2025 Super Region Changes

[cwfenn]

Inkblot posted this in the General Discussion board - this is the new regional alignment starting in 2025:


SUPER REGION 1
CIAA
MEC
NE10
PSAC

SUPER REGION 2
CC
GSC
SAC
SIAC

SUPER REGION 3
GLIAC
GLVC
GMAC
NSIC

SUPER REGION 4
GAC
LSC
MIAA
RMAC

Region 4 is going to get a whole lot tougher.

(For those who may not know - CC is Conference Carolinas, they're starting a football league in 2025 with teams currently playing football in the SAC and GSC)

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

Yikes. Going back to the late 2000s-early 2010s setup.

The LSC just turned into the NE10/SIAC of Region 4.

Good luck getting by Mines, Harding, Pitt State, (if they rebuild, NW MIssouri), etc.

Positive note playoff time that there should be much less airline travel.

[Goods]

Yikes. Going back to the late 2000s-early 2010s setup.

The LSC just turned into the NE10/SIAC of Region 4.

Good luck getting by Mines, Harding, Pitt State, (if they rebuild, NW MIssouri), etc.

Positive note playoff time that there should be much less airline travel.

For everyone not named CWU.

[HOGSVRR]

For everyone not named CWU.

Ugly red-headed stepchildren deserve to get abused regularly. Life sucks for them, deal with it.

[NWFanatic]

Going south instead of north in the playoffs sounds nice

[Goods]

Ugly red-headed stepchildren deserve to get abused regularly. Life sucks for them, deal with it.

We are dealing with it. Successfully I might add. Certainly dealt with it when we beat TAMUK.

[IronOre]

As we've all found out, it doesn't really matter what Region they're in for playoff seeding. If CWU (or WOU for that matter) manages to make the playoffs again, they're the biggest candidate for being sent out of Region for a playoff game.

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

As we've all found out, it doesn't really matter what Region they're in for playoff seeding. If CWU (or WOU for that matter) manages to make the playoffs again, they're the biggest candidate for being sent out of Region for a playoff game.

As long as a RMAC team has a high seed and CW is unseeded that will probably be a regular first round matchup.

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

For everyone not named CWU.

Yep fair statement.

However it opens up a lot of non flight travel for everyone else and this regionally makes a ton more sense.

NSIC was never a good fit travel wise the last several years.

[Predatory Primates]

It will be the only region where every conference has produced at least 1 NC.

[BisonBones]

For everyone not named CWU.

Y'all need to get more D2 football out on the west coast.

[Goods]

Y'all need to get more D2 football out on the west coast.

Western Washington, Humboldt State, Simon Fraser, Azusa Pacific have all cut programs since 2009. DI-AA St. Mary's in Cali also cut in mid 2000s. Dixie State has now gone to FCS. This is all in addition to the handful of Cali schools who cut programs in the 80s and 90s. And to answer your presumed follow up question about D3 and NAIA teams moving up, that's been entertained. Begged for to be honest. Nope. How about current non-football D2 schools adding football? Big nope. And finally, what about CWU and WOU going to RMAC? Nope. That's a bus league that is already pretty full. What about CWU and WOU going to the Big Sky? Hell to the no. We could quadruple our athletics budget and still be middle of the road for Big Sky.

I will say this, in the past handful of years, CWU has put millions into their athletics facilities. Football stadium has some very nice improvement. Basketball arena is 99% complete and includes an indoor turf field for all sports to use all year round. CWU wants to be an elite school in the revenue-generating sports.