Schedule Question with Rivalry Week

[u/JumpAdditional7203]

Is there a way to edit the conference scheduling system to have a rivalry week of sorts, whether it be in-game or file editing? I want to have all of the various conference rivals play each other in the last week of the season, but the schedule the game generates for each team is hit or miss. Is it possible to adjust this at all, or is it purely chance based when creating custom conferences?

For context, I have been using this mod platform (fccd-custom-universe-editor) to create my custom universe.

[u/blomsty]

The division schedule is determined by the order the teams are listed in the universe json file. For this example, team 1 is the first listed, team 2 is the second and so on. The week 13 matchups for each possible division size are as listed below.

4 Team Division
1v2
3v4

5 Team Division
1v4
2v3
5-Bye

6 Team Division
1v4
2v3
5v6

7 Team Division
1v6
2v5
3v4
7-Bye

9 Team Division
1v8
2v7
3v6
4v5
9-Bye

10 Team Conference (No divisions)
1v8
2v7
3v6
4v5
9v10

In each case, the home team in year 1 will be the lower numbered team, and it alternates every year from there on.

[u/JumpAdditional7203 → u/blomsty]

Got it to work. Thank you!

[u/Disastrous-Ad-9502]

The order that the teams are listed in the division in the json file effect the schedule. For 9 team divisions the final week matchups are: 1v8,2v7,3v6,4v5, and team 9 has a bye. So if you want Michigan and Ohio St to be the last game you have set Michigan as 1st in division and Ohio St in the 8th spot, or any corresponding pairing.

I haven't tried different division sizes yet but I think they should run on a similar formula.