the playoffs, with top 2 getting byes to second round In January, while the others play the first round during conference championship week. Top 2 teams from Division 2 make playoff first round. 12 teams total make playoffs.The game between the top 2 teams in each Division 2 serves as both a promotion championship game AND the first round game of the playoffs.
- Teams play an FCS opponent in a spring game exhibition.
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