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I'm going to put some summary info here once it's compiled, so I'll save this initial post and edit it. Any comments re: the analysis, your thoughts on 12-team playoff, selection of teams, the alternative history, etc. belong in this thread.

EDIT: A correction . . . in 2012 I have OU listed twice. It would be Michigan State getting the 6th at-large.

**** SUMMARY ****

From 1998 through 2012:

* 61 different teams would have appeared in the playoffs at least once, including 5 teams that represented more than one conference (Miami, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Boise St, TCU).

* Most appearances by conference:

Code:

SEC      35
Big XII  33
Big Ten  30
PAC-12   26
ACC      17
Big East 16
MWC       7
WAC       7
Ind.      4
MAC       3
C-USA     2

* Most different teams representing conference:

Code:

Big XII  10
PAC-12   10
Big Ten   9
Big East  8
SEC       8
ACC       7
MWC       4
WAC       4
MAC       3
C-USA     2
Ind.      1

* Schools with most appearances (UT has 4):

Code:

Ohio State	9
Oklahoma	9
Florida		8
FSU		7
Kansas St	7
Oregon		7
Texas		7
USC		7
Virginia Tech	7
LSU		6
Wisconsin	6
Alabama		5
Georgia		5
Michigan	5
Stanford	5
Boise St	5
Miami		5

* Schools with most at-large appearances (UT has 3):

Code:

Florida		5
Kansas St	5
Texas		5
Boise St	5
Notre Dame	4

* Through 15 years, there would have been 90 at-large teams in the playoff. Of those, 19 (21%) would have been small-conference teams. In the reality of the BCS, not one of these teams got a shot at a championship and only 8 of them even got to play in a BCS bowl. They are 5-2 (with one win and one loss to another small conference school; N. Ill has yet to play) in such games.

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Sports => VTTW Message Board => Topic started by: Clockwork Orange on December 03, 2012, 07:12:19 EST