CFB influencer Josh Pate recently created and published a graphic of his "Perfect CFB Conferences", and it was met with lots of different reactions from fans on social media over the past few days.
Though it would be cool for college football teams to be lumped into conferences based on geography, it's unclear whether there would be enough parity in each group. For example, in his "Southwest" conference, Texas would most likely win 10-11 games every season, depending on the non-conference schedule.
When I am CFB Commissioner these are your new conferences via day one executive order pic.twitter.com/8PaBLkoUBp
â Josh Pate (@JoshPateCFB) March 2, 2026
Nobody in the conference would even give the Longhorns a run for their money besides Texas Tech and possibly Texas A&M now and then.
Personally, it feels like this would take quite a bit of excitement out of the game every weekend because it's not as fun to watch Texas blow teams out non-stop. There has to be some sort of back and forth in more than one or two games in order to warrant consistent attention.
The real question for higher-ups would be whether the money saved on travel costs for schools and media would be worth it compared to ensuring the game remains watchable enough for the rest of the world.
If Texas saves a lot of money on flight costs, but is unable to keep viewership up due to how incredibly easy it is for them to beat their opponents every Saturday, it's a lose-lose for them. Programs also get a cut of the TV deal money centered around teams in their conference, so something like this seems like it would be a catch-22 scenario in most aspects.
Though an iteration of this could work, with possibly more teams from surrounding states such as Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and LSU in-conference to help balance out the talent levels.