I will begin this post with a few disclaimers: this is purely hypothetical and I know it will NEVER happen in collegiate sports (or American sports in general) due to several factors but it's a fun thing to think about in the summer as I await the World Cup kicking off. 

For those that do not know, I am a rabid fan of Tottenham Hotspur (a team in North London in the Premier League). For a variety of reasons, Spurs were locked in a relegation battle and needed a result on the final day of the season to avoid being relegated to the second division. Being involved in that was incredibly nerve-wracking and tense and placed a new focus (for me) on what that might look like in college football. What would it have looked like just last season and how would it change the way the sport operates? For instance, what if the bottom two teams from each power conference were relegated to a G6 league (a total of 8 teams) and the eight best G6 teams were promoted? In my head, those promoted schools would get the increased TV revenue share money (just like teams being promoted in soccer get) and have a chance to retain coaches and players and compete to stay in the power conference for multiple seasons. 

Big Ten - Purdue is relegated (HA!!!), Maryland and Michigan State both finished 1-8 in the league so we'd go to head-to-head (which did not occur) and then point differential. Michigan State was -100 and Maryland was -106. Purdue and Maryland go down.

Big 12 - Oklahoma State and Colorado get relegated.

ACC - Syracuse and Boston College get relegated.

SEC - Arkansas and South Carolina get relegated.

Who gets promoted and how do you choose which leagues they are placed in? James Madison, Tulane, North Texas and Navy seem like a logical first four. Beyond that, we'll go Boise State, Old Dominion, Western Michigan and Kennesaw State. That leaves one spot in the MAC, one in CUSA, one in MWC, two in Sun Belt Conference, three in the AAC.

Purdue - MAC, Arkansas - Sun Belt, South Carolina - Sun Belt, Maryland - AAC, Syracuse - AAC, Boston College - CUSA, Oklahoma State - AAC, Colorado - MWC

James Madison - ACC, Tulane - SEC, North Texas - Big 12, Navy - ACC, Boise State - Big 12, ODU - Big Ten, Western Michigan - Big Ten, Kennesaw State - SEC

Again, I know this is a hypothetical that is terribly unlikely to ever occur but the promotion/relegation model adds an incredible amount of urgency and interest to the bottom of the league and games featuring those teams become really high-stakes. If a team like North Texas is being promoted to the Big 12 and has the increased revenue share money that comes with promotion, are they able to hold onto Eric Morris and the core of the team that went 12-2 (7-1)? 

Not a topic I'd bring up if there was stuff going on but in the lull of early June, why not think about Purdue getting dropped to the MAC (and other related stuff), ha!