It's so much easier to send Maryland and Rutgers to the Big 12 so they can have their precious championship game and just do something the Pac-12 pods thing with both conferences:
West | Central | East |
---|---|---|
Nebraska | Northwestern | Penn St |
Minnesota | Purdue | Michigan |
Iowa | Illinois | Ohio St |
Wisconsin | Indiana | Michigan St |
Texas West East Texas Oklahoma Maryland Texas Tech Kansas St West Virginia TCU Oklahoma St Iowa St Baylor Kansas Rutgers
Or since the Big 12 only has the instate rivalries and Texas-Oklahoma to protect they could add Houston and Cincinnati and do the 5 permanent rivalries idea:
Team | Perm 1 | Perm 2 | Perm 3 | Perm 4 | Perm 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baylor | West Virginia | Texas tech | TCU | Houston | Texas |
Cincinnati | West Virginia | Kansas | Kansas St | Iowa St | Houston |
Houston | Texas | West Virginia | TCU | Baylor | Cincinnati |
Iowa St | Kansas | Kansas St | Oklahoma | Oklahoma St | Cincinnati |
Kansas | Kansas St | Iowa St | Oklahoma | Oklahoma St | Cincinnati |
Kansas St | Kansas | Iowa St | Oklahoma | Oklahoma St | Cincinnati |
Oklahoma | Texas | Oklahoma St | Kansas | Kansas St | Iowa St |
Oklahoma St | Oklahoma | Kansas | Kansas St | Iowa St | Texas Tech |
Texas | Oklahoma | Texas Tech | TCU | Baylor | Houston |
TCU | Texas | Texas Tech | Baylor | Houston | West Virginia |
Texas Tech | Texas | Baylor | TCU | West Virginia | Oklahoma St |
West Virginia | Cincinnati | TCU | Baylor | Houston | Texas Tech |