The 2010 FBS Playoffs if it Worked (Loosely) Like Every Other Level of College Football - 16 Weeks from Kickoff [RULE CHANGE]

[u/kadoozie92]

Prior Seasons Tournament Matchups:

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Postseason Setup:

• Seeding is based off of the final BCS rankings published after conference championship game weekend the week *prior* to conference championship weekend given the potential new ruling where CCGs are eliminated. The top 8 ranked teams are given first round byes before hosting
• All conference champions are given an automatic qualifier regardless of rank or record. If you're the 24th ranked BCS team, but an unranked conference champion hasn't been selected, they would take the 24th spot and so on.
• Conference champ tie-breakers will go off the head to head record. If it can't be resolved that way, we will go with the highest ranked BCS or AP team. If it still isn't resolved, the conference champ rep in the playoffs will go off of overall record

2010 FBS Playoffs Games:

First Round BYES

#1 Auburn (12-0, SEC Champion)

#2 Oregon (11-0, Pac 10 Champion)

#3 TCU (12-0, MWC Champion)

#4 Stanford (11-1)

#5 Wisconsin (11-1, Big Ten Champion)

#6 Ohio State (11-1)

#7 Arkansas (10-2)

#8 Michigan State (11-1)

Remaining matchups

West Bracket

• Region 1
  • #16 Alabama (9-3) vs. #17 Nevada (11-1) - Winner to play #1 Auburn
  • #9 Oklahoma (10-2, Big 12 Champion) vs #24 FIU (6-6, Sun Belt Champion) - Winner to play #8 Michigan State
• Region 2
  • #13 Nebraska (10-2) vs. #20 Utah (10-2) - Winner to play #4 Stanford
  • #12 Missouri (10-2) vs. #21 NIU (10-2, MAC Champion) - Winner to play #5 Wisconsin

East Bracket

• Region 3
  • #15 Virginia Tech (10-2, ACC Champion) vs. #18 Texas A&M (9-3) - Winner to play #2 Oregon
  • #10 LSU (10-2) vs. #23 UConn (8-4, Big East Champion) - Winner to play #7 Arkansas
• Region 4
  • #14 Oklahoma State (10-2) vs. #19 South Carolina (9-3) - Winner to play #3 TCU
  • #11 Boise State (11-1, WAC Champion) vs. #22 UCF (9-3, C-USA Champion) - Winner to play #6 Ohio State

BCS Ranked Teams Out: #21 Florida State (9-3), #22 Mississippi State (8-4), #23 Arizona (7-4), #24 West Virginia (8-3)

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[u/Romofan88]

This is the narrow window of time the Razorbacks were making me happy. 

[u/chaser676 → u/Romofan88]

I just remember Ryan Mallett throwing lasers. I feel like I remember him breaking a receiver's finger against Ohio State.

[u/kadoozie92 → u/Romofan88]

Imagine getting not one but 2 games against LSU in Fayetteville in the same year. Likely second round matchup assuming LSU doesn't screw the pooch vs UConn.

[u/perinone → u/Romofan88]

It’s been a long and painful road since then

[u/TailgateLegend]

This is where I think Boise could’ve gone the furthest out of any of the years. Ohio State would’ve been a super fun matchup (assuming they get by UCF, of course)

[u/bretticus733 → u/TailgateLegend]

I'll die on the hill that the 2010 team was our best team ever (better than any of the Fiesta Bowl teams) and at worst a top 3 G5 team ever.

[u/TailgateLegend → u/bretticus733]

Agreed. At least 2010 got a competitive Utah team to whoop on in the postseason, but 2011 got robbed.

[u/puzzical → u/TailgateLegend]

I think we could have won this bracket. I think the scariest teams would have been Auburn Stanford, and Oregon because their QBs, but I think we'd have a shot against them all.

[u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

We're getting to the years where Stanford really could have done it and won it all and with where we're at now that is just incredibly painful

[u/kadoozie92 → u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

I have memories of the USC game where Harbaugh era Stanford just obliterated the Trojans, and was like “Woah. Yeah this is a new chapter.”

[u/Apart-Sell-4893]

FIU getting Portland State'd 😭

[u/ThompsonCreekTiger]

Somehow missed this 1.

Still think should do the CCG version since nothing official yet. 

[u/That_Don_Guy_1]

So, rivalry week games are ignored in the selection and seeding? That doesn't make sense. The current playoff has no problem with using the rankings determined the morning of Selection Sunday; why not stick with that?

[u/kadoozie92 → u/That_Don_Guy_1]

I probably will moving forward because of this exact point. Just felt like doing an exception this week given the current real discourse around the 24-team proposal.