Sunday, December 5, 2010

What if the FBS had a playoff like the FCS?

If there was a 20-team playoff in the Football Bowl Subdivision like the Football Championship Subdivision, the playoff brackets would like like this:

Seedings:

1. Auburn (SEC)
2. Oregon (PAC-10)
3. TCU (MWC)
4. Stanford (At-Large)
5. Wisconsin (Big 10)
6. Ohio State (At-Large)
7. Oklahoma (At-Large)
8. Arkansas (At-Large)
9. Michigan State (At-Large)
10. Boise State (WAC)
11. LSU (At-Large)
12. Missouri (At-Large)
13. Virginia Tech (ACC)
14. Oklahoma State (At-Large)
15. Alabama (At-Large)*
16. Nevada (At-Large)*
17. Connecticut (Big East)
18. Central Florida (C-USA)
19. Miami-OH (MAC)
20. Troy (Sun Belt)

Note: *Switched to avoid a second-round in-conference game.

Last 4 in: Alabama, Nevada, OK State and Missouri
First 4 out: Texas A&M, Nebraska, Utah, South Carolina

First Round Games:
Game 1: Troy                 at Virginia Tech
Game 2: Miami-OH       at Oklahoma State
Game 3: Central Florida at Alabama
Game 4: Connecticut      at Nevada

Second Round Games:
Game 4 Winner    at 1. Auburn
9. Michigan State at 8. Arkansas

12. Missouri      at 5. Wisconsin

Game 1 Winner at 4. Stanford

11. LSU            at 6. Ohio State
Game 2 Winner at 3. TCU

10. Boise State  at 7.Oklahoma
Game 3 Winner at 2. Oregon

Notes: FCS rules state that teams from the same conference can not meet in the first or second round.


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