Imagine something along the lines of a 6 year cycle
|
Division |
West |
North |
South |
East |
Year 1 |
Missed Conference |
East |
South |
North |
West |
|
Home-field for 9th |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Year 2 |
Missed Conference |
South |
East |
West |
North |
|
Home-field for 9th |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Year 3 |
Missed Conference |
North |
West |
East |
South |
|
Home-field for 9th |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Year 4 |
Missed Conference |
East |
South |
North |
West |
|
Home-field for 9th |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Year 5 |
Missed Conference |
South |
East |
West |
North |
|
Home-field for 9th |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Year 6 |
Missed Conference |
North |
West |
East |
South |
|
Home-field for 9th |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Which means that a West team (BYU in this case) would play all 3 North teams (Kansas, Kansas, Iowa St) in Years 1, 2, 4, and 5. So there'd be 1 or 2 BYU games in Kansas/Iowa each of those years (and the other 1 or 2 at BYU). In year 6, BYU would play the Iowa/Kansas teams for game 9 and do so at a Kansas/Iowa location. But in Year 3, BYU wouldn't play there.