THE DOWN LOW ON THE 2026 JAYHAWKS:HEAD COACH: BigJDotCom
CAREER RECORD: (0-0, 0-0)
STADIUM: David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium (41,525)
RIVALS: Kansas State (Sunflower Showdown), Missouri (Border War)
SLIDERS: Matt10's All-American Sliders
ROSTERS: Latest EA Rosters as of 8/9/26
I am back again, this time heading to the great plains and taking over the Kansas Jayhawks, but not in the Big XII. The Jayhawks were moved into the Big Ten with a regionalization of college football ahead of the 2026 season. The Jayhawks will move to the Big XII with some of their longtime rivals including Kansas State, Missouri, and Nebraska. Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State have moved to the MAC in a conference made up of teams mainly in the Great Lakes/Rust Belt region.
Big shakeup in the NCAA, as they have decided to make actual regional conferences....novel idea. The conferences will each play nine conference games and each league will have a conference championship game. I have tried to lock the rivalry games. Thanks to Studbucket for these regional conferences idea. I made a few subtle changes to his setup.
Here are the new conferences and their new rankings:
American:
Army, Boston College, Buffalo, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Navy, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple
Conference Prestige: C+ (8th)
Conference Championship Site: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
Atlantic Coast:
Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Charlotte, Clemson, Duke, East Carolina, NC State, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Conference Prestige: A- (4th)
Conference Championship Site: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte
Big Ten:
Ball State, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Minnesota, Missouri, Missouri State, Northern Illinois, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Purdue, Wisconsin
Conference Prestige: A+ (2nd)
Conference Championship Site: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis
Big XII:
Baylor, Houston, North Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Rice, SMU, Sam Houston, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tulsa
Conference Prestige: A+ (1st)
Conference Championship Site: AT&T Stadium, Arlington
C-USA:
James Madison, Kentucky, Liberty, Louisville, Middle Tennessee State, Marshall, Memphis, Old Dominion, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky, West Virginia
Conference Prestige: B- (7th)
Conference Championship Game: Nissan Stadium, Nashville
Mid-American:
Akron, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami(OH), Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio, Ohio State, Penn State, Toledo, Western Michigan
Conference Prestige: C- (10th)
Conference Championship Site: Ford Field, Detroit
Mountain West:
Air Force, Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Colorado, Colorado State, North Dakota State, Nevada, New Mexico, New Mexico State, UNLV, UTEP, UTSA, Utah, Utah State, Wyoming
Conference Prestige: C (9th)
Conference Championship Site: State Farm Stadium, Glendale
PAC-12:
Boise State, California, Fresno State, Hawaii, Oregon, Oregon State, Sacramento State, San Diego State, San Jose State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State
Conference Prestige: A (3rd)
Conference Championship Site: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA
Southeastern:
Alabama, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Auburn, Jacksonville State, LSU, Louisiana, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Troy, Tulane, UAB, UL-Monroe
Conference Prestige: B (6th)
Conference Championship Site: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans
Sun Belt:
FIU, Florida Atlantic, Florida, Florida State, Georgia Southern, Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State, Miami, UCF, USF
Conference Prestige: B+ (5th)
Conference Championship Site: Everbank Stadium, Jacksonville
For everyone who has followed me in the past (Buffalo Bulls, Arizona Wildcats, UNLV, and Memphis), welcome back!
