Saving College Athletics… Coastal Conference

This series takes a deep dive into what the College Sports Commission needs to make happen in college athletics to remain a viable fabric in our society.

In part three of our series, we presented a mock-up of the new Midwest Conference (20 schools).

Each conference will have two divisions, each school playing a nine-game division schedule. Division champions will play for the conference championship. Conference champions (4) get automatic berths in the CFP. Four At-Large teams, determined by final season rankings, will make up the final four berths in the playoffs.

In part four of our series, we are going to present our “mock” membership of our second new conference, the Coastal Conference.

Let’s get started!

Coastal Conference:

- schools listed alphabetically in each division-

North Division:

Army

Boston College

Connecticut (UConn)

Rutgers

Navy

Maryland

Duke

North Carolina

North Carolina State

Wake Forest

South Division:

Clemson

Kentucky

Georgia Tech

Florida State

Central Florida (UCF)

Miami

South Florida (UCF)

Tulane

Houston

Texas - San Antonio (UTSA)

BOTTOM LINE:

Like the Midwest Conference, the Coastal Conference brings a foundation from the old Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The geography is more spread out but that will be addressed in the division structure. Again, travel is cut, bringing the game closer to the fans.

In part five of “Saving College Athletics”, we will present the membership of the third new conference, the Southern Conference.

GO CANES!