BCS College Football Playoff

BCSPlayoff.org
Communications Director
Andrew Schoppe

Making the BCS Playoff Bracket

 

  • Champions from Top 6 Conferences are automatically in Quarterfinals

 

  • First round teams are selected by taking the remaining 4 highest-ranked BCS teams after the Top 6 Conference Champions are selected
    • Highest-ranked Quarterfinal team plays lowest ranked Quarterfinal team, and 2nd highest-ranked Quarterfinal team plays 3rd highest-ranked Quarterfinal team

 

  • Seeding for Semifinal match-ups is determined assuming that the best team in each Quarterfinal game advances
    • Traditional seeding is then applied based off of the BCS rankings of the teams in Semifinals either by being a conference champion or by being expected to advance from Quarterfinals 
      • #1 ranked BCS team plays team with lowest BCS ranking that is expected to be in Semifinals after the Quarterfinals are played
      • # 2 ranked BCS team plays team with second lowest BCS ranking that is expected to be in Semifinals after the Quarterfinals are played
      • #3 ranked BCS team plays team with the second highest BCS ranking that is expected to be in Seminfinals after the Quarterfinals are played
      • #4 ranked BCS team plays team with the highest BCS ranking that is expected to be in Seminfinals after the Quarterfinals are played

BCSPlayoff.org
Communications Director
Andrew Schoppe