Back in May, we got so bored of the offseason and so jacked up about some soccer thing that we decided to make over all of college football and install a national relegation system. We had nothing better to do than to try and outnerd each other for a week. May, man.

Catch up with us by reading Kevin McCauley on what relegation is and how it works, Spencer Hall's case for making college football even more awesome, a seven-tier relegation plan stretching essentially from the BCS to NAIA, and Bill Connelly's seven-year simulation of such a system in action. Appalachian State hangs in the SEC for like the whole thing!

We want to touch back on this again when the May doldrums take hold, but it's time to take a look at how the upper few tiers would've played out this year under the simplest relegation plan we have at the moment: five geographical columns (one for each BCS conference minus the Big East), seven tiers in each column spanning BCS to NAIA, the worst team from each conference goes down, and the champion from each conference goes up. Bolt a 16-team playoff on top of this while we're at it, if you like, since we're in charge here now.

Let's start with the simplest one. (Though we're only doing the top four tiers here, for sake of brevity.) Each conference also includes average Sagarin ratings, both before and after relegation. Sagarin, since it's the best system that grades FBS and FCS teams alongside each other.

Pac-12

Tier 1 Pac-12 Sagarin Stanford 9 Oregon 3 UCLA 20 Oregon State 12 USC 17 Washington 42 Arizona State 25 Arizona 36 Utah 51 California 68 Colorado 143 Boise State+ 33 AVG before 42.83 AVG after 38.25 Tier 2 Mountain West Sagarin Washington State- 88 Fresno State 37 San Diego State 59 Air Force 106 Nevada 71 Wyoming 110 Colorado State 118 UNLV 148 New Mexico 132 Utah State+ 18 AVG before 96.7 AVG after 88.7 Tier 3 WAC Sagarin Hawaii- 153 San Jose State 30 Louisiana Tech 45 UTSA 109 Texas State 119 Idaho 165 EWU+ 83 AVG before 94.29 AVG after 100.57 Tier 4 Big Sky Sagarin New Mexico State- 174 Montana State 85 Cal Poly 86 Northern Arizona 114 Sacramento State 149 Northern Colorado 166 Southern Utah 134 Montana 151 North Dakota 145 UC Davis 157 Portland State 161 Weber State 171 CSU-Pueblo+ ? Idaho State- 219 AVG before 147.08 AVG after ?

In our full system, we start putting multiple conferences into each column's tier (made-up jargon!) around the Tier 4 mark, but the Pac-12 column doesn't really have that going on, since west coast teams and conferences are more spread out.

Though Washington State finished with a better record than Colorado and was quite clearly the better team by the end of the year, the Buffaloes still beat Wazzu, and according to the Pac-12's tiebreakers, Mike Leach's Cougars get kicked down a level. Lucky for Colorado, which would've struggled in the Tier 3 WAC, let alone the Tier 2 Mountain West. Crashing the Pac-12 party is MWC champion Boise State -- as in, they're not going way out to the Big East next year. See how this makes so much more sense than realignment already?

Utah State earns its way into the MWC (which it's joining anyway in real life), while Hawaii earns its way back into the WAC (which it just left in real life). Also, our plan preserves the existence of WAC football. Another neat thing we've got going.

Dropping to Tier 5 here: 1-10 Idaho State. Rising is Colorado State-Pueblo, which went 12-0 before getting knocked out of the Division II quarterfinals.

Big 12

Tier 1 Big 12 Sagarin Notre Dame 2 Kansas State 5 Oklahoma 8 Texas 15 Oklahoma State 14 Baylor 19 TCU 26 BYU 24 Texas Tech 28 West Virginia 29 Iowa State 39 Tulsa+ 57 AVG before 24.67 AVG after 22.17 Tier 2 Conference USA Sagarin Kansas- 87 UCF 48 ECU 89 SMU 75 Marshall 115 Houston 113 Rice 96 Memphis 131 UAB 147 UTEP 144 Tulane 160 Central Arkansas+ 90 AVG before 112 AVG after 107.92 Tier 3 Southland Sagarin Southern Miss- 169 Sam Houston St. 53 SE Louisiana 167 McNeese State 108 S.F. Austin 150 N'western St. 177 Lamar 201 Ark-Pine Bluff 181 AVG before 144.5 AVG after 150.75 Tier 4 Pioneer Sagarin SWAC Sagarin Butler 216 Nicholls State- 210 Drake 192 Alabama State 190 San Diego 189 Jackson State 196 Jacksonville 212 Alabama A&M 203 Dayton 213 Mississippi Valley 218 Marist 228 Alcorn State 237 Morehead State 230 Southern 220 Davidson 244 Prairie View A&M 226 Valparaiso 255 Texas Southern 240 Missouri Western+ ? Grambling State 241 Campbell- 246 AVG before 219.89 AVG before 215.2 AVG after ? AVG after 218.1

Oh, right. We put Notre Dame and BYU in the Big 12 back before the season began, since the Big 12 was the only top-level league without 12 or more teams and independence is forbidden in the new world. I think it worked out just fine, and considering how badly the Irish trashed Oklahoma, let's give them the Big 12 crown this year. Our Big 12 might also be the best and deepest conference ... ever?

Tulsa ends up swapping with Kansas, making a ridiculous conference even tougher (and possibly giving the Big 12 100 percent bowl participation, if that trade had happened before the season), while Central Arkansas' purple field moves one step closer to hosting Notre Dame. Sam Houston State, a FCS finalist, is another who could soon make C-USA much tougher. We've also saved C-USA from shipping all its teams to the Big East, by the way.

Also, by the numbers, Tulane would've been a threat to lose the Tier 3 Southland. In real life, they're going to play in a BCS league next year. We really should be in charge of this sport.

At the Tier 4 level, we have two conferences packed in. To determine who moves up and down from these, let's have promotion and relegation games during conference championship weekend, yes? I have Arkansas-Pine Bluff beating Butler, while Grambling State vs. Campbell is almost too grisly to pick.

Relegation in 2011 would've been very kind to Southern Miss, which would've played in the 2012 Big 12 thanks to their C-USA title -- and would've had a great excuse for going 0-12. You're now imagining Southern Miss' offense against Notre Dame's defense.

Big Ten

Tier 1 Big Ten Sagarin Wisconsin 22 Ohio State 13 Nebraska 23 Michigan 21 Penn State 35 Northwestern 32 Michigan State 40 Purdue 64 Minnesota 72 Indiana 76 Iowa 69 NIU+ 41 AVG before 49.42 AVG after 42.33 Tier 2 MAC Sagarin -Illinois 126 Kent State 58 Ball State 73 Toledo 70 Bowling Green 79 Ohio 101 Central Michigan 125 Buffalo 140 Miami 135 Western Michigan 121 Eastern Michigan 155 UMass 183 North Dakota St.+ 44 AVG before 111.77 AVG after 108.46 Tier 3 Missouri Valley Sagarin Akron- 172 South Dakota St. 81 Illinois State 103 Indiana State 95 SIU 102 Youngstown St. 99 Northern Iowa 93 Missouri State 146 W. Illinois 191 Albany+ 164 AVG before 113.2 AVG after 124.6 Tier 4 Ohio Valley Sagarin Northeast Sagarin South Dakota- 178 Wagner 176 Eastern Illinois 124 Monmouth 205 E. Kentucky 107 St. Francis 207 UT-Martin 111 Bryant 232 Jacksonville State 133 Duquesne 206 Tennessee State 138 Robert Morris 221 Murray State 141 Cent. Conn. St. 235 SE Missouri St. 179 New Haven+ ? Tennessee Tech 180 Austin Peay 200 Sacred Heart- 234 AVG before 147.7 AVG before 208.89 AVG after 149.1 AVG after ?

The Big Ten finally establishes a football presence in Illinois, with IRL Orange-bound NIU replacing the Illini.

The numbers get pretty amusing here, with Tier 3 North Dakota State (another FCS finalist) showing up as middle-of-the-Big Ten quality. Their defense has been even more dominant at the FCS level than Alabama's has at the FBS, so there's little doubt here they'd hang tough, but still. I'd bet they could beat Illinois, though.

The MAC gives up its first-ever BCS bowl participant and takes on one of the worst Illinois teams ever, but barely budges in overall quality. That's how good NDSU is and how bad Akron is. The Zips might've struggled in Tier 4's Ohio Valley, let alone Tier 3.

ACC

Tier 1 ACC Sagarin Florida State 16 Clemson 27 North Carolina 50 Miami 55 Georgia Tech 63 N.C. State 67 Virginia Tech 66 Duke 80 Wake Forest 117 Maryland 105 Virginia 97 Louisville+ 52 AVG before 72.08 AVG after 66.25 Tier 2 Big East Sagarin Boston College- 122 Cincinnati 47 Rutgers 49 Syracuse 54 Navy 77 Pitt 61 UConn 100 Temple 104 Army 152 Old Dominion+ 120 AVG before 79 AVG after 86.57 Tier 3 CAA Sagarin USF- 94 Richmond 139 New Hampshire 158 Villanova 137 Towson 129 James Madison 154 Maine 168 Delaware 185 William & Mary 186 Georgia State 225 Colgate+ 173 AVG before 167.28 AVG after 158.91 Tier 4 Ivy Sagarin Patriot Sagarin Penn 195 Rhode Island- 239 Harvard 156 Lehigh 175 Brown 188 Georgetown 217 Dartmouth 197 Lafayette 211 Princeton 182 Holy Cross 214 Cornell 215 Fordham 194 Columbia 233 Bucknell 231 WSSU+ ? Yale- 236 AVG before 200.25 AVG before 202.14 AVG after ? AVG after 211.57

According to Sagarin (and the naked eye), the worst top-tier conference trades Boston College for Louisville, which is actually a pretty regular request on ACC Twitter. Maryland's stuck here, since we'd decided to lock in realignment back in May. There's nothing you can do about it.

The Big East tumbles from a BCS league to a Tier 2 conference, but it does manage to be the best at its level. Typical Big East luck strikes again, however, with the USF-for-Old Dominion trade actually making the conference worse. It's not easy to lose both coming and going, but the Big East does it.

Also, Division II runner-up Winston-Salem State is in the Ivy League now. They could've gone in the Patriot League instead, but then I wouldn't get to say, "Winston-Salem State is in the Ivy League now."

SEC

Tier 1 SEC Sagarin Alabama 1 Georgia 7 Florida 4 LSU 11 Texas A&M 6 South Carolina 10 Vanderbilt 31 Mississippi State 38 Ole Miss 34 Missouri 43 Arkansas 65 Tennessee 56 Auburn 82 Arkansas State+ 46 AVG before 34.29 AVG after 31 Tier 2 Sun Belt Sagarin Kentucky- 92 Louisiana 60 ULM 62 MTSU 84 WKU 78 Troy 91 North Texas 112 FIU 123 FAU 128 Georgia Southern+ 74 AVG before 94.7 AVG after 90.4 Tier 3 SoCon Sagarin South Alabama- 163 Wofford 98 Appalachian State 116 Chattanooga 127 Samford 136 Citadel 142 Furman 170 Elon 184 Stony Brook+ 130 AVG before 138.44 AVG after 140.66 Tier 4 Big South Sagarin MEAC Sagarin Western Carolina- 199 Bethune-Cookman 162 Coastal Carolina 159 Howard 208 Liberty 187 North Carolina A&T 193 Charleston South. 227 Delaware State 198 Gardner-Webb 222 N.C. Central 202 VMI 238 S.C. State 204 Presbyterian 242 Florida A&M 209 Hampton 224 Norfolk State 223 Morgan State 229 Valdosta State+ ? Savannah State- 243 AVG before 200.71 AVG before 208.64 AVG after 210.57 AVG after ?

So close to Arkansas State flipping with Auburn, which would've meant Gus Malzahn ditching a SEC job for a Sun Belt job.

Georgia Southern arrives as an immediate Sun Belt contender, according to Sagarin, while South Alabama heads back down after a lone year at its current level.

Also, New York's Stony Brook is now in the Southern Conference, with a shot at the Sun Belt soon. The Seawolves are headed to the much more geographically appropriate CAA in real life, and we might ought to let that one happen. NAHHHHHH.

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