Had some fun and tried to realign and expand the NCAA. I know it's pretty unrealistic in its entirety, but there might be some ideas that could work (most prominently Illinois adding a D1 program). Any thoughts on this from the college hockey fans on here?

N: New
M: Moved

Big 10:
Illinois (N)
Michigan State
Michigan
Minnesota
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Penn State
Rutgers (N)
UCLA (N)
USC (N)
Wisconsin

Hockey East:
Boston College
Boston University
Connecticut
Maine
UMass-Lowell
Massachusetts
Merrimack
New Hampshire
Northeastern
Providence
Quinnipac (M)
Syracuse (N)
Vermont

ECAC:
Brown
Clarkson
Colgate
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Pennsylvania (N)
Princeton
Rensselaer
Rhode Island (N)
St. Lawrence
Union
Yale

Atlantic Hockey:
AIC
Air Force
Army
Bentley
Canisus
Holy Cross
Long Island (M)
Mercyhurst
Niagara
RIT
Sacred Heart
Stonehill (M)
Virginia (N)
West Virgina (N)

NCHC:
Arizona State (M)
Colorado
Denver
Miami (OH)
Minnesota-Duluth
North Dakota
North Dakota State (N)
Omaha
Oregon (N)
St. Cloud State
Western Michigan

CCHA:
Bemidji State
Bowling Green
Central Michigan (N)
Grand Valley State (N)
Ferrris State
Lake Superior State
Lindenwood (M)
Michigan Tech
Minnesota State
Northern Michigan
St. Thomas

Independents:
Alaska
Alaska Anchorage


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Wouldn't Air Force be a more logical fit for NCHC?

If I had a nickel every time a California team joined the Big 10, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.

Would make sense at first glance, but I feel like they'd want to stay in a conference with Army and the other schools they have a connection with now, even though it doesn't make sense geographically. But tbh College sport in total doesn't make sense geographically (for example: UCLA and USC joining Big 10, Hockey East being comprised of teams from New England and Indiana for a few years in the 2010s).

I agree with you

Probably, geographically, but I don't know if they're cut out for that league. CC wasn't when they were inducted in