College Football Computer Simulated Playoffs–Round One

2009-10 NCAA College Football Computer Simulated Playoffs

Round One

 

The opening round of the computer simulated playoffs are in the books, and four teams have advanced to the quarterfinals to play the top four seeds, all of whom received first round byes.

For a better understanding of these playoffs, see my December 7, 2009, post.  In the opening round, the four bowls hosting these games were the Outback Bowl, Alamo Bowl, Holiday Bowl, and Gator Bowl.  

In the Outback Bowl, #5-Seed Florida did nothing offensively in the first half against #12 seed LSU, but the Gators outscored the Tigers 13-3 in the second half to win 16-9.

In the Alamo Bowl,  #6 Boise State started the game with a nine play, 80-yard touchdown drive and never looked back in t 34-13 win over  #11 Virginia Tech. 

In the Holiday Bowl,  #7 Oregon scored two touchdowns in the final 6:41 to come back and beat #10 Iowa 27-19.

In the Gator Bowl, #9 Georgia Tech rushed for 145 yards in the first quarter while building a 14-0 lead over #8 Ohio State and then held on as the Buckeyes rallied in the second half to make it a 30-24 final

 

Here are the statistics for the games:

Outback Bowl

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Florida	0	3	10	3	16
L S U	3	3	3	0	9
		Florida	Team	L S U
		15	FD	13
		45-171	Rushing	37-117
		156	Passing	138
		13-21-1	Passes	12-25-1
		5-41.4	Punt	7-40.6
		41	Returns	26
		1-0	Fumbles	0-0
		6-45	Penalties	7-60
		66	Plays	62
		327	Total Yds	255

 

Alamo Bowl

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Boise St.	10	7	14	3	34
Va. Tech	0	7	0	6	13
		Boise	Team	Va Tech
		25	FD	16
		49-281	Rushing	42-153
		176	Passing	87
		15-24-0	Passes	9-22-2
		1-38.0	Punt	6-42.3
		18	Returns	0
		1-0	Fumbles	2-1
		5-35	Penalties	6-53
		73	Plays	64
		457	Total Yds	230

Holiday Bowl

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Oregon	0	7	6	14	27
Iowa	9	3	7	0	19
		Oregon	Team	Iowa
		22	FD	16
		41-180	Rushing	31-117
		251	Passing	164
		20-29-0	Passes	16-28-2
		2-44.5	Punt	6-37.8
		18	Returns	-2
		2-1	Fumbles	3-1
		4-30	Penalties	9-65
		70	Plays	59
		431	Total Yds	281

 

Gator Bowl

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Ga. Tech	14	6	7	3	30
Ohio St.	0	7	7	10	24
		Ga Tech	Team	Ohio St
		24	FD	17
		58-311	Rushing	38-164
		108	Passing	183
		6-14-1	Passes	17-29-2
		0-0	Punt	4-41.5
		39	Returns	0
		3-2	Fumbles	2-1
		9-80	Penalties	6-43
		72	Plays	67
		419	Total Yds	347

 

Quarterfinal Round

In the next round, #5 Florida takes on #4 T C U in the Cotton Bowl; #6 Boise State plays #3 Cincinnati in the Capital One Bowl; #7 Oregon plays #2 Texas in the Rose Bowl; and #9 Georgia Tech plays #1 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.

These games would be the four New Year’s Day Bowl Games.  Wouldn’t it be great when all four January 1 bowls would actually mean something and guarantee that every game contributed to the real National Championship?

Check back on January 2 for results of the college football Elite Eight.