Conference and Playoff Realignment: An Idea

With the inevitable playoff discussions arising this season, I thought it'd be a good exercise to look at what major college football would look like if realigned specifically for a playoff system. So, here ya go.

8 conferences with 12 teams, geographically separated. All Power 5 teams with some GO5 and some FCS move ups that deserve a shot.

Each team plays 13 regular season games, round robin play in conference, with no conference championship game. This means you get 2 non-conference games to play non-conference rivals (i.e. Stanford vs Notre Dame).

The conferences are pretty even, except New England cause they play lacrosse or something up there.

The playoff would be all 8 conference champs, with the seeding being selected by a "committee" because we all love that.

As for Tech, I think games against Tennessee and WVU would be great to see every year.

Appalachian:

Virginia Tech
West Virginia
UNC
Duke
Wake
NC State
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Louisville
Appalachian State
Virginia

New England:

Maryland
Penn State
Pitt
Rutgers
Boston College
Syracuse
Temple
UConn
Navy
Army
UMass
Maine

Low Country:

Georgia
Georgia Tech
South Carolina
Clemson
Florida
Florida State
Miami
UCF
South Florida
Florida Atlantic
Georgia Southern
Coastal Carolina

Gulf Coast:

Alabama
Auburn
LSU
UL Lafayette
Arkansas
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Southern Miss
Arkansas State
Alabama Birmingham
UL Monroe
Tulane

Southwest:

Texas
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
TCU
Houston
Arizona
Arizona State
Southern Cal
UCLA
San Diego State
North Texas
New Mexico

Great Plains:

Iowa
Iowa State
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Colorado
Colorado State
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas State
North Dakota State
Tulsa

Pacific Northwest:

Washington
Washington State
Boise State
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
Cal
Eastern Washington
Nevada
UNLV
Utah
BYU

Great Lakes:

Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Indiana
Purdue
Ohio
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan State
Toledo