Computer Simulated NCAA Playoffs 2015-16: Round 2

Welcome back to round 2 of our computer simulated college football playoffs.  If you did not see last week’s posting of round 1, we are taking the Football Bowl Subdivision teams and applying the Football Championship Series rules to the playoffs.

 

Thus our FBS simulated playoffs consisted of 24 teams with every conference champion guaranteed a spot in the playoffs.

 

Here were this week’s Round 2 Pairings.

Second Round
#9 Notre Dame	at
#8 North Carolina
#10 Florida St.	at
#7 Stanford
#11 TCU	at
#6 Ohio St.
#12 Baylor	at
#5 Michigan St.
#13 Northwestern	at
#4 Iowa
#19 Michigan	at
#3 Oklahoma
#15 Oregon	at
#2 Alabama
#16 Ole Miss	at
#1 Clemson

 

The games were simulated, and there were some surprises.  Here are the final scores of the games.

North Carolina 27  Notre Dame 23

Stanford 24  Florida St. 20

Ohio St. 34  TCU 21

Michigan St. 27  Baylor 24

Iowa 23 Northwestern 17

Oklahoma 47  Michigan 28

Alabama 20  Oregon 16

Ole Miss 35  Clemson 20

 

Here are the basic stats for those games.

Second Round		1	2	3	4	F	FD	Rush	Pass	Total
#9 Notre Dame	at	0	14	6	3	23	19	171	149	320
#8 North Carolina		7	10	3	7	27	20	135	271	406
#10 Florida St.	at	6	14	0	0	20	17	183	128	311
#7 Stanford		3	7	7	7	24	18	206	149	355
#11 TCU	at	0	7	14	0	21	18	130	211	341
#6 Ohio St.		6	3	15	10	34	34	271	138	409
#12 Baylor	at	0	3	14	7	24	23	98	226	324
#5 Michigan St.		6	14	7	0	27	16	188	177	365
#13 Northwestern	at	10	0	7	0	17	16	129	176	305
#4 Iowa		0	6	3	14	23	16	135	153	288
#19 Michigan	at	0	7	7	14	28	22	169	250	419
#3 Oklahoma		14	17	9	7	47	27	251	279	530
#15 Oregon	at	3	3	10	0	16	14	76	202	278
#2 Alabama		7	7	3	3	20	18	247	139	386
#16 Ole Miss	at	21	7	7	0	35	23	190	194	384
#1 Clemson		0	6	7	7	20	17	147	161	308

 

Here are the pairings for the Quarterfinal Round.

Quarterfinal Round
#16 Ole Miss	at
#8 North Carolina
#7 Stanford	at
#2 Alabama
#6 Ohio St.	at
#3 Oklahoma
#5 Michigan St.	at
#4 Iowa

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