First Brackets

[BDKJMU]

And nobody asked me not to. Its a GD message board.

Please don't. You spout your wrong opinions enough as it is.


There, now you have have been asked not to.

[rkwittem]

The fact that we are talking about this makes me sad that the college season is so short.

[SFALumberjack13]

I agree you should watch out for McNeese. They have played some good football and should easily win out. However I know 6 win teams usually aren't considered, and I'm not saying they should make it, but I would look at SFA. Look at their schedule and who they lost against. Out of the 5 losses they have so far 1 is to Sam Houston a ranked team, the other is to McNeese State. Look at the other 3 and 2 are to FBS schools. SMU and Texas State. Finally the last loss was against at the time #3 Montana State. of those 5 the only blowout was against SMU. The rest were within 11 points. Again I'm not saying SFA should make it but with all teams, one must look at their schedules rather than just to see if they won 7 games. Should a team be rewarded if they schedule easy opponents as long as they get their 7?

[dal4018]

Yeah, I know it's still way early. But I just couldn't resist. Believe you me, this is about as tough an exercise as I've ever done.

Step 1: Project EVERYONE's final record.
Step 2: Eliminate everyone not at least 7-4. (There will be NO 6-5 wonders in the playoffs THIS year.)
Step 3: Establish 20 preliminary "seeds." (This is for purpose of determining who plays where. Only the top 5 are true seeds.)
Step 4: Adjust for regionalization. (The first try just about ALWAYS gets jacked up because the NCAA regionalizes the playoffs as much as possible.)

I'm basing this on the assumption that Sac wins out, as I'm afraid that if Sac splits their last two (MSU, @ UCD), 7-4 won't get it done even with a B(C)$ win. Even with this proviso, I have Sac on the road for a play-in game. I see no scenario that gives Sac a home game in ANY round this year. There are even 8-3 teams that I have eliminated because they are in inferior conferences.

So here goes:

First Round

Butler (9-2, 8-0 Pioneer) @ TN St (10-1, 6-1 OVC)
Sac St (8-3, 6-2 Big Sky) @ IN St (8-3, 6-2 MVC)
App St (7-4, 5-3 Southern) @ JMU (8-3, 6-2 CAA)
Bethune-Cookman (9-2, 8-0 MEAC) @ Lehigh (11-0, 8-0 Patriot)

Second Round

But/TNSt Winner @ 1 NDSU (10-1, 7-1 MVC)
Stony Brook (10-1, 6-0 Big South) @ EWU (9-2, 7-1 Big Sky)
NAU (9-2, 7-1 Big Sky) @ 5 SHSU (8-3, 6-1 Southland)
Sac/INSt Winner @ 4 Cal Poly (9-2, 7-1 Big Sky)

App/JMU Winner @ 3 GA Southern (9-2, 7-1 CAA)
UCA (9-2, 6-1 Southland) @ Wofford (9-2, 7-1 Southern)
MSU (9-2, 6-2 Big Sky) @ New Hampshire (9-2, 7-1 CAA)
B-C/Lehigh Winner @ 2 ODU (10-1, 7-1 CAA)

Of course, this is all jacked if Sac loses even one more game. I think the rest of these get in no problem(the stupid ones all get auto-bids now that every conference that wants one has one) even if Sac does not. Of course, there would be other shuffling in that case. I know it looks stacked for the Big Sky (5 teams), but when I ran the games in my head, I saw only CP making the Final Four. In this bracket (if it's even close), I see NDSU beating ODU in a 1-vs-2 Final.

In order for Tenn.St and Bethune to make it they must win respective ,conference championships.I for one am hoping that Savannah St and Florida A&M ,play the roles of spoiler and allow my alma-mater(NC Central) to win the MEAC Championship,and make their first ever appearance into the 1-AA playoff scene.Tenn St as stated before must win out from ,now on to do the same.Defense must come to play to make it a reality.Florida A&M should definitely, have a reason to play spoiler to allow retiring coach Taylor, to go out on top with a victory, and put a nail into the coffin of its most heated rival.

[dal4018]

The fact that we are talking about this makes me sad that the college season is so short.

To me this is the best part of the season.