Back in simpler days when college football conferences were aligned geographically, things made a lot more sense. Teams in the old Southwest Conference were in the Southwest, teams in the SEC were in the Southeast, teams from the Big 10 were in the Midwest and PAC-12 teams hugged the California coastline.
Now in the era that anything goes, Temple —a school about as far East as possible — could wind up among what is essentially the old Southwest Conference teams in the 10-team Big 12.