What if the business conglomerates masquerading as college athletic conferences were busted up and the top 81 teams by attendance were organized by geography rather than TV markets and then given a fair and equitable shot to make a 16-team playoff at the end of the season?

Conference Buster is your answer.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Preseason Conference Realignment Standings

Teams in red have qualified for the 16-team postseason playoff seeded below the standings. Teams in blue have qualified as the worst two teams in Division 1 and must play to see who is sent down to Division 2 for the following season. Teams are ranked in each division using the brilliant Massey comparison rankings.

Southeast
0-0  Florida State
0-0  Auburn
0-0  Clemson
0-0  Georgia 
0-0  Central Florida
0-0  Miami
0-0  Florida
0-0  Georgia Tech
0-0  South Florida

Mid-South
0-0  Alabama
0-0  LSU
0-0  Louisville
0-0  Ole Miss
0-0  Mississippi State
0-0  Vanderbilt
0-0  Tennessee
0-0  Kentucky
0-0  Memphis

Northwest
0-0  Oregon 
0-0  Washington
0-0  BYU
0-0  Oregon State
0-0  Boise State
0-0  Utah
0-0  Washington State
0-0  Colorado
0-0  Air Force

West
0-0  Stanford
0-0  UCLA
0-0  USC
0-0  Arizona State
0-0  Arizona
0-0  Fresno State
0-0  San Diego State
0-0  California
0-0  Hawaii

Atlantic
0-0  South Carolina
0-0  North Carolina
0-0  Duke
0-0  Virginia Tech
0-0  East Carolina
0-0  North Carolina State
0-0  Virginia
0-0  Wake Forest
0-0  Maryland

Southwest
0-0  Oklahoma
0-0  Baylor
0-0  Oklahoma State
0-0  Texas A&M
0-0  Texas
0-0  Texas Tech
0-0  TCU
0-0  Texas-San Antonio
0-0  UTEP

Great Lakes
0-0  Michigan State
0-0  Ohio State
0-0  Notre Dame
0-0  Michigan
0-0  Cincinnati
0-0  Northwestern
0-0  Indiana
0-0  Illinois
0-0  Purdue

Midwest
0-0  Missouri
0-0  Wisconsin
0-0  Kansas State
0-0  Iowa
0-0  Nebraska
0-0  Minnesota
0-0  Arkansas
0-0  Iowa State
0-0  Kansas

Northeast
0-0  Penn State
0-0  Navy
0-0  Pittsburgh
0-0  Syracuse
0-0  Boston College
0-0  West Virginia
0-0  Rutgers
0-0  Connecticut
0-0  Army

If the playoffs started today...
1 Florida State vs. 16 Penn State
2 Alabama vs. 15 Missouri
3 Oregon vs. 14 USC
4 Stanford vs. 13 Clemson
5 South Carolina vs. 12 LSU
6 Oklahoma vs. 11 UCLA
7 Auburn vs. 10 Ohio State
8 Michigan State vs. 9 Baylor

Relegation playoff to be sent down to Division 2
UTEP vs. Air Force

Saturday, August 23, 2014

2013 College Football Attendance Ranked in Order

Every year, the NCAA releases attendance figures after the college football season concludes but doesn't put the teams in order. Neither does anyone else on the Internet.

So as a public service, Conference Buster (formerly Project Playoffs), ranks the top 81 colleges by average attendance here for you.

Why 81? That's all that matters when realigning college football into an entity no longer controlled by business conglomerates masquerading as collegiate athletic conferences.

2013 College Football Attendance Top 81

1) Michigan - 111,592
2) Ohio St. - 104,933
3) Alabama - 101,505
4) Texas - 98,976
5) Penn St. - 96,587
6) Tennessee - 95,584
7) Georgia - 92,746
8) LSU - 91,418
9) Nebraska - 90,933
10) Florida - 87,440
11) Texas A&M - 87,125
12) Auburn - 85,657
13) Oklahoma - 84,722
14) South Carolina - 82,401
15) Clemson - 82,048
16) Notre Dame - 80,795
17) Wisconsin - 78,911
18) Florida St. - 75,421
19) Southern California - 73,126
20) Michigan St. - 72,328
21) UCLA - 70,285
22) Washington - 68,769
23) Iowa - 67,125
24) Virginia Tech - 63,999
25) Missouri - 63,505
26) Arizona St. - 62,689
27) Arkansas - 61,596
28) BYU - 61,225
29) Kentucky - 59,472
30) Ole Miss - 59,393
31) Oklahoma State – 59,126
32) Texas Tech – 57,933
33) Oregon – 57,660
34) Mississippi State – 55,695
35) Iowa State – 55,361
36) Miami – 53,837
37) North Carolina State – 53,178
38) Louisville – 52,914
39) West Virginia – 52,910
40) Kansas State – 52,887
41) North Carolina – 51,500
42) Stanford – 50,726
43) Pittsburgh – 49,741
44) California – 49,329
45) Georgia Tech – 49,077
46) Purdue – 48,953
47) Minnesota – 47,797
48) Arizona – 47,619
49) Rutgers – 46,549
50) Virginia – 46,279
51) Baylor – 45,948
52) Utah – 45,194
53) Indiana – 44,353
54) East Carolina – 43,985
55) Illinois – 43,787
56) TCU – 43,598
57) Oregon State – 42,964
58) Central Florida – 42,084
59) Maryland – 41,278
60) Northwestern – 39,307
61) Colorado – 38,463
62) Syracuse – 38,277
63) Kansas – 37,884
64) Fresno State – 36,917
65) Vanderbilt – 35,675
66) Navy – 35,588
67) South Florida – 34,702
68) Boise State – 34,366
69) Army – 33,956
70) San Diego State – 33,224
71) Boston College – 33,006
72) Air Force – 32,652
73) Cincinnati – 31,771
74) Hawaii – 30,989
75) Connecticut – 30,932
76) Washington State – 29,738
77) Texas-San Antonio – 29,214
78) Memphis – 28,537
79) Wake Forest – 28,414
80) UTEP – 28,375
81) Duke – 26,062


Who just missed the cut for the top division?

82) Louisiana-Lafayette – 25,976
83) Marshall – 25,023
84) Nevada – 24,939 
85) Arkansas State – 24,913
86) Appalachian State – 24,894
87) Montana – 24,380
88) Houston – 24,256
89) New Mexico – 23,537
90) Utah State – 23,263
91) Southern Miss – 22, 752
92) Buffalo – 22,736 
93) Temple – 22,473
94) North Texas – 21,030
95) James Madison – 21,011
96) Ohio – 20,672 
97) Northern Illinois – 20,669 
98) Old Dominion – 20,118 
99) Southern – 20,107


Every other program in college football has an average attendance below 20,000.