Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Potential Playoff Based on BCS Formula (2013)

The Playoff below is based on last years rules for BCS Bowl Game inclusion.  It takes into consideration teams outside of the P5 if they are ranked in the top 12 or top 16 (if that is higher than any P5 Conference Champion).  Notre Dame would also be excluded because they are not in the top 8.  As it turns out, if we finished the season today, the top 8 teams would include the current 1st place team from the P5 Conferences and 3 at large teams.  

SEC:  (1) Alabama, (7) Mississippi St.
Pac 12:  (3) Oregon, (8) Arizona
Big 12:  (4) TCU, (6) Baylor
ACC:  (2) Florida St
BIG:  (5) Ohio St.

I am making an assumption that if there were a committee that was seeding teams they would consider if any of the included teams had played in the past.  In this case I swapped Arizona for Mississippi St so that we don't have to watch a rematch.


See below for the Top 25 in the BCS Standings.



BCS Rankings Using 2013 Formula

I put together the complete rankings using last years formula.  The only change I made was not using the Harris Poll and subbing in the Coaches Poll.  You can follow the link below if you are curious how the BCS Formula works.


BCS Rank Team  Conf  WL BCS USA AP Comp  USA USA Points  AP AP Points Comp Avg  AND  BIL  COL  MAS  SAG  WOL
1 Alabama           SEC   11-1 0.964 0.972 0.951 0.970 1 1507 1 1426 23.17 3 2 2 1 1 2
2 Florida St        ACC   12-0 0.960 0.961 0.949 0.970 2 1489 2 1423 4.17 1 1 1 4 17 1
3 Oregon            P12   11-1 0.929 0.941 0.927 0.920 3 1458 3 1391 3.17 2 3 4 2 5 3
4 TCU               B12   10-1 0.861 0.864 0.849 0.870 4 1339 4 1274 4.17 5 5 5 3 3 4
5 Ohio St           B10   11-1 0.814 0.819 0.795 0.830 6 1269 6 1192 6.17 4 4 3 8 13 5
6 Baylor            B12   10-1 0.796 0.839 0.829 0.720 5 1300 5 1243 8.33 9 7 13 5 8 8
7 Arizona           P12   10-2 0.687 0.677 0.685 0.700 8 1050 8 1027 10.50 6 11 6 10 23 7
8 Mississippi St    SEC   10-2 0.680 0.632 0.629 0.780 10 979 10 944 6.33 8 6 8 6 4 6
9 Michigan St       B10   10-2 0.674 0.733 0.699 0.590 7 1136 7 1048 11.50 16 8 14 9 10 12
10 Kansas St         B12    9-2 0.641 0.669 0.663 0.590 9 1037 9 995 11.83 10 12 16 11 12 10
11 Mississippi       SEC    9-3 0.553 0.457 0.502 0.700 14 709 13 753 8.33 11 14 7 7 2 9
12 Wisconsin         B10   10-2 0.544 0.616 0.607 0.410 11 955 11 910 15.33 15 10 15 19 15 18
13 Georgia Tech      ACC   10-2 0.533 0.559 0.549 0.490 12 867 12 823 13.83 12 13 10 16 18 14
14 Missouri          SEC   10-2 0.504 0.529 0.493 0.490 13 820 14 740 13.33 13 9 12 15 16 15
15 Georgia           SEC    9-3 0.398 0.381 0.404 0.410 15 590 15 606 14.67 18 15 18 12 6 19
16 UCLA              P12    9-3 0.395 0.334 0.341 0.510 17 517 16 512 13.33 7 19 9 14 20 11
17 Oklahoma          B12    8-3 0.310 0.375 0.323 0.230 16 582 18 485 18.67 21 22 21 17 9 22
18 Arizona St        P12    9-3 0.308 0.314 0.330 0.280 18 486 17 495 19.00 14 16 19 20 24 21
19 Auburn            SEC    8-4 0.304 0.233 0.239 0.440 21 361 20 358 14.33 19 17 17 13 7 13
20 Clemson           ACC    9-3 0.254 0.283 0.279 0.200 19 439 19 418 21.00 22 20 20 22 25 17
21 Louisville        ACC    9-3 0.179 0.255 0.231 0.050 20 395 21 346 25.17 24 27 23 25 29 23
22 Boise St          MWC   10-2 0.157 0.163 0.177 0.130 22 253 22 265 22.50 20 23 11 32 33 16
23 LSU               SEC    8-4 0.131 0.056 0.097 0.240 24 87 23 145 19.50 26 18 24 18 11 20
24 Nebraska          B10    9-3 0.053 0.107 0.043 0.010 23 166 25 64 25.50 25 25 22 28 26 27
25 USC               P12    8-4 0.040 0.000 0.000 0.120           22.83 17 28 27 21 19 25
26 Utah              P12    8-4 0.028 0.000 0.053 0.030      24 79 25.50 23 21 28 26 31 24
27 Texas A&M         SEC    7-5 -0.037 0.000 0.000 -0.110           28.17 33 30 30 27 21 28
28 Marshall          CUSA   11-1 -0.043 0.000 0.000 -0.130           30.00 28 24 25 39 32 32
29 Stanford          P12    7-5 -0.050 0.000 0.000 -0.150           30.17 30 29 38 24 27 33
30 Minnesota         B10    8-4 -0.055 0.055 0.000 -0.220 25 86      31.50 29 33 29 34 34 30
31 Arkansas          SEC    6-6 -0.063 0.000 0.000 -0.190           30.83 34 48 35 23 14 31
32 Colorado St       MWC   10-2 -0.073 0.000 0.000 -0.220           33.00 27 32 26 41 46 26
33 West Virginia     B12    7-5 -0.080 0.000 0.000 -0.240           33.50 32 45 37 30 28 29
34 Notre Dame        FBSI    7-5 -0.117 0.000 0.000 -0.350           34.67 31 35 34 38 35 35
35 Florida           SEC    6-5 -0.123 0.000 0.000 -0.370           35.83 37 52 41 29 22 34
36 Duke              ACC    9-3 -0.137 0.000 0.000 -0.410           36.67 35 34 32 37 43 39
37 Washington        P12    8-5 -0.160 0.000 0.000 -0.480           37.83 36 40 44 31 38 38
38 Memphis           AAC    9-3 -0.207 0.000 0.000 -0.620           42.00 50 37 36 48 41 40
39 Texas             B12    6-6 -0.207 0.000 0.000 -0.620           42.33 41 43 53 35 37 45
40 Tennessee         SEC    6-6 -0.223 0.000 0.000 -0.670           41.67 42 49 49 33 30 47
41 Boston College    ACC    7-5 -0.223 0.000 0.000 -0.670           42.83 40 46 46 40 42 43
42 N Illinois        MAC   10-2 -0.233 0.000 0.000 -0.700           45.33 44 26 31 63 72 36
43 Maryland          B10    7-5 -0.240 0.000 0.000 -0.720           44.83 39 54 45 44 45 42
44 Air Force         MWC    9-3 -0.260 0.000 0.000 -0.780           47.67 45 31 33 67 73 37
45 BYU               FBSI    8-4 -0.267 0.000 0.000 -0.800           45.83 48 42 43 45 48 49
46 NC State          ACC    7-5 -0.267 0.000 0.000 -0.800           46.67 43 47 40 50 56 44
47 Cincinnati        AAC    8-3 -0.270 0.000 0.000 -0.810           46.00 47 38 39 51 53 48
48 South Carolina    SEC    6-6 -0.273 0.000 0.000 -0.820           46.50 49 50 57 36 36 51
49 Miami FL          ACC    6-6 -0.283 0.000 0.000 -0.850           49.33 46 68 51 42 39 50
50 Utah St           MWC    9-4 -0.290 0.000 0.000 -0.870           46.83 51 36 42 52 54 46
51 Rutgers           B10    7-5 -0.303 0.000 0.000 -0.910           49.67 38 51 48 55 65 41
52 Iowa              B10    7-5 -0.347 0.000 0.000 -1.040           50.67 54 55 56 43 40 56
53 Louisiana Tech    CUSA    8-4 -0.377 0.000 0.000 -1.130           56.17 52 73 47 66 47 52
54 North Carolina    ACC    6-6 -0.383 0.000 0.000 -1.150           54.83 53 63 55 47 58 53
55 UCF               AAC    8-3 -0.413 0.000 0.000 -1.240           55.17 62 39 50 64 57 59
56 East Carolina     AAC    8-3 -0.413 0.000 0.000 -1.240           55.00 61 41 52 61 60 55
57 Virginia Tech     ACC    6-6 -0.413 0.000 0.000 -1.240           56.67 57 66 62 46 49 60
58 California        P12    5-7 -0.427 0.000 0.000 -1.280           58.67 56 61 71 49 51 64
59 Ga Southern       SBC    9-3 -0.430 0.000 0.000 -1.290           58.00 58 44 54 71 64 57
60 Oklahoma St       B12    5-6 -0.460 0.000 0.000 -1.380           61.17 59 60 68 57 61 62
61 Illinois          B10    6-6 -0.463 0.000 0.000 -1.390           60.83 55 65 61 59 67 58
62 Virginia          ACC    5-7 -0.473 0.000 0.000 -1.420           60.83 63 69 67 53 50 63
63 Nevada            MWC    7-5 -0.490 0.000 0.000 -1.470           62.67 60 71 59 69 63 54
64 Michigan          B10    5-7 -0.510 0.000 0.000 -1.530           64.50 65 57 73 62 62 68
65 Pittsburgh        ACC    6-6 -0.520 0.000 0.000 -1.560           64.17 70 64 72 54 52 73
66 Penn St           B10    6-6 -0.523 0.000 0.000 -1.570           65.83 64 79 66 65 55 66
67 Kentucky          SEC    5-7 -0.533 0.000 0.000 -1.600           64.00 68 70 76 56 44 70
68 Toledo            MAC    8-4 -0.547 0.000 0.000 -1.640           67.17 72 62 58 73 77 61
69 Northwestern      B10    5-7 -0.550 0.000 0.000 -1.650           67.33 71 67 77 58 59 72
70 Navy              FBSI    6-5 -0.570 0.000 0.000 -1.710           69.00 67 75 64 72 71 65
71 W Kentucky        CUSA    7-5 -0.600 0.000 0.000 -1.800           70.83 69 78 63 74 74 67
72 ULL               SBC    8-4 -0.600 0.000 0.000 -1.800           70.83 75 58 60 80 83 69
73 Oregon St         P12    5-7 -0.607 0.000 0.000 -1.820           71.17 66 74 81 60 70 76
74 San Diego St      MWC    7-5 -0.630 0.000 0.000 -1.890           71.33 79 56 75 75 69 74
75 Rice              CUSA    7-5 -0.640 0.000 0.000 -1.920           73.33 73 76 65 76 79 71
76 W Michigan        MAC    8-4 -0.657 0.000 0.000 -1.970           72.33 80 53 69 79 76 77
77 Texas Tech        B12    4-8 -0.683 0.000 0.000 -2.050           77.00 77 85 87 68 66 79
78 Fresno St         MWC    6-6 -0.687 0.000 0.000 -2.060           78.00 76 72 79 77 86 78
79 Houston           AAC    7-4 -0.693 0.000 0.000 -2.080           75.50 82 59 74 78 78 82
80 Washington St     P12    3-9 -0.723 0.000 0.000 -2.170           80.33 78 93 92 70 68 81
81 UTEP              CUSA    7-5 -0.727 0.000 0.000 -2.180           80.00 74 88 70 85 88 75
82 Indiana           B10    4-8 -0.773 0.000 0.000 -2.320           84.50 86 80 91 81 82 87
83 Arkansas St       SBC    7-5 -0.777 0.000 0.000 -2.330           83.50 88 82 82 89 75 85
84 UAB               CUSA    6-6 -0.783 0.000 0.000 -2.350           85.33 83 87 84 90 84 84
85 MTSU              CUSA    6-6 -0.793 0.000 0.000 -2.380           85.67 81 89 78 94 92 80
86 Bowling Green     MAC    7-5 -0.810 0.000 0.000 -2.430           87.17 84 84 80 93 96 86
87 C Michigan        MAC    7-5 -0.833 0.000 0.000 -2.500           88.50 87 94 83 88 91 88
88 Temple            AAC    5-6 -0.840 0.000 0.000 -2.520           89.17 96 83 89 91 87 89
89 Old Dominion      CUSA    6-6 -0.847 0.000 0.000 -2.540           90.17 85 92 85 96 100 83
90 Syracuse          ACC    3-9 -0.857 0.000 0.000 -2.570           90.00 91 90 95 84 89 91
91 Appalachian St    SBC    7-5 -0.887 0.000 0.000 -2.660           91.83 100 81 90 95 90 95
92 Texas St          SBC    7-5 -0.887 0.000 0.000 -2.660           91.17 97 77 86 100 95 92
93 South Alabama     SBC    6-6 -0.890 0.000 0.000 -2.670           92.67 95 86 88 99 98 90
94 Colorado          P12   2-10 -0.897 0.000 0.000 -2.690           94.00 90 110 101 82 81 100
95 Kansas            B12    3-9 -0.897 0.000 0.000 -2.690           93.00 89 99 97 86 93 94
96 Purdue            B10    3-9 -0.900 0.000 0.000 -2.700           93.00 94 96 99 87 85 97
97 Wyoming           MWC    4-8 -0.930 0.000 0.000 -2.790           96.00 92 97 94 101 99 93
98 Iowa St           B12    2-9 -0.943 0.000 0.000 -2.830           96.33 102 104 111 83 80 98
99 Vanderbilt        SEC    3-9 -0.950 0.000 0.000 -2.850           98.33 93 109 98 92 97 101
100 New Mexico        MWC    4-8 -0.957 0.000 0.000 -2.870           98.00 98 95 96 102 101 96
101 Ohio              MAC    6-6 -0.980 0.000 0.000 -2.940           99.50 101 91 93 105 108 99
102 Hawaii            MWC    4-9 -1.010 0.000 0.000 -3.030           101.67 105 101 109 98 94 103
103 Wake Forest       ACC    3-9 -1.023 0.000 0.000 -3.070           102.33 99 106 103 97 105 104
104 UT San Antonio    CUSA    4-8 -1.030 0.000 0.000 -3.090           104.00 103 102 102 106 109 102
105 Ball St           MAC    5-7 -1.040 0.000 0.000 -3.120           104.00 110 98 104 103 102 107
106 Tulane            AAC    3-8 -1.067 0.000 0.000 -3.200           106.67 107 112 105 104 107 105
107 South Florida     AAC    4-8 -1.077 0.000 0.000 -3.230           106.83 104 107 100 110 114 106
108 San Jose St       MWC    3-9 -1.090 0.000 0.000 -3.270           107.67 108 103 112 109 106 108
109 ULM               SBC    4-8 -1.097 0.000 0.000 -3.290           108.17 112 105 110 107 104 111
110 Florida Intl      CUSA    4-8 -1.103 0.000 0.000 -3.310           108.17 109 111 108 108 103 110
111 Southern Miss     CUSA    3-9 -1.130 0.000 0.000 -3.390           110.83 106 116 106 115 113 109
112 Buffalo           MAC    5-6 -1.137 0.000 0.000 -3.410           110.17 114 100 107 112 112 116
113 Akron             MAC    5-7 -1.153 0.000 0.000 -3.460           112.50 113 113 113 111 111 114
114 FL Atlantic       CUSA    3-9 -1.157 0.000 0.000 -3.470           112.67 111 115 114 114 110 112
115 Army              FBSI    4-7 -1.190 0.000 0.000 -3.570           115.67 116 120 115 113 117 113
116 North Texas       CUSA    4-8 -1.190 0.000 0.000 -3.570           114.33 115 108 116 117 115 115
117 Massachusetts     MAC    3-9 -1.227 0.000 0.000 -3.680           118.17 120 114 123 116 116 120
118 UNLV              MWC   2-11 -1.230 0.000 0.000 -3.690           118.33 117 118 118 119 120 118
119 Connecticut       AAC    2-9 -1.233 0.000 0.000 -3.700           119.00 118 121 117 118 123 117
120 Tulsa             AAC   2-10 -1.240 0.000 0.000 -3.720           119.17 119 117 119 122 119 119
121 Kent              MAC    2-9 -1.270 0.000 0.000 -3.810           121.33 121 123 121 120 122 121
122 Troy              SBC    3-9 -1.287 0.000 0.000 -3.860           122.50 122 125 120 121 124 123
123 Miami OH          MAC   2-10 -1.297 0.000 0.000 -3.890           122.50 124 122 124 123 118 124
124 E Michigan        MAC   2-10 -1.303 0.000 0.000 -3.910           124.00 123 124 122 126 127 122
125 New Mexico St     SBC   2-10 -1.330 0.000 0.000 -3.990           125.83 127 127 126 125 125 125
126 Idaho             SBC   1-10 -1.333 0.000 0.000 -4.000           125.50 128 126 128 124 121 126
127 SMU               AAC   0-11 -1.337 0.000 0.000 -4.010           125.33 126 119 125 127 128 127
128 Georgia St        SBC   1-11 -1.350 0.000 0.000 -4.050           127.00 125 128 127 128 126 128