If the Big East gets its way — and if it can't land Boise State, something the league is still trying to do — Rutgers would be in the same division as Connecticut, Central Florida, South Florida, Temple and Navy in a tentative rough draft of the reconfigured 12-team football league that came out of today's conference call, a leading college official said.

West Virginia, Air Force, SMU, Houston, Louisville and Cincinnati would comprise the other division under that scenario.

The official requested anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss details of the conference call of the football-only schools this morning.

Boise State remains a target of the league for the same reason TCU originally was: The Broncos will help the Big East when it is evaluated for the next round for receiving an automatic bid to the BCS starting in 2014.

Though Big East presidents are hesitant to add Boise State at this point, the league's athletic directors are pushing for it because of what it means for football, the official said.

The first draft of the future Big East could blow up if Louisville is grabbed by the Big 12 or if Navy — still fence-sitting about the conference — decides not to join for football only.

If Navy isn't part of the expansion, Villanova could be the replacement.

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If Boise State is added, West Virginia would shift from the Western division to the one with Rutgers, replacing either Navy or Temple.

Tom Luicci: tluicci@starledger.com