It is easy to see how they want to go ...and should go:
The country generally splits eat and west of the Mississippi River = 2
There are two regional offices in each of those areas for a total = 4. Here are the states associated with each, this does change annually:
- Region 1 - Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont;
- Region 2 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia;
- Region 3 - Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin; and
- Region 4 - Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.
Now go to the participating conferences and look for their home offices:
Region 4: Big Sky: Utah
Region 4: Southland: TX
Region 3: Missouri Valley: MO
Region 3: Pioneer League: MO
Region 2: Big South: NC
Region 2: Southern: SC
Region 2: Colonial: VA
Region 2: Mid-Eastern Athletic: VA
Region 2: Ohio Valley: TN
Region 1: Northeast: NJ
Region 1: Patriot League: PA
From here you configure 6 teams from each region, which means you have to place some teams on location of the college, as opposed to the conference. So if anyone wants to take the top teams in these states and their conferences ,,,you can pretty much figure it out in advance.