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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 3036785, member: 6927"] Yeah it’s not that straightforward. The committee can and does deviate from the true S-curve for geographical reasons and also to separate top 16 teams from the same conference. If Louisville ends up #3 overall and ND #6, they’ll have to deviate to send ND to a different region. There seems to be some surprises and controversy every year. The guidelines are vague enough that the committee has a lot of discretion. There was the infamous 2016 sending of South Carolina to the Sioux Falls regional so that Notre Dame could travel “driving distance” to Lexington. As you can imagine the SC fans were less than thrilled. [/QUOTE]