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BamaDude
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According to various sources, there seems to be impetus for a 12-team playoff, with the 6 highest-ranked conference champions getting auto bids, with 6 more at-large teams added to the mix. I'm guessing the teams that get byes will be the 4 highest-ranked teams, regardless of conference affiliation. I would rather see a 4+ 4 format that doesn't involve needless bracket creep.
Here's a look at how each format would have worked over the past 7 playoffs:
2014 12-team
#8 Michigan St. 10-2 vs #9 Ole miss 9-3; winner plays #1 Alabama 12-1*
#20 Boise St. 11-2* vs #5 Baylor 11-1*^; winner plays #4 Ohio St. 12-1*
#6 TCU 11-1^ vs #11 Kansas St. 9-3; winner plays #3 Florida St. 13-0*
#10 Arizona 10-3 vs #7 Mississippi St. 11-2; winner plays #2 Oregon*
Field would include 3 SEC teams, 3 Big 12 teams, 2 Big 10 teams, 2 Pac-12 teams, 1 ACC team, 1 MWC team. #12 Georgia Tech (10-3) would have been bumped from the playoffs.
2014 8-team
#1 Alabama* vs #8 Michigan St.
#5 Baylor#^ vs #4 Ohio St.*
#3 Florida St.* vs #6 TCU^
#7 Mississippi St. vs #2 Oregon*
Field would include 2 SEC teams, 2 Big 10 teams, 2 Big 12 teams, 1 ACC team, 1 Pac-12 team; no G-5 teams.
^Note: Baylor & TCU tied for Big 12 title in 2014, but Baylor would have gotten the automatic bid due to a higher ranking.
2015 12-team
#8 Notre Dame 10-2 vs #9 Florida St. 10-2; winner plays #1 Clemson 13-0*
#18 Houston 12-1* vs #5 Iowa 12-1; winner plays #4 Oklahoma 11-1*
#6 Stanford 11-2* vs #11 TCU 10-2; winner plays #3 Michigan St. 12-1*
#10 North Carolina 11-2 vs #7 Ohio St.; winner plays #2 Alabama 12-1*
Field would include 3 ACC teams, 3 Big 10 teams, 2 Big 12 teams, 1 SEC team, 1 Pac-12 team, 1 AAC team, 1 independent. #12 Ole Miss (9-3) would have been bumped from the playoffs.
2015 8-team
#1 Clemson* vs #8 Notre Dame
#5 Iowa vs #4 Oklahoma*
#3 Michigan St.* vs Stanford#
#7 Ohio St. vs #2 Alabama*
Field would have included 3 Big 10 teams, 1 ACC team, 1 SEC team, 1 Big 12 team, 1 Pac-12 team, 1 independent; no G-5 teams.
2016 12-team
#8 Wisconsin 10-3 vs #9 USC 9-3; winner plays #1 Alabama 13-0*
#15 Western Michigan 13-0* vs #5 Penn St. 11-2*; winner plays #4 Washington 12-1*
#6 Michigan 10-2 vs #11 Florida St. 9-3; winner plays #3 Ohio St. 11-1
#10 Colorado 10-3 vs #7 Oklahoma 10-2*; winner plays #2 Clemson 12-1*
Field would include 4 Big 10 teams, 3 Pac-12 teams, 2 ACC teams, 1 SEC team, 1 Big 12 team, 1 MAC team. #12 Oklahoma St. (9-3) would have been bumped from the playoffs.
2016 8-team
#1 Alabama* vs #8 Wisconsin
#5 Penn St.* vs #4 Washington*
#3 Ohio St. vs #6 Michigan
#7 Oklahoma% vs #2 Clemson*
Field would include 4 Big 10 teams, plus 1 team each from the SEC, ACC, Pac-12 & Big 12. No G-5 teams would have been included.
2017 12-team
#8 USC 11-2* vs #9 Penn St. 10-2; winner plays #1 Clemson 12-1*
#12 Central Florida 12-0* vs #5 Ohio St. 11-2*; winner plays #4 Alabama 11-1
#6 Wisconsin 12-1 vs #11 Washington 10-2; winner plays #3 Georgia 12-1*
#10 Miami (FL) 10-2 vs #7 Auburn 10-3; winner plays #2 Oklahoma 12-1*
Field would include 3 SEC teams, 3 Big 10 teams, 2 ACC teams, 2 Pac-12 teams, 1 Big 12 team, 1 AAC teams. The entire Top 12 is represented.
2017 8-team
#1 Clemson* vs #8 USC*
#5 Ohio St.% vs #4 Alabama
#3 Georgia* vs #6 Wisconsin
#7 Auburn vs #2 Oklahoma*
Field includes 3 SEC teams, 2 Big 10 teams, 1 team each from the ACC, Big 12 & Pac-12. No G-5 teams.
2018 12-team
#8 Central Florida 12-0* vs #9 Washington 10-3*; winner plays #1 Alabama 13-0*
#12 Penn St. 9-3 vs #5 Georgia 11-2; winner plays #4 Oklahoma 12-1*
#6 Ohio St. 12-1* vs #11 LSU 9-3; winner plays #3 Notre Dame 12-0
#10 Florida 9-3 vs #7 Michigan 10-2; winner plays #2 Clemson 13-0*
Field includes 4 SEC teams, 3 Big 10 teams, 1 ACC team, 1 AAC team, 1 independent, 1 Big 12 team, 1 Pac-12 team. The entire Top 12 is represented.
2018 8-team
#1 Alabama* vs #8 Central Florida%
#5 Georgia vs #4 Oklahoma*
#3 Notre Dame vs #6 Ohio St.*
#7 Michigan vs #2 Clemson*
Participants include 2 teams each from the SEC & the Big 10, plus 1 team each from the ACC, Big 12, AAC & independents. The Pac-12 was not represented.
2019 12-team
#8 Wisconsin 10-3 vs Florida 10-2; winner plays #1 LSU 13-0*
#17 Memphis 12-1* vs #5 Georgia 11-2; winner plays #4 Oklahoma 12-1*
#6 Oregon 11-2* vs #11 Utah 11-2; winner plays #3 Clemson 13-0*
#10 Penn St. 10-2 vs #7 Baylor 11-2; winner plays #2 Ohio St. 13-0*
Field includes 3 teams each from the SEC & Big 10, 2 each from the Big 12 & Pac-12, 1 each from the ACC &AAC. #12 Auburn (9-3) was bumped from the playoffs.
2019 8-team
#1 LSU* vs #8 Wisconsin
#5 Georgia vs #4 Oklahoma*
#3 Clemson* vs #6 Oregon%
#7 Baylor vs #2 Ohio St.*
Field includes 2 teams each from the SEC, Big 10 & Big 12, 1 team each from the ACC & Pac-12. No G-5 teams qualified.
2020 12-team
#8 Cincinnati 9-0* vs #9 Georgia 7-2; winner plays #1 Alabama 11-0*
#12 Coastal Carolina 11-0* vs Texas A&M 8-1; winner plays Notre Dame
#6 Oklahoma 8-2* vs #11 Indiana 6-1; winner plays #3 Ohio St. 6-0*
#10 Iowa St. 8-3 vs #7 Florida 8-3; winner plays #2 Clemson 10-1*
Field includes 4 teams from the SEC, 2 from the ACC, 2 from the Big 10, 2 from the Big 12, 1 from the AAC, 1 from the SBC. The Pac-12 failed to qualify.
2020 8-team
#1 Alabama* vs #8 Cincinnati%
#5 Texas A&M vs #4 Notre Dame
#3 Ohio St.* vs #6 Oklahoma*
#7 Florida vs #2 Clemson*
Filed includes 3 teams from the SEC, 2 teams from the ACC, 1 each from Big 10, Big 12 & AAC. The Pac-12 failed to qualify.
Notes: * indicates a Top 6 conference champion in the 12-team playoffs or a Top 4 conference champion in the 8-team version (these are automatic qualifiers).
% indicates a conference champion that was not an automatic qualifier.
Here's a look at how each format would have worked over the past 7 playoffs:
2014 12-team
#8 Michigan St. 10-2 vs #9 Ole miss 9-3; winner plays #1 Alabama 12-1*
#20 Boise St. 11-2* vs #5 Baylor 11-1*^; winner plays #4 Ohio St. 12-1*
#6 TCU 11-1^ vs #11 Kansas St. 9-3; winner plays #3 Florida St. 13-0*
#10 Arizona 10-3 vs #7 Mississippi St. 11-2; winner plays #2 Oregon*
Field would include 3 SEC teams, 3 Big 12 teams, 2 Big 10 teams, 2 Pac-12 teams, 1 ACC team, 1 MWC team. #12 Georgia Tech (10-3) would have been bumped from the playoffs.
2014 8-team
#1 Alabama* vs #8 Michigan St.
#5 Baylor#^ vs #4 Ohio St.*
#3 Florida St.* vs #6 TCU^
#7 Mississippi St. vs #2 Oregon*
Field would include 2 SEC teams, 2 Big 10 teams, 2 Big 12 teams, 1 ACC team, 1 Pac-12 team; no G-5 teams.
^Note: Baylor & TCU tied for Big 12 title in 2014, but Baylor would have gotten the automatic bid due to a higher ranking.
2015 12-team
#8 Notre Dame 10-2 vs #9 Florida St. 10-2; winner plays #1 Clemson 13-0*
#18 Houston 12-1* vs #5 Iowa 12-1; winner plays #4 Oklahoma 11-1*
#6 Stanford 11-2* vs #11 TCU 10-2; winner plays #3 Michigan St. 12-1*
#10 North Carolina 11-2 vs #7 Ohio St.; winner plays #2 Alabama 12-1*
Field would include 3 ACC teams, 3 Big 10 teams, 2 Big 12 teams, 1 SEC team, 1 Pac-12 team, 1 AAC team, 1 independent. #12 Ole Miss (9-3) would have been bumped from the playoffs.
2015 8-team
#1 Clemson* vs #8 Notre Dame
#5 Iowa vs #4 Oklahoma*
#3 Michigan St.* vs Stanford#
#7 Ohio St. vs #2 Alabama*
Field would have included 3 Big 10 teams, 1 ACC team, 1 SEC team, 1 Big 12 team, 1 Pac-12 team, 1 independent; no G-5 teams.
2016 12-team
#8 Wisconsin 10-3 vs #9 USC 9-3; winner plays #1 Alabama 13-0*
#15 Western Michigan 13-0* vs #5 Penn St. 11-2*; winner plays #4 Washington 12-1*
#6 Michigan 10-2 vs #11 Florida St. 9-3; winner plays #3 Ohio St. 11-1
#10 Colorado 10-3 vs #7 Oklahoma 10-2*; winner plays #2 Clemson 12-1*
Field would include 4 Big 10 teams, 3 Pac-12 teams, 2 ACC teams, 1 SEC team, 1 Big 12 team, 1 MAC team. #12 Oklahoma St. (9-3) would have been bumped from the playoffs.
2016 8-team
#1 Alabama* vs #8 Wisconsin
#5 Penn St.* vs #4 Washington*
#3 Ohio St. vs #6 Michigan
#7 Oklahoma% vs #2 Clemson*
Field would include 4 Big 10 teams, plus 1 team each from the SEC, ACC, Pac-12 & Big 12. No G-5 teams would have been included.
2017 12-team
#8 USC 11-2* vs #9 Penn St. 10-2; winner plays #1 Clemson 12-1*
#12 Central Florida 12-0* vs #5 Ohio St. 11-2*; winner plays #4 Alabama 11-1
#6 Wisconsin 12-1 vs #11 Washington 10-2; winner plays #3 Georgia 12-1*
#10 Miami (FL) 10-2 vs #7 Auburn 10-3; winner plays #2 Oklahoma 12-1*
Field would include 3 SEC teams, 3 Big 10 teams, 2 ACC teams, 2 Pac-12 teams, 1 Big 12 team, 1 AAC teams. The entire Top 12 is represented.
2017 8-team
#1 Clemson* vs #8 USC*
#5 Ohio St.% vs #4 Alabama
#3 Georgia* vs #6 Wisconsin
#7 Auburn vs #2 Oklahoma*
Field includes 3 SEC teams, 2 Big 10 teams, 1 team each from the ACC, Big 12 & Pac-12. No G-5 teams.
2018 12-team
#8 Central Florida 12-0* vs #9 Washington 10-3*; winner plays #1 Alabama 13-0*
#12 Penn St. 9-3 vs #5 Georgia 11-2; winner plays #4 Oklahoma 12-1*
#6 Ohio St. 12-1* vs #11 LSU 9-3; winner plays #3 Notre Dame 12-0
#10 Florida 9-3 vs #7 Michigan 10-2; winner plays #2 Clemson 13-0*
Field includes 4 SEC teams, 3 Big 10 teams, 1 ACC team, 1 AAC team, 1 independent, 1 Big 12 team, 1 Pac-12 team. The entire Top 12 is represented.
2018 8-team
#1 Alabama* vs #8 Central Florida%
#5 Georgia vs #4 Oklahoma*
#3 Notre Dame vs #6 Ohio St.*
#7 Michigan vs #2 Clemson*
Participants include 2 teams each from the SEC & the Big 10, plus 1 team each from the ACC, Big 12, AAC & independents. The Pac-12 was not represented.
2019 12-team
#8 Wisconsin 10-3 vs Florida 10-2; winner plays #1 LSU 13-0*
#17 Memphis 12-1* vs #5 Georgia 11-2; winner plays #4 Oklahoma 12-1*
#6 Oregon 11-2* vs #11 Utah 11-2; winner plays #3 Clemson 13-0*
#10 Penn St. 10-2 vs #7 Baylor 11-2; winner plays #2 Ohio St. 13-0*
Field includes 3 teams each from the SEC & Big 10, 2 each from the Big 12 & Pac-12, 1 each from the ACC &AAC. #12 Auburn (9-3) was bumped from the playoffs.
2019 8-team
#1 LSU* vs #8 Wisconsin
#5 Georgia vs #4 Oklahoma*
#3 Clemson* vs #6 Oregon%
#7 Baylor vs #2 Ohio St.*
Field includes 2 teams each from the SEC, Big 10 & Big 12, 1 team each from the ACC & Pac-12. No G-5 teams qualified.
2020 12-team
#8 Cincinnati 9-0* vs #9 Georgia 7-2; winner plays #1 Alabama 11-0*
#12 Coastal Carolina 11-0* vs Texas A&M 8-1; winner plays Notre Dame
#6 Oklahoma 8-2* vs #11 Indiana 6-1; winner plays #3 Ohio St. 6-0*
#10 Iowa St. 8-3 vs #7 Florida 8-3; winner plays #2 Clemson 10-1*
Field includes 4 teams from the SEC, 2 from the ACC, 2 from the Big 10, 2 from the Big 12, 1 from the AAC, 1 from the SBC. The Pac-12 failed to qualify.
2020 8-team
#1 Alabama* vs #8 Cincinnati%
#5 Texas A&M vs #4 Notre Dame
#3 Ohio St.* vs #6 Oklahoma*
#7 Florida vs #2 Clemson*
Filed includes 3 teams from the SEC, 2 teams from the ACC, 1 each from Big 10, Big 12 & AAC. The Pac-12 failed to qualify.
Notes: * indicates a Top 6 conference champion in the 12-team playoffs or a Top 4 conference champion in the 8-team version (these are automatic qualifiers).
% indicates a conference champion that was not an automatic qualifier.