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 |
