Conference realignment went into effect on Monday, as the new Big East Conference became official, thus giving way to the American Athletic Conference.

Many believe that the school losing the most from this bout of realignment is UConn. The former Big East power was not courted by the ACC and is geographically irrelevant to most of the schools in the AAC.

ESPN clearly thought UConn was geographically irrelevant as well.

As you can see in the above graphic, ESPN has placed UConn in Massachusetts, despite the fact that the university is located just 40 miles east of ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, CT. Both Bristol and Storrs are approximately two hours south of Worcester, MA, which is where the graphic has UConn located.

But in reality, UConn isn't the only school to get misplaced on ESPN's graphic.

- Temple is located in the heart of Philadelphia, which is just a few miles west of the New Jersey border. The above graphic has Temple located somewhere between Reading and Pottsville, PA.

- Cincinnati should be located in the southwest corner of Ohio, but is instead placed roughly where Columbus, the state capital, is.

- On ESPN's graphic, Houston is located very close to the eastern border of Texas and Louisiana. But Houston is nearly 100 miles from the Louisiana border, while only 50 miles from the Gulf Coast, something not reflected on this graphic.

Maybe now we know why geography was such a non-factor in conference realignment: the powers that be don't know where the schools actually are.

(H/T @USFvoodoo5)