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

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2003-2004
What really happened (Rankings per final AP poll):
Sugar/BCSCG: #2 LSU* (12-1) over #3 Oklahoma* (12-1) 21-14
Rose: #1 USC* (11-1) over #4 TSUN (10-2) 28-14
Fiesta: #6 Ohio State (10-2) over #10 Kansas St.* (11-3) 35-28
Orange: #9 Miami (FL)* (10-2) over #8 FSU* (10-2) 16-14


What would have happened (BCS Rankings):
Original Plus One:
Rose: #3 USC* vs #4 TSUN*
Sugar: #2 LSU* vs #1 Oklahoma
Fiesta: #10 Kansas St.* vs #5 Ohio State
Orange: #7 Florida St.* vs #9 Miami (FL)*

USC, TSUN, LSU, Kansas St. & Florida St. locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
Ohio State, Oklahoma & Miami the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Sugar takes #1 BCS Oklahoma
Fiesta & Orange make same picks as in RL

Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
Semifinal 1: #1 Oklahoma* vs #4 TSUN*
Semifinal 2: #2 LSU* vs #3 USC*

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

4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
Semifinal 1: #3 USC* vs #4 TSUN*
Semifinal 2: #2 LSU* vs #7 Florida St*

Four Teams Plus:
Sugar: #1 Oklahoma vs vs #6 Texas
Fiesta: #2 LSU* vs #5 Ohio State

Orange: #7 Florida St.* vs #9 Miami (FL)*
Rose: #3 USC* vs #4 TSUN*
(If Oklahoma wins they are in final. If LSU wins they are in final. If either Oklahoma OR LSU loses then winner of Rose is in final. If LSU AND Oklahoma lose then Ohio State advances to final.)

*Conference Champion
 
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2004-2005
What really happened (Rankings per final AP poll):
Orange/BCSCG: #1 USC* (12-0) over #2 Oklahoma* (12-0) 55-19
Rose: #5 Texas (10-1) over #13 TSUN* (9-2) 38-37
Fiesta: #6 Utah* (11-0) over #20 Pittsburgh* (8-3) 35-7
Sugar: #3 Auburn* (12-0) over #8 Virginia Tech* (10-2) 16-13


What would have happened (BCS Rankings):
Original Plus One:
Rose: #13 TSUN* vs #1 USC*
Orange: #8 Virginia Tech* vs #4 Texas
Fiesta: #2 Oklahoma* vs #6 Utah*
Sugar: #3 Auburn* vs #5 Cal

TSUN, USC, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma & Auburn locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
Texas, Utah & Cal are the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Orange takes Texas (highest ranked & national name).
Fiesta invites Utah (high rank + undefeated).
Sugar selects Cal (Iowa also a possibility)

Big East champ Pitt gets left out.

Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
Semifinal 1: #1 USC* vs #4 Texas
Semifinal 2: #2 Oklahoma* vs #3 Auburn*

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

4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
Semifinal 1: #1 USC* vs #6 Utah*
Semifinal 2: #2 Oklahoma* vs #3 Auburn*

Four Teams Plus:
Orange: #2 Oklahoma* vs #5 Cal
Fiesta: #3 Auburn* vs #4 Texas

Sugar: #7 Georgia vs #6 Utah* (or #8 VPI or #12 Iowa)
Rose: #1 USC* vs #13 TSUN*

If USC wins they are in final.
If Oklahoma wins they are in final.
If USC OR Oklahoma loses then winner of Fiesta (Auburn or Texas) is in final.
If USC AND Oklahoma lose then Cal faces winner of Fiesta (Auburn or Texas) in final.

*Conference Champion
 
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2005-2006
 What really happened (Rankings per final AP poll):
 Rose/BCSCG: #2 Texas* (12-0) over #1 USC* (12-0) 41-38
 Fiesta: #4 Ohio State (9-2) over #5 Notre Dame (9-2) 34-20
 Orange: #3 Penn St.* (10-1) over #25 Florida St.* (8-4) 26-23 (3 OT)
 Sugar: #11 West Virginia* (10-1) over #8 Georgia* (10-2) 38-35


What would have happened (BCS Rankings):
 Original Plus One:
 Rose: #1 USC* vs #3 Penn St.*
 Orange: #22 Florida St.* #6 Notre Dame
 Fiesta: #2 Texas* vs #4 Ohio State
Sugar: #7 Georgia* vs #5 Oregon

 USC, Penn St., Texas, Florida St. & Georgia locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
 Ohio State, Notre Dame & Oregon are the at large picks.

 Assumptions:
 Orange invites Notre Dame (ND went before Ohio State in RL)
 Orange takes Ohio State
Sugar selects Oregon (WVU also a possibility)

 Big East champ WVU probably left out.

 Four Team Event:
 Highest Ranked BCS
 Semi 1: #1 USC* vs #4 Ohio State
 Semi 2: #2 Texas* vs #3 Penn St.*

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

 4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
 Semi 1: #1 USC* vs #7 Georgia
 Semi 2: #2 Texas* vs #3 Penn St.*

Four Teams Plus:
 Fiesta: #2 Texas* vs #6 Notre Dame
Orange: #4 Ohio State* vs #5 Oregon

 Sugar: #7 Georgia vs #11 West Virginia
Rose: #1 USC* vs #3 Penn St.*

 Winner of Rose (USC or Penn St.) advances to final.
 If Texas wins they are in final.
 If Texas loses the winner of Orange (Ohio State or Oregon) faces winner of Rose in final.

 *Conference Champion
 
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2006-2007
What really happened (Rankings per final AP poll):

BCSCG: #2 Florida* (12-1) over #1 Ohio St* (12-0) 41-14
Rose: #8 USC* (10-2) over #3 TSUN (11-1) 32-18
Fiesta: #9 BSU* (12-0) over #7 Oklahoma* (11-2) 43-42 (OT)
Orange: #5 Louisville* (11-1) over #15 Wake Forest* (10-2) 24-13
Sugar: #4 LSU (10-2) over #11 Notre Dame (10-2) 41-14


What would have happened ( BCS Rankings):

Original Plus One:
Rose: #1 Ohio State* vs #5 USC*
Sugar: #2 Florida* vs #3 TSUN
Orange: #14 Wake Forest* vs #4 LSU
Fiesta: #10 Oklahoma* vs #11 Notre Dame

Ohio State, USC, Wake Forest, Oklahoma & Florida locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.

TSUN, LSU & Wisconson are the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Sugar selects TSUN
Orange takes LSU
Sugar invites Notre Dame (ND was selected by the Sugar over automatic qualifiers Louisville & BSU in RL)

Big East champ #6 Louisville & RL auto qualifier #8 BSU left out.

Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
Semi 1: #1 Ohio State* vs #4 LSU
Semi 2: #2 Florida* vs #3 TSUN

3x Highest Ranked Champs + 1x Wildcard
Semi 1: #1 Ohio State* vs #5 USC*
Semi 2: #2 Florida* vs #3 TSUN

4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
Semi 1: #1 Ohio State* vs #6 Louisville
Semi 2: #2 Florida* vs #5 USC*

Four Teams Plus:
Sugar: #2 Florida* vs #6 Louisville
Orange: #3 TSUN* vs #4 LSU

Fiesta: #10 Oklahoma* vs #11 Notre Dame
Rose: #1 Ohio State* vs #5 USC*

If Ohio State wins they are in final.
If Florida wins they are in final.
If Ohio State OR Florida loses then winner of Orange (TSUN or LSU) is in final.
If Ohio State AND Florida lose then USC faces winner of Orange (TSUN or LSU) in final.

*Conference Champion
 
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2007-2008
What really happened (Rankings per final AP poll):

BCSCG: #2 LSU* (12-1) over #1 Ohio St* (11-1) 38-24
Rose: #7 USC* (10-2) over #13 Illinois (9-3) 49-17
Fiesta: #9 West Virginia.* (10-2) over #4 Oklahoma* (11-2) 48-28
Orange: #8 Kansas (11-1) over #3 Virginia Tech* (11-2) 24-21
Sugar: #5 Georgia (10-2) over #10 Hawai?i (12-0) 41-10


What would have happened (BCS Rankings):

Original Plus One:
Rose: #1 Ohio State* vs #7 USC*
Orange: #3 Virginia Tech* vs #5 Georgia
Fiesta: #4 Oklahoma* vs #11 Arizona St.
Sugar: #2 LSU* vs #8 Kansas

Ohio State, USC, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma & LSU locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
Georgia, ASU & Kansas are the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Orange takes Georgia (highest ranked & SEC name).
Fiesta invites Arizona St. (Pac co-champ & local team)
Sugar selects Kansas over Missouri (Tiger fans still butthurt)

RL auto qualifier Hawaii & Big East champ WVU left out

Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
Semifinal 1: #1 Ohio State* vs #4 Oklahoma*
Semifinal 2: #2 LSU* vs #3 Virginia Tech*

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

4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
Same as above

Four Teams Plus:
Orange: #2 LSU* vs #5 Georgia
Fiesta: #3 Virginia Tech* vs #4 Oklahoma*

Sugar: #16 Tennessee vs #8 Kansas (the runner-up bowl)
Rose: #1 Ohio State* vs #7 USC*

If Ohio State wins they are in final.
If LSU wins they are in final.
If Ohio State OR LSU loses then winner of Fiesta (VPI or Oklahoma) is in final. If Ohio State AND LSU lose then Georgia faces winner of Orange (TSUN or LSU) in final.


*Conference Champion
 
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2008-2009
What really happened (Rankings per final AP poll):
BCSCG: #2 Florida* (12-1) over #1 Oklahoma* (12-1) 24-14
Rose: #5 USC* (11-1) over #8 Penn State* (11-1) 38-24
Fiesta: #3 Texas (11-1) over #10 Ohio State (10-2) 24-21
Orange: #19 Virginia Tech* (9-4) over #12 Cincinnati* (11-2) 20-7
Sugar: #6 Utah* (12-0) over #4 Alabama (12-1) 31-17


What would have happened (BCS Rankings):
Original Plus One:
Rose: #5 USC* vs #8 Penn St.*
Fiesta: #1 Oklahoma* vs #4 Alabama
Sugar: #2 Florida* vs #3 Texas
Orange: #19 Virginia Tech* vs #10 Ohio State

USC, Penn St., Virginia Tech, Oklahoma & Florida locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
Texas, Alabama & Ohio State are the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Fiesta selects takes Alabama over Texas (to avoid rematch).
Sugar takes Texas
Orange invites Ohio State (Buckeyes were selected before undefeated Utah in RL)

#6 Utah & Big East champ Cincy left out

Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
Semifinal 1: #1 Oklahoma* vs #4 Alabama
Semifinal 2: #2 Florida* vs #3 Texas

3x Highest Ranked Champs + 1x Wildcard
Semifinal 1: #1 Oklahoma* vs #5 USC*
Semifinal 2: #2 Florida* vs #3 Texas

4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
Semifinal 1: #1 Oklahoma* vs #6 Utah*
Semifinal 2: #2 Florida* vs #5 USC*

Four Teams Plus:
Fiesta: #1 Oklahoma* vs #4 Alabama
Sugar: #2 Florida* vs #3 Texas*

Orange: #19 Virginia Tech* vs #10 Ohio State
Rose: #5 USC* vs #8 Penn St.*

Winners of Fiesta & Sugar advance to final.
Rose plays no role in NC.

*Conference Champion
 
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2009-2010
What really happened (Rankings per final AP poll):
BCSCG: #1 Alabama* (13-0) over #2 Texas* (13-0) 37-21
Rose: #8 Ohio State* (10-2) over #7 Oregon (10-2) 26-17
Fiesta: #6 Boise State* (13-0) over #4 TCU* (12-0) 17-10
Orange: #10 Iowa (10-2) over #9 Georgia Tech* (11-2) 24-14
Sugar: #5 Florida* (12-1) over #3 Cincinnati* (12-0) 51-24


What would have happened (BCS Rankings):
Original Plus One:
Rose: #8 Ohio State* vs #7 Oregon*
Orange: #9 Georgia Tech* vs #5 Florida
Fiesta: #2 Texas* vs #4 TCU*
Sugar: #1 Alabama* vs #3 Cincinnati*


Ohio State, Oregon, Texas, Alabama & Georgia Tech locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
Florida, TCU & Cincinnati are the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Orange invites Florida (home state team)
Fiesta selects TCU (took them first to replace Texas in RL)
Sugar takes Cincinnati (BSU was taken over UC in RL & while AQs are being dropped but I have to think that something like the ?3-4 rule? will still be implemented)

#6 Undefeated BSU left out

Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
Semi 1: #1 Alabama* vs #4 TCU*
Semi 2: #2 Texas* vs #3 Cincinnati*

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

4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
Same as above

Four Teams Plus:
Orange: #1 Alabama* vs #4 TCU*
Fiesta: #2 Texas* vs #3 Cincinnati*

Sugar: #5 Florida vs #10 Iowa
Rose: #8 Ohio State* vs #7 Oregon*

Winners of Orange & Fiesta advance to final.
Rose plays no role in NC.

*Conference Champion
 
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2010-2011
What really happened (Rankings per final AP poll):
BCSCG: #1 Auburn* (13-0) over #2 Oregon* (12-0) 22-19
Rose: #3 TCU* (12-0) over #4 Wisconsin (11-1) 21-19
Fiesta: #9 Oklahoma* (11-2) over #25 UConn* (8-4) 48-20
Orange: #5 Stanford (11-1) over #12 Virginia Tech* (11-2) 40-12
Sugar: #6 Ohio State (11-1) over #8 Arkansas (10-2) 31-26


What would have happened (BCS Rankings):
Original Plus One:
Rose: #5 Wisconsin* vs #2 Oregon*
Sugar: #1 Auburn* vs #6 Ohio State
Orange: #13 Virginia Tech* vs #4 Stanford
Fiesta: #7 Oklahoma* vs #3 TCU*

Wisconsin, Oregon, VPI, Oklahoma & Auburn Tech locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
Ohio State, Stanford & TCU are the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Sugar invites Ohio State (most eyeballs)
Orange takes Stanford (invited them RL)
Fiesta selects TCU

No unranked & unloved UConn

Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
Semi 1: #1 Auburn* vs #4 Stanford
Semi 2: #2 Oregon* vs #3 TCU*

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

4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
Semi 1: #1 Auburn* vs #5 Wisconsin*
Semi 2: #2 Oregon* vs #3 TCU*

Four Teams Plus:
Sugar: #1 Auburn* vs #6 Ohio State
Orange: #3 TCU* vs #4 Stanford

Fiesta: #7 Oklahoma* vs #8 Arkansas
Rose: #5 Wisconsin* vs #2 Oregon*

If Auburn wins they are in final.
If Oregon wins they are in final.
If Auburn OR Oregon loses, winner of Orange (TCU or Stanford) is in final.
If Auburn AND Oregon loses, Wisconsin plays winner of Orange.

*Conference Champion
 
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2011-2012
What really happened (Rankings per final AP poll):
BCSCG: #2 Alabama (11-1) over #1 LSU (13-0) 21-0
Rose: #6 Oregon* (11-2) over #9 Wisconsin* (11-2) 45-38
Fiesta: #3 Oklahoma St.* (11-1) over #4 Stanford (11-1) 41-38 (OT)
Orange: #23 West Virginia* (9-3) over #14 Clemson* (10-3) 70-33
Sugar: #13 TSUN (10-2) over #17 Virginia Tech (11-2) 23-20 (OT)


What would have happened (BCS Rankings):
Original Plus One:
Rose: #10 Wisconsin* vs #5 Oregon*
Fiesta: #3 Oklahoma St.* vs #2 Alabama
Sugar: #1 LSU* vs #4 Stanford
Orange: #15 Clemson* vs #6 Arkansas


Wisconsin, Oregon, Oklahoma St., LSU & Clemson locked in due to contractual obligations as conference champs.
Alabama, Stanford & Arkansas are the at large picks.

Assumptions:
Fiesta takes Alabama (for self evident reasons)
Sugar selects Stanford (defactor semi final game)
Orange invites Arkansas (no longer a limit for teams from a single conference)

Big East champ WVU left out

Four Team Event:
Highest Ranked BCS
Semi 1: #1 LSU* vs #4 Stanford
Semi 2: #2 Alabama vs #3 Oklahoma St.*

3x Highest Ranked Champs + 1x Wildcard
Semi 1: #1 LSU* vs #5 Oregon*
Semi 2: #2 Alabama vs #3 Oklahoma St.*

4x Highest Ranked Champs Only
Semi 1: #1 LSU* vs #10 Wisconsin*
Semi 2: #3 Oklahoma St.* vs #5 Oregon*

Four Teams Plus:
Fiesta: #1 LSU* vs #4 Stanford
Sugar: #2 Alabama vs #3 Oklahoma St.*

Orange: #15 Clemson* vs #6 Arkansas
Rose: #10 Wisconsin* vs #5 Oregon*

Winners of Fiesta & Sugar play in final.
Rose has no bearing on NC.

*Conference Champion
 
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The Delaney Plan

If a conference champion was among the top six in the rankings, it would automatically qualify for the four-team playoff. The top four ranked conference champions among the top six would qualify and if less than four conference champions were among the top six teams then the remaining spots would be filled by the highest ranked non-conference champions or an independent (Notre Dame, BYU, Army or Navy).
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1998
#1 Tennesse* vs #5 UCLA*
#2 Florida St.* vs #4 Ohio State*

#3 Kansas St. left out

Rose: #9 Wisconsin vs #7 Arizona

1999
#1 Florida St.* vs #4 Alabama*
#2 Virginia Tech* vs #3 Nebraska*

Rose: #7 Wisconsin vs Stanford

2000
#1 Oklahoma* vs #4 Washington*
#2 Florida St.* vs #3 Miami (FL)*

Rose: Purdue vs #6 Oregon St.

(Don't recall if Purdue was in due to the old tiebreaker or not...so might possibly be TSUN using the modern rule)

2001
#1 Miami* vs #4 Oregon*
#3 Colorado* vs #2 Nebraska

Rose: #8 Illinois* vs #12 Washington St.

2002
#1 Miami* vs #6 Washington St.*
#2 Ohio State* vs #3 Georgia*

Rose: #4 USC vs #5 Iowa

Left out: #4 USC & #5 Iowa

2003
#2 LSU* vs #3 USC*
#1 Oklahoma vs #4 TSUN*

Rose: #5 Ohio State vs #16 Washington St.

2004
#1 USC* vs #6 Utah*
#2 Oklahoma* vs #3 Auburn*

#4 Texas & #5 Cal left out

Rose: #13 TSUN* vs #5 Cal

2005
#1 USC* vs #4 Ohio State
#2 Texas* vs #3 Penn St.*

Rose: #18 Wisconsin vs #5 Oregon

2006
#1 Ohio State* vs #5 USC*
#2 Florida* vs #3 TSUN

#4 LSU left out

Rose: #18 Cal vs #7 Wisconsin

2007
#1 Ohio State* vs #4 Oklahoma*
#2 LSU* vs #3 Virginia Tech*

Rose: #7 USC vs Illinois

2008
#1 Oklahoma* vs #5 USC*
#2 Florida* vs #3 Texas

#4 Alabama left out

Rose: #5 USC* vs #8 Penn St.*

2009
#1 Alabama* vs #4 TCU*
#2 Texas* vs #3 Cincinnati*

Rose: #8 Ohio State vs #7 Oregon

2010
#1 Auburn* vs #5 Wisconsin*
#2 Oregon* vs #3 TCU*

#4 Stanford left out

Rose: #4 Stanford vs #6 Ohio State

2011
#1 LSU* vs #5 Oregon*
#2 Alabama vs #3 Oklahoma St.*

#4 Stanford left out

Rose: #10 Wisconsin* vs #4 Stanford

 
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I like the Delaney Plan. Puts an emphasis on winning conference champions without giving a clearly undeserving conference champion 1 of 4 playoff spots. Think it's the start of a good plan. But as is, it has not shot. A #1 ranked Notre Dame (or any other independent) could be left out.
 
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