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Div 1A postseason - Applying the proposed options to past seasons

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Recently it was released that TPTB are looking at a number of potential options to replace the current BCS system for post season play.

Those options include...


1. BCS With Adjustments. Basically continue the current arrangement whereby no teams play more than one post-season game, with the following enhancements: (a) change or eliminate annual automatic qualification except for contracts negotiated between conferences and
bowls, (b) eliminate the limit on the number of participants from each conference, (c) play the games nearer to January 1, (d) create a format that would accommodate different conference champions participating in different bowl games.

2. Original ?Plus One.? After the bowl games are played, select two teams for the championship game.

3. Four-team event, with seeded semi-finals and a championship game.

4. Four Teams Plus. The four highest-ranked teams meet in two games except that the Big Ten and Pac-12 champions will always play in the Rose Bowl. If the Big Ten champion, the Pac-12 champion, or both are in the top four, that team (or those two teams) would play in the Rose Bowl and the other two games would be filled by the other four highest-ranked teams.
Select two teams for the championship game after those three games have been played.
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I decided to go back and see what past seasons during the BCS years would have looked like under each of the proposed changes, except for option #1. Retroactively applying option #1 involved more speculation than I wanted to deal with.

For option #3 (4 team playoff) I broke it down into three separate sub-options.
A: The four highest teams in the BCS standings.
B: The three highest ranked conference champions plus the highest ranked 'wildcard' (Independent or non-champion team).
C: The four highest ranked conference champions only.
 
1998-99 Season

What really happened (Rankings per Final AP poll):

Fiesta Bowl/BCSCG: #1 Tennessee (12-0) over #2 Florida St. (11-1) : 23-16
Rose Bowl: #9 Wisconsin (10-1) over #6 UCLA (10-1) : 38-31
Sugar Bowl: #3 Ohio State (10-1) over #8 Texas A&M (11-2) : 24-14
Orange Bowl: #7 Florida (9-2) over #18 Syracuse (8-3): 31-10


What would have happened (BCS Rankings):

Original Plus One:
Rose: #9 Wisconson* vs #5 UCLA*
 Fiesta: #6 Texas A&M* vs #4 Ohio State
 Sugar: #1 Tennessee* vs #3 Kansas St.
 Orange: #2 Florida St.* vs #7 Arizona

Tennessee, A&M, FSU, UCLA & Wisconsin locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
 Ohio State, Kansas St & 'Zona are the at large bids.

 Assumptions:
Fiesta offers national draw Ohio State
 Sugar invites Kansas St (highest ranked team on the board)
Orange selects 'Zona

 Note: With the 'longest since played in Rose last' tiebreaker removed it is possible Wisconsin would not be champs over Ohio State.

Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
Semifinal 1: #4 Ohio St vs #1 Tennesee*
Semifinal 2: #3 Kansas St vs #2 FSU*

3x Highest Ranked Champs + 1x Wildcard
Semifinal 1: #5 UCLA (#4 Ohio State) * vs #1 Tennessee*
Semifinal 2: #3 Kansas St. vs #2 FSU*

4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
Semifinal 1: #6 Texas A&M (#5 UCLA)* vs #1 Tennessee*
Semifinal 2: #5 UCLA (#4 Ohio State)* vs #2 FSU*

(The changes shown in parenthesis are if you use the current B1G tiebreaker rather than the one in place at the time)

Four Teams Plus:
Sugar: #2 FSU* vs #3 Kansas St.
Fiesta: #1 Tennessee* vs #4 Ohio St.

Orange: #14 Georgia Tech/#6 Texas A&M vs #8 Florida
Rose: #9 Wisconsin* vs #5 UCLA*
(Winners of Sugar & Fiesta play in CG. Orange & Rose have no NC implications)

*Conference Champion
 
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1999-2000 Season

 What really happened (Rankings per Final AP poll):

 Sugar/BCSCG: #1 Florida St* (12-0) over #2 Virginia Tech* (11-1) 46-29
 Rose: #4 Wisconson* (10-2) over Stanford* (8-4) 17-9
 Fiesta: #3 Nebraska* (12-1) over #9 Tennessee (9-3) 31-21
 Orange: #5 TSUN (10-2) over #8 Alabama* (10-3) 35-34
What would have happened (BCS Rankings):
Original Plus One:
Rose: #7 Wisconson* over Stanford*
Sugar: #4 Alabama* vs #2 Virginia Tech*
 Fiesta: #3 Nebraska* vs #5 Tennessee
Orange: #1 Florida St* vs #8 TSUN

 Wisconsin, Stanford, Alabama, Nebraska & FSU locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
 TSUN, Tennessee & VPI the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Sugar offers #2 VPI
 Orange & Fiesta invite TSUN & Tennessee just as in RL.


Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
 Semifinal 1: #1 Florida St* vs #4 Alabama*
 Semifinal 2: #2 Virginia Tech* vs #3 Nebraska*

 3x Highest Ranked Champs + 1x Wildcard
 Same as above

 4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
 Same as above


Four Teams Plus:
Sugar: Orange: #1 Florida St* vs #4 Alabama*
 Orange: #2 Virginia Tech* vs #3 Nebraska*

 Rose: #7 Wisconsin* vs Stanford*
 Fiesta: #6 Kansas St. vs #5 Tennessee
 (Winners of Sugar & Orange Bowls play in CG, Rose Bowl has no NC implications)

 *Conference Champion
 
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2000-2001 Season

What really happened (Rankings per Final AP poll):
Orange/BCSCG: #1 Oklahoma* (13-0) over #3 Florida State* (11-2) 13-2
Sugar: #2 Miami* (11-1) over #7 Florida* (10-3) 37-20
Fiesta: #6 Oregon St. (11-1) over #10 Notre Dame (9-3) 41-9
Rose: #4 Washington* (11-1) over #14 Purdue* (8-4) 34-24

What would have happened (BCS Rankings):
Original Plus One:
Rose: #4 Washington* vs Purdue*
Sugar: #7 Florida* vs #11 Notre Dame
Fiesta: #1 Oklahoma* vs #6 Oregon St
Orange: #2 Florida St* vs #3 Miami*

Washington, Purdue, Florida, Fiesta, Orange locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
Miami, Notre Dame & Oregon St. the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Orange likes Seminole/Hurricane rematches
Sugar invites ND due to ratings/interest
Fiesta invites Oregon St for whatever reason they did in RL


Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
Semifinal 1: #1 Oklahoma* vs vs #4 Washinton*
Semifinal 2: #2 Florida St* vs #3 Miami*

3x Highest Ranked Champs + 1x Wildcard
Same as above

4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
Same as above


Four Teams Plus:
Orange: #1 Oklahoma* vs vs #5 Virginia Tech
Fiesta: #2 Florida St* vs #3 Miami*

Sugar: #7 Florida* vs #11 Notre Dame
Rose: #4 Washinton* vs Purdue*
(If Virginia Tech & Washington both win, Washington plays winner of Fiesta. If Oklahoma wins then they face winner of Fiesta.)

*Conference Champion
 
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2001-2002
 What really happened (Rankings per Final AP poll):
 Rose/BCSCG: #1 Miami (FL)* (12-0) over #4 Nebraska (11-2) 37-14
 Fiesta: #2 Oregon* (11-1) over #3 Colorado* (10-3) 38-16
 Sugar: #12 LSU* (10-3) over #7 Illinois* (10-2) 47-34
 Orange: #5 Florida (10-2) over #6 Maryland* (10-2) 56-23


What would have happened (BCS Rankings):
Original Plus One:
Rose: #4 Oregon* vs #8 Illinois*
Sugar: #13 LSU* vs #1 Miami*
Fiesta: #3 Colorado* vs #2 Nebraska
 Orange: #10 Maryland* vs #5 Florida

 Oregon, Illinois, LSU, Colorado & Maryland locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
 Miami, Nebraska & Texas the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Sugar goes with highest ranked team on the board (Miami)
 Fiesta invites Nebraska for Big 12 rubber match
 Orange invites home State team Florida


Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
 Semifinal 1: #1 Miami* vs vs #4 Oregon*
 Semifinal 2: #2 Nebraska vs #3 Colorado*

 3x Highest Ranked Champs + 1x Wildcard
 Same as above

 4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
 Semifinal 1: #1 Miami* vs #8 Illinois*
 Semifinal 2: #3 Colorado* vs #4 Oregon*


Four Teams Plus:
Fiesta: #1 Miami* vs vs #5 Florida
 Orange: #2 Nebraska vs #3 Colorado*

 Sugar: #13 LSU* vs #7 Texas
 Rose: #4 Oregon* vs #8 Illinois*
 (If Florida & Oregon both win, Oregon plays winner of Orange. If Miami wins then they face winner of Fiesta.)

 *Conference Champion
 
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2002-2003
 What really happened (Rankings per final AP poll):
 Fiesta/BCSCG: #1 Ohio State* (13-0) over #2 Miami (FL)* (12-0) 31-24
 Rose: #5 Oklahoma* (11-2) over #10 Washington St (11-2) 34-14
 Sugar: #3 Georgia* (12-1) over #21 Florida St.* (9-4) 26-13
 Orange: #4 USC (10-2) over #8 Iowa (11-1) 38-17


 What would have happened (BCS Rankings):
Original Plus One:
Rose: #2 Ohio St.* vs #6 Washington St.*
Sugar: #3 Georgia* vs #4 USC
Fiesta: #7 Oklahoma* vs #1 Miami (FL)*
 Orange: #14 Florida St.* vs #5 Iowa

 Ohio State, Washington St, Georgia, Oklahoma & Florida St. locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
 Miami, USC & Iowa the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Fiesta picks with highest ranked team on the board (Miami)
 Orange invites Iowa over USC (as they did in RL).
 Sugar ?settles? for the #4 AP darling



Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
 Semifinal 1: #1 Miami (FL)* vs vs #4 USC
 Semifinal 2: #2 Ohio State* vs #3 Georgia*

 3x Highest Ranked Champs + 1x Wildcard
 Same as above

 4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
 Semifinal 1: #1 Miami (FL)* vs vs #6 Washington St.*
 Semifinal 2: #2 Ohio State* vs #3 Georgia*


Four Teams Plus:
Fiesta: #1 Miami (FL)* vs vs #5 Iowa
 Orange: #3 Georiga* vs #4 USC

 Sugar: #13 Alabama vs #7 Texas
 Rose: #2 Ohio St* vs #6 Washington St.*
 (If Ohio State wins they play winner of Fiesta. If Iowa & Washington St win then Iowa faces winner of Georgia)

 *Conference Champion
 
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2002-2003
 What really happened (Rankings per final AP poll):
 Fiesta/BCSCG: #1 Ohio State* (13-0) over #2 Miami (FL)* (12-0) 31-24
 Rose: #5 Oklahoma* (11-2) over #10 Washington St (11-2) 34-14
 Sugar: #3 Georgia* (12-1) over #21 Florida St.* (9-4) 26-13
 Orange: #4 USC (10-2) over #8 Iowa (11-1) 38-17


 What would have happened (BCS Rankings):
Original Plus One:
Rose: #2 Ohio St.* vs #6 Washington St.*
Sugar: #3 Georgia* vs #4 USC
Fiesta: #7 Oklahoma* vs #1 Miami (FL)*
 Orange: #14 Florida St.* vs #5 Iowa

 Ohio State, Washington St, Georgia, Oklahoma & Florida St. locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
 Miami, USC & Iowa the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Fiesta picks with highest ranked team on the board (Miami)
 Orange invites Iowa over USC (as they did in RL).
 Sugar ?settles? for the #4 AP darling



Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
 Semifinal 1: #1 Miami (FL)* vs vs #4 USC
 Semifinal 2: #2 Ohio State* vs #3 Georgia*

 3x Highest Ranked Champs + 1x Wildcard
 Same as above

 4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
 Semifinal 1: #1 Miami (FL)* vs vs #6 Washington St.*
 Semifinal 2: #2 Ohio State* vs #3 Georgia*


Four Teams Plus:
Fiesta: #1 Miami (FL)* vs vs #5 Iowa
 Orange: #3 Georiga* vs #4 USC

 Sugar: #13 LSU* vs #7 Texas
 Rose: #2 Ohio St* vs #6 Washington St.*
 (If Ohio State wins they play winner of Fiesta. If Iowa & Washington St win then Iowa faces winner of Georgia)

 *Conference Champion
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you've got Georgia as SEC Champ in one spot, and LSU in another.

UGA won it that year.
LSU didn't even win the West in '02 (Arky did on final play of our game against them that year)
 
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