Auburn football: Ranking the best 3 SEC 20-team realignments

#1 best scenario for 20-team SEC realignment: West division (Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Alabama, Auburn football), East division (Georgia, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Ohio State, Michigan, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Kentucky football)

This realignment honors the current format the most and makes winning the division a major deal. A two-division setup maintains the spirit of college football the most, as it basically splits the mega-conference into two distinct super-conferences as well.

Make no mistake about it: while Texas and Oklahoma were a major power grab for the SEC, a coup that includes Florida State, Clemson, Ohio State, and Michigan is the endgame. It’s the end of college football as we know it.

It’s a bold new step into the future that makes Division I FBS a monopoly on the surface, but in reality, there would still be a ton of talent left for the remaining teams. Teams from the Sunbelt (Coastal Carolina, UL Ragin’ Cajuns), AAC (Cincinnati, UCF, Memphis, Houston), Mountain West (Boise State, San Jose State), Conference USA (Marshall, UAB), MAC (Buffalo, Northern Illinois), and even independents (Notre Dame, Liberty, BYU) can conform to a conference and reload the ranks of the P5/4/3/etc.

That said, this is the best way to divvy up this wealth of talent potentially making its way to the SEC and maintain some semblance of college football’s current form.