Prepare the obituary. Death is on the doorsteps of college football conference divisions.
For the 1992 football season the SEC split into two divisions. The winners of the Eastern Division, Steve Spurrier’s Florida Gators, lost to Gene Stallings’ Alabama Crimson Tide 28-21 at Legion Field in college football’s first conference championship game. Just a little more than 30 years later, division winners may no longer determine who plays in a conference’s championship game.
NCAA Rule Change Proposed
The current rule in place requires conferences with 12 or more members to split into two divisions, then pit the top two teams against one another to determine a champion.