SB Nation NCAA Conference Re-Draft - Rounds 1 2 Complete

by Vasherized on Jun 20, 2025 11:21 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns and Other Football

Celebrate the end of the burnt orange misfit athletic adventures known as the 2010-2011 season by indulging in SB Nation's fantasy conference draft. Here's the breakdown of the rules if you need a refresher. If you're following along on a whiteboard at home like HenryJames and have been anxiously awaiting the results of the first two rounds, they are in the books.

Texas was picked first. Duh.

After two rounds we have four teams taken from the SEC, three from the Big 10, two from the Big 12, and one each from the ACC, Pac-12, and that self-loathing Irish Catholic school.

Round-Pick	Conference	Commissioner	Selection
1-1	Conference #1	BC Interruption	TEXAS
1-2	Conference #2	Black Heart Gold Pants	FLORIDA
1-3	Conference #3	Team Speed Kills	ALABAMA
1-4	Conference #4	Big East Coast Bias	OHIO STATE
1-5	Conference #5	House of Sparky	USC
1-6	Conference #6	Red Cup Rebellion	LSU

2-7	Conference #6	Red Cup Rebellion	MICHIGAN
2-8	Conference #5	House of Sparky	NOTRE DAME
2-9	Conference #4	Big East Coast Bias	FLORIDA STATE
2-10	Conference #3	Team Speed Kills	OKLAHOMA
2-11	Conference #2	Black Heart Gold Pants	PENN STATE
2-12	Conference #1	BC Interruption	GEORGIA

The early run on SEC teams isn't surprising and those commissioners' collective dismissal of academics as a criteria for selection would make Les Miles and Nick Saban proud. There are a few complete head scratchers that were taken a round or three too early. Their commissioners will rectify these mistakes by battling for schools that dominate lacrosse, national debate leagues, and the greater Schenectady TV market in rounds 10-12. Whereas, we're quite confident A&M will still be available.

Our quite capable commissioner at BC Interruption put his Kellogg MBA to good use and selected Texas and Georgia with the first and 12th picks -- schools that excel in multiple sports, fill large stadiums on Saturdays, dominate in-state recruiting, serve nearby major media markets (Atlanta, Dallas, Houston), anchor different time zones, dominate online mascot polls, and perhaps most importantly, sling some hot tang.

Our conference has the first pick in the third round. With schools like Auburn, North Carolina, Tennessee, Oregon, UCLA, Nebraska, and Oregon still on the board, who would you take? Who would you pass on?

After the third round pick, the draft will proceed quickly and we expect have a fully functional, ready-to-sell-to-Comcast, BCS-destroying cash cow at your full disposal within a week or two to test drive.

Meet your new conference partners at BC Interruption, Dawg Sports, and BurntOrangeNation.

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Hot Tang 12?

by Drew Dunlevie on Jun 20, 2025 11:33 PM CDT reply actions

I see UNC as a value pick as a 3rd rounder.

Excellent overall athletic program (big money maker in Basketball and values other sports). Outstanding location, excellent academics.

Obviously it is not a “football” school, but it has been proven that it can be relevant and profitable if you have the right coach. Not sure how many rounds we are going, but the third round seems to be a good spot to pick up quality depth.

by srr50 on Jun 20, 2025 11:36 PM CDT reply actions

“academics . . . multiple sports . . . stadiums . . . major media markets . . . sling . . . hot tang”

gotta go UCLA

by Texastough on Jun 20, 2025 11:40 PM CDT reply actions

Ditto to both picks.

by Vasherized on Jun 20, 2025 11:48 PM CDT reply actions

If BC takes Nebraska that would at least be the patsy to ensure Texas’s dominance of the conference, but it would serious hurt the conference ‘Tang’ factor. If ‘competitive balance’ is important for the conference, UCLA would be the pick to ensure that Texas never goes undefeated and would also keep us in the running for the Tang Cup (or would it be the Cup of Tang?). UCLA would be the better choice than waiting and taking Texas-killer, but tang-less, Kansas State at the end of the draft.

by Ricky on Jun 21, 2025 7:50 AM CDT reply actions

LSU at 6 doesn’t seem a little high?

by ut-06 on Jun 21, 2025 9:33 AM CDT reply actions

ut-06:

Agreed. LSU being any conference’s bellwether is an absolute mistake. That they’re paired with Michigan makes me think this is just a joke on Les Miles.

by NateHeupel on Jun 21, 2025 10:41 AM CDT reply actions

Maybe not in round 3, but I would definitely keep an eye out for the ACC in later rounds. There will be some value to be had there: UNC, Duke, BC, Virginia Tech, Miami, Georgia Tech. None of them are the complete package but all of them have some mix of excellent qualities and all of them (excluding V-Tech and Miami) are huge money schools that dominate or share dominance within their geographic areas.

Also, being an NC native, I would take the trim on UNC’s campus in the pepsi challenge against any other school on the East Coast.

by JP63316 on Jun 21, 2025 10:50 AM CDT reply actions

Fun game. UNC and UCLA are definite 3rd round material.

But I think I’d prefer Stanford. Perennial all-sport champ (even if they need to field 20 more teams than Texas to do it) that’s good for several national titles every year, amazing academics, big market and Cali footprint, more money than god (or at least Texas), suddenly relevant in football.

I gotta short Auburn, hoping that NCAA Santa eventually delivers something akin to a death-penalty across all their stinkin-cheatin sports.

I hate to type this, but aggie might get consideration in round 3-4. They’ve had an amazing year across all sports and look to continue that.

by wethorn on Jun 21, 2025 10:56 AM CDT reply actions

Evidently ‘Team Speed Kills’ is pretty certain that in this fantasy restructuring the NCAA will abolish “rules” in favor of “suggestions”…

by The Bobs on Jun 21, 2025 12:08 PM CDT reply actions

Well, they are an SEC Conference blog…

by Drew Dunlevie on Jun 21, 2025 12:17 PM CDT reply actions

nate, i had that same reaction.

by hah on Jun 21, 2025 1:45 PM CDT reply actions

Agree with srr… UNC is the pick.

Are we pinning everything to football, and right now? I dunno about USC as a first-rounder.

by Bob in Houston on Jun 21, 2025 3:00 PM CDT reply actions

I like Stanford and, as much as I hate to say it, A&M, but think their value is around 20-25. Possibilities with picks 24 and 25. I think that may even be too high for UNC. You have to give football the vast majority of the weight. I mentioned UCLA as the next pick because of all the perks. The only other one I’d consider with pick 13 is Miami.

Auburn and Oregon cheat, Tennessee is too hillbilly, Nebraska is a shell of its former self, none of those have the fringe benefits. I don’t like hired tang or meth, and I HATE ethanol.

and fuck Clemson

by Texastough on Jun 21, 2025 4:49 PM CDT reply actions

Miami is an absolute train wreck of a department, and would be a huge reach at #13.

by srr50 on Jun 21, 2025 5:07 PM CDT reply actions

Football is the main ingredient but other sports are taken into account. As are revenues, location, roadtrip factor, hot tang, media markets, academics, public or private status, etc.

by Vasherized on Jun 21, 2025 5:12 PM CDT reply actions

Stanford just had a historic football season and couldn’t sell out a single home game. I know multiple Stanford alums who don’t know who Andrew Luck is.

I guess it’s exciting that they excel in several sports that no one else plays, but they are a classic reach.

by Scipio Tex on Jun 21, 2025 6:17 PM CDT reply actions