to stop the P4 from happening. OSU, KSU, and Iowa St. will be on their own - and TCU and Baylor could easily be outside looking-in as well.

WEST: Iowa St., Kansas St., Oklahoma St., TCU, Baylor, BYU, CSU

EAST: Texas, Texas Tech, Kansas, Oklahoma, WVU, Cincinnati, Memphis

6-2-1 format with locked annual games: Texas-TCU, Oklahoma-Oklahoma St., Kansas-Kansas St., Iowa St.-WVU, Baylor-Tech, BYU-Cincinnati, CSU-Memphis

This brings in the two leading candidates - BYU and Cincinnati - and then closes the geography gaps with good football and basketball programs and desirable markets - CSU and Memphis. No more islands.

Someone make a map of it, please!

For bball, play everyone in the conference at least once, and play your travel partner and two other sets of travel partners H-H - for an 18-game schedule.