Tuesday, August 28, 2012

2012 Season Intro


Hey football fans! The season starts on Thursday night, are you ready for kick-off?

I’ll get to the pre-season rankings momentarily but first I thought it would worthwhile to rundown some important news from the offseason.

First, conference realignment was out in full force. Here are the eight teams changing conferences for the 2012 season along with their current and previous conference:

Team
New Conference
Old Conference
TCU
Big 12
Mountain West
West Virginia
Big 12
Big East
Missouri
SEC
Big 12
Texas A&M
SEC
Big 12
Temple
Big East
MAC
Fresno State
Mountain West
WAC
Hawaii
Mountain West
WAC
Nevada
Mountain West
WAC

Several teams are facing post-season bans for various NCAA infractions. The Big 10 Leader’s Division is taking the brunt of the punishment with 1/3 of the division ineligible for post-season play. Here are the four teams ineligible for post-season due to NCAA probation:

  • North Carolina
  • Ohio State
  • Penn State
  • Central Florida

Finally, four teams are making the jump from the Championship Subdivision (formerly Division 1-AA) to the Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division 1-A). It’s unlikely that they will play much of a factor this year but it’s worth noting their presence:

  • Texas State – WAC
  • University of Texas at San Antonio – WAC
  • South Alabama – Sun Belt
  • University of Massachusetts – MAC

2 comments:

  1. good to have ya back, Joe. Excited for another wild season of cfa. any insight on my dawgs and if they can make the leap to nat'l title contender?

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  2. I hadn't given Georgia much though but, now that you mention it, the Dawgs are a primed for a good season. They catch a big break with the schedule (no Alabama or LSU), have the best QB in the conference and an apparent Heisman candidate on defense. That should keep Richt off the hot seat for a good month or two!

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