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College Football Conference Realignment Impact

Compare conference realignment impact by member count, churn, geography, conference footprint, power, recruiting, and NFL Draft pipeline.

Conference realignment impact is shown with current member count, tracked join/departure churn, state and time-zone footprint, and how the current membership grades across power, recruiting, and NFL Draft categories.

Best overall

Southeastern Conference

100.0 index

Deepest

Southeastern Conference

100.0 depth score

Top-end

Southeastern Conference

— top-3 rating

Non-conference

Southeastern Conference

0-0-32 record

NFL pipeline

Southeastern Conference

87 picks

Realignment & geography

Southeastern Conference

Current members
16
Join / departure events
18 / 2
States
AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MO, MS, OK, SC, TN, TX
Time zones
America/Chicago, America/New_York
Latitude spread
9.3
Longitude spread
16.7

Big Ten Conference

Current members
18
Join / departure events
19 / 1
States
CA, IA, IL, IN, MD, MI, MN, NE, NJ, OH, OR, PA, WA, WI
Time zones
America/Chicago, America/Detroit, America/Indiana/Indianapolis, America/Los_Angeles, America/New_York
Latitude spread
47.7
Longitude spread
123.1

Big 12 Conference

Current members
16
Join / departure events
22 / 6
States
AZ, CO, FL, IA, KS, OH, OK, TX, UT, WV
Time zones
America/Chicago, America/Denver, America/New_York, America/Phoenix
Latitude spread
13.4
Longitude spread
32.0

Atlantic Coast Conference

Current members
17
Join / departure events
19 / 2
States
CA, FL, GA, KY, MA, NC, NY, PA, SC, TX, VA
Time zones
America/Chicago, America/Kentucky/Louisville, America/Los_Angeles, America/New_York
Latitude spread
17.1
Longitude spread
51.1

Pac-12 Conference

Current members
6
Join / departure events
36 / 30
States
CA, CO, ID, OR, UT, WA
Time zones
America/Boise, America/Denver, America/Los_Angeles
Latitude spread
14.0
Longitude spread
18.2

American Athletic Conference

Current members
13
Join / departure events
20 / 7
States
AL, FL, LA, MD, NC, NY, OK, PA, TN, TX
Time zones
America/Chicago, America/New_York
Latitude spread
15.0
Longitude spread
23.2

Mid-American Conference

Current members
11
Join / departure events
18 / 7
States
IN, MI, NY, OH
Time zones
America/Detroit, America/Indiana/Indianapolis, America/New_York
Latitude spread
4.3
Longitude spread
6.8

Sun Belt Conference

Current members
13
Join / departure events
21 / 8
States
AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA, WV
Time zones
America/Chicago, America/New_York
Latitude spread
8.5
Longitude spread
19.1

Conference USA

Current members
10
Join / departure events
36 / 26
States
AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MO, NM, TN, TX, VA
Time zones
America/Chicago, America/Denver, America/New_York
Latitude spread
37.4
Longitude spread
106.7

Mountain West Conference

Current members
8
Join / departure events
22 / 14
States
CO, HI, IL, NM, NV, TX, WY
Time zones
America/Chicago, America/Denver, America/Los_Angeles
Latitude spread
20.6
Longitude spread
69.0

Realignment impact uses current tracked membership, state/time-zone footprint, and conference directory churn. Scenario modeling still lives in the Realignment Tool.