Each team did not play one team from the opposite division.

In the Central Conference, the division champions play the second-place team from the opposite division.

With the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M, schools will now miss three opponents from the opposite division in a given season.

The only time teams from opposite divisions will meet is in the Championship Series.

Each division winner faced the runner up from the opposite division in the first round.

Beginning with the league's expansion and new division format in 2011, the two teams will play in opposite divisions and meet twice every five years.

Each team faced all five opponents within its own division and three teams from the opposite division.

For the Central and Eastern divisions, the top seeds from each division face the second place team from the opposite division.

Each division winner played the opposite division's runner up in the first round.

The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the first round.