What if the Bowl Coalition, the original agreement among College Football’s Elite to create a National Championship game, had included a Playoff. Using Whatifsports.com simulation tools and NCAA 14, I present the findings of my journey to this alternate dimension. This video is the Opening Round of a 8 team playoff for the 1992 season using a system that has it’s roots in the Bowl Coalition.
6-Auto Bids from the champions of the ACC, Big East, Big Eight, SEC, and SWC + Notre Dame.
2-At Large Bids from the runner’s up of the ACC, Big East, Big Eight, SWC, and Pac-10 + The 3rd place team from the SEC.
Similar to the Actual Bowl coalition the Rose Bowl and therefore Big Ten and Pac-10 would not participate.
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8:05 – Orange Bowl – #1 Miami v #11 Nebraska
12:16 – Sugar Bowl – #2 Alabama v #10 Colorado
19:50 – Cotton Bowl – #4 Texas A&M v #5 Notre Dame
25:15 – Fiesta Bowl – #3 Florida State v #6 Syracuse
Whatifsports.com only goes back to the 1996 season so using advanced stats (SP+ & SRS) along with offensive and defensive production numbers I paired each team with a counterpart from the 1996 or 1997 season (I used a 5 year window to keep new innovative offenses from sneaking in and creating issues). I then assigned each player a counterpart from that team to determine individual stats. It’s not perfect but it does the job. Here are the teams that were used.
#1 Miami (12-1) — 1996 Colorado (10-2)
#2 Alabama (13-0) — 1997 Michigan (12-0)
#3 Florida State (11-1) — 1996 Arizona State (11-1)
#4 Texas A&M (12-1) — 1996 Alabama (10-3)
#5 Notre Dame (10-1-1) — 1997 Washington (8-4)***
***(Advanced Stats Love 1997 Washington the est SP+ has them as the 5th Best team in the country in 1997)
#6 Syracuse (10-2) — 1997 Arizona State (9-3)
#10 Colorado (9-2-1) — 1996 Miami (9-3)
#11 Nebraska (9-3) — 1997 Kansas State (11-1)
Actual Highlights are courtesy of SW561:
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