  Crowded Conferences May Spell End For Divisions As We Know
Them  SEC divisions  The SEC was the first conference in the
country to move to divisional play in 1992 to utilize an obscure
NCAA rule that permitted a conference championship game to be
added between the two divisional champs. It further dictates
that each division must have an equal number of teams and that
each team play every other team in the same division at a
minimum.  When we had twelve teams in the conference and an
eight game conference schedule, the format was workable. Along
with playing your five division mates, the SEC initially
mandated playing two permanent teams from the opposite division
and one rotator.  This format was originally believed to be an
attempt to placate Auburn, who probably should have been in the
East with three of it’s four biggest rivals there. After eleven
seasons with that template, the conference moved to one
permanent and two rotators, with the thought that it was taking
too long to work through a home and ho