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Back in April, 247sports reporter Brandon Marcello reported that a proposed college football super league was being discussed by leaders throughout the country. Per sportico, the league would look like this:
70 teams in ten divisions (or conferences)
10 teams in “Under League” (another version of the current Group of Five)
14-game regular season
16-team College Football Playoff with the ability to expand to 24 teams
“Spring festival” with 40 games in April
NIL Salary Cap
Players paid via TV money distribution
85-man roster with 70 scholarships
Can sign 10 transfers per window
Players can transfer twice in 5-year window
The divisions in the league would look like this:
Midwest
Cincinnati
Illinois
Indiana
Louisville
Michigan
Michigan State
Missouri
Northwestern
Ohio State
Purdue
Northeast
Boston College
Maryland
Notre Dame
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
Virginia
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Plains
BYU
Colorado
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Utah
Wisconsin
Southwest
Arkansas
Baylor
Houston
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
SMU
Texas
Texas A&M
TCU
Texas Tech
West
Arizona
Arizona State
California
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Washington
Washington State
South
Alabama
Auburn
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Kentucky
LSU
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Southeast
Central Florida (UCF)
Clemson
Duke
Florida
Florida State
Miami
North Carolina
North Carolina State
South Carolina
Wake Forest
Under League Division
Boise State
James Madison
Liberty
Miami (OH)
New Mexico State
Toledo
Troy
Tulane
UNLV
UTSA
Check out how The Athletic thinks their proposed super league would’ve looked like last season.
College football is turning into the NFL.
