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This absolutely would NEVER happen like this, so no need to tell me that.
Just for fun, one way to do a 16-team playoff
  • 10 conference champs + 6 at-large
  • First two rounds at campus sites
  • Bc of campus settings, attempt will be made to keep opponents close to home to cut down on team/fan travel and create a better environment (as is done in most other NCAA sports)
  • As a result of above item, only top 4 teams will be seeded
  • Goal will still be to create roughly even brackets
  • Regular season rematches cannot happen in 1st round
  • Teams that played twice cant meet until semi-finals at earliest
This week (* = conf champ, underline = at-large):

San Diego St* @ Oregon* // Coastal* @ #1 Georgia*​
Wake Forest* @ Ohio St* // No Illinois* @ #4 Cincinnati*​
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Iowa @ Michigan // UTSA* @ #2 Oklahoma*​
OklaSt @ PennSt // MichSt @ #3 Alabama​

  • 6 of 8 first round games are regional/within 500 miles
  • clogged up with B10 at-larges right now until they beat each other up
  • rankings are my own, based on what I think committee will do
 
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ask & ye shall receive ....

ODU @ UMass // Duke* @ 1 UConn
Akron* @ ArkSt* // Vandy* @ 4 So Miss

Kansas* @ UNT // USF* @ 3 FIU*
UNLV* @ Arizona* // Illinois* @ 2 NMSU

  • C-USA shows its power by getting 3 at-larges and 2 seeds
  • The other 3 at-large spots go to independents

+ Any school with FBS wins hurt their chances tremendously, or got in with a worse seed.

+ Arizona set itself apart as the only P5 team to garner a home game, setting up a winless showdown with UNLV, in a game that could've really been a semifinal or final.
 
11 of the 16 have no FBS wins.

Field: 8-82 against FBS (9%) / 11-4 against FCS (73%)
 
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Vowelguy said:
This absolutely would NEVER happen like this, so no need to tell me that.
Just for fun, one way to do a 16-team playoff
  • 10 conference champs + 6 at-large
  • First two rounds at campus sites
  • Bc of campus settings, attempt will be made to keep opponents close to home to cut down on team/fan travel and create a better environment (as is done in most other NCAA sports)
  • As a result of above item, only top 4 teams will be seeded
  • Goal will still be to create roughly even brackets
  • Regular season rematches cannot happen in 1st round
  • Teams that played twice cant meet until semi-finals at earliest
This week (* = conf champ, underline = at-large):

San Diego St* @ Oregon* // Coastal* @ #1 Georgia*​
Wake Forest* @ Ohio St* // No Illinois* @ #4 Cincinnati*​
​
Iowa @ Michigan // UTSA* @ #2 Oklahoma*​
OklaSt @ PennSt // MichSt @ #3 Alabama​

  • 6 of 8 first round games are regional/within 500 miles
  • clogged up with B10 at-larges right now until they beat each other up
  • rankings are my own, based on what I think committee will do
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Updated playoff:

OklaSt & PennSt drop out, replaced by Ole Miss & ND

San Diego St* @ Oregon* // Wake Forest* @ #1 Georgia*
Iowa @ Michigan // UTSA* @ #4 Oklahoma*

ND @ OhioSt* // No Illinois* @ #3 Cinci*
Ole Miss @ Mich St // ULL* @ #2 Alabama

* 7 of 8 first round games are regional
 
Vowelguy said:
ask & ye shall receive ....

ODU @ UMass // Duke* @ 1 UConn
Akron* @ ArkSt* // Vandy* @ 4 So Miss

Kansas* @ UNT // USF* @ 3 FIU*
UNLV* @ Arizona* // Illinois* @ 2 NMSU

  • C-USA shows its power by getting 3 at-larges and 2 seeds
  • The other 3 at-large spots go to independents

+ Any school with FBS wins hurt their chances tremendously, or got in with a worse seed.

+ Arizona set itself apart as the only P5 team to garner a home game, setting up a winless showdown with UNLV, in a game that could've really been a semifinal or final.
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And the loser-off,

Illinois, USF, ODU drop out replaced by Rutgers, Tulane, and BGSU

Akron @ UMass // Rutgers* @ #1 UConn
Kansas* @ BGSU* // Duke* @ #4 FIU

UNLV* @ Ariz* // Vandy* @ #2 NMSU
ArkSt* @ UNT // Tulane* @ #3 SoMiss*
 
Vowelguy said:
And the loser-off,

Illinois, USF, ODU drop out replaced by Rutgers, Tulane, and BGSU

Akron @ UMass // Rutgers* @ #1 UConn
Kansas* @ BGSU* // Duke* @ #4 FIU

UNLV* @ Ariz* // Vandy* @ #2 NMSU
ArkSt* @ UNT // Tulane* @ #3 SoMiss*
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I like our chances.
 
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Vowelguy said:
And the loser-off,

Illinois, USF, ODU drop out replaced by Rutgers, Tulane, and BGSU

Akron @ UMass // Rutgers* @ #1 UConn
Kansas* @ BGSU* // Duke* @ #4 FIU

UNLV* @ Ariz* // Vandy* @ #2 NMSU
ArkSt* @ UNT // Tulane* @ #3 SoMiss*
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UConn back to facing Duke
Indiana & Ohio replace Rutgers & UNT
MAC will be rolling in the $$ as it lands 3 teams in the tourney
Bracketologists upset that UMass-UConn, a championship-caliber matchup, could happen in the QF

BGSU* @ UMass // Duke* @ #1 UConn
Kansas* @ ArkSt* // Tulane* @ #4 SoMiss

Indiana* @ Akron // Vandy* @ #3 FIU*
UNLV* @ Ariz* // Ohio @ #2 NMSU
 
Main Bracket

NDame @ Michigan // Louisiana* @ 1 Georgia*
Baylor @ Ohio St // Fresno* @ 4 Oregon*

Okla St @ Cinci* // No Illinois* @ 3 Mich St*
Wake* @ Okla* // UTSA* @ 2 Alabama

Notable games this week
Oregon @ Wash
Mich St @ Purdue
Wake @ UNC
Auburn @ TxAM (winner will likely move ahead of Bay and/or Okla St for a spot)
 
Vowelguy said:
UConn back to facing Duke
Indiana & Ohio replace Rutgers & UNT
MAC will be rolling in the $$ as it lands 3 teams in the tourney
Bracketologists upset that UMass-UConn, a championship-caliber matchup, could happen in the QF

BGSU* @ UMass // Duke* @ #1 UConn
Kansas* @ ArkSt* // Tulane* @ #4 SoMiss

Indiana* @ Akron // Vandy* @ #3 FIU*
UNLV* @ Ariz* // Ohio @ #2 NMSU
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** Major upset alert **
Title contender Arizona in danger of winning, up 10-3 on Cal with 2 min to go.
 
Ariz and UNLv both win — no more winless teams

Tho 7 have no FBS wins — UConn NMSU FIU SoMiss Tulane Kansas ArkSt
 
Vowelguy said:
UConn back to facing Duke
Indiana & Ohio replace Rutgers & UNT
MAC will be rolling in the $$ as it lands 3 teams in the tourney
Bracketologists upset that UMass-UConn, a championship-caliber matchup, could happen in the QF

BGSU* @ UMass // Duke* @ #1 UConn
Kansas* @ ArkSt* // Tulane* @ #4 SoMiss

Indiana* @ Akron // Vandy* @ #3 FIU*
UNLV* @ Ariz* // Ohio @ #2 NMSU
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UMass's loss to URI launches them to #2, forcing them out of UConn's bracket. That tasty rematch between two true heavyweights will now have to wait for the final.

Vandy* @ ArkSt* // Indiana* @ #1 UConn
Arizona* @ Kansas* // UNLV* @ #4 NMSU

Tulane* @ SoMiss // BGSU* @ #2 UMass
GaSthern @ Akron // Duke* @ #3 FIU*

Key games:
Rutgers @ Indiana could determine the BiG East
GaSthern @ TexasSt in a match of two teams on the bubble -- one just in, one just out currently
 
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Vowelguy said:
UMass's loss to URI launches them to #2, forcing them out of UConn's bracket. That tasty rematch between two true heavyweights will now have to wait for the final.

Vandy* @ ArkSt* // Indiana* @ #1 UConn
Arizona* @ Kansas* // UNLV* @ #4 NMSU

Tulane* @ SoMiss // BGSU* @ #2 UMass
GaSthern @ Akron // Duke* @ #3 FIU*

Key games:
Rutgers @ Indiana could determine the BiG East
GaSthern @ TexasSt in a match of two teams on the bubble -- one just in, one just out currently
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So the losers advance, I assume? i.e. the teams are playing to win so that they can end their miserable seasons? Kind of cruel, but I love it.
 
Main Bracket

N Dame @ Mich St // UTSA* @ 1 Georgia*
Wake* @ Cinci* // No Illinois* @ 4 Ohio St*

Okla St @ Mich // SDiego St* @ 3 Oregon*
TAMU @ Okla* // Louisiana* @ 2 Alabama

SEC, BiG - 3
 
Vowelguy said:
Main Bracket

N Dame @ Mich St // UTSA* @ 1 Georgia*
Wake* @ Cinci* // No Illinois* @ 4 Ohio St*

Okla St @ Mich // SDiego St* @ 3 Oregon*
TAMU @ Okla* // Louisiana* @ 2 Alabama

SEC, BiG - 3
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I missed last week

SDSU* @ Utah* // UTSA* @ 1 Georgia*
Okla @ Mich // Pitt @ 4 Cinci*

Miss @ OSt* // Louisiana* @ 2 Ala*
Bay @ ND // No Ill* @ 3 OhSt*
 
2nd FCS loss pushes UMass to overall #1, while Tulane & Hawaii suffer wins and drop out (replaced by Texas St & New Mexico).

Texas St @ So Miss // Temple* @ 1 UMass
N Mex* @ Arizona* // Kansas* @ 4 NMSU

Indiana* @ Akron // BGSU* @ 2 UConn
Vandy* @ ArkSt* // Duke* @ 3 FIU*
 
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BIG GAMES THIS WEEK

Ohio St @ Michigan
Okla @ OklaSt
Boise @ SD St

Ohio @ Bowling Green
Navy @ Temple
Texas St @ Ark St
FIU @ So Miss
 
Final winners bracket

Utah St @ Utah // Louisiana @ 1 Alabama
Okla St @ Ohio St // Pitt @ 4 Cinci

Mich St @ N Dame // No Ill @ 2 Michigan
Ole Miss @ Baylor // UTSA @ 3 Georgia
 
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FINAL "CHALLENGERS" BRACKET

Vandy* @ So Miss / Duke* @ 1 UMass
Ariz* @ New Mex* / UNLV @ 4 NMSU

Indiana* @ Akron* / Temple* @ 2 UConn
Kansas* @ Ark St* / USF @ 3 FIU*
 
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