Why don't we just get a ruler, and draw a line right down the middle of America, and have two big conferences, the East Coast Conference vs. the West Coast Conference. That is how ridiculous this crap is sounding to me. Or, we can draw it across and have the Upper and Lower Conferences, perhaps nickname them The Cold vs. The Hot.
You are right.....the whole conference thing is ridiculous. Probably the most disarranged part of college football. The whole idea that we have a P5, a P6 and independents all in one division is all screwed up. Especially when within the P5 we can't even seem to be real competitive because there are the have's and the have nots. The NCAA needs to develop a recognized championship within Div 1 and it needs to be done separate of the ridiculousness of the conferences. Why build a playoff around the most disarranged part of College football.