NCAA 2008 College Football Playoff Simulation
Semifinal Round
Welcome to season number two of the NCAA College Football Playoff Simulation. For those reading this blog for the first time, the PiRate College Football Playoffs take the champions of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, and SEC as automatic qualifiers. Any of the remaining conference champions (including the top independent) that finish in the top 16 in the final regular season BCS Standings also qualify automatically. At-large teams are then selected in the order of BCS finish until 12 total teams have been selected. The 12 teams are seeded by BCS ranking.
Here is how the 12 teams were selected for the 2008 playoffs.
Top Six Conference Champions
ACC-Virginia Tech 9-4 seeded 12th
Big East Champion-Cincinnati 11-2 seeded 11th
Big Ten-Penn State 11-1 seeded 8th
Big 12-Oklahoma 12-1 seeded 1st
Pac-10-Southern Cal 11-1 seeded 5th
SEC-Florida 12-1 seeded 2nd
Automatic Qualifiers By Virtue Of Top 16 In BCS
MWC-Utah 12-0 seeded 6th
WAC-Boise State 12-0 seeded 9th
Top Four At-Large To Fill Out 12-Team Field
Texas 11-1 seeded 3rd
Alabama 12-1 seeded 4th
Texas Tech 11-1 seeded 7th
Ohio State 10-2 seeded 10th
The PiRate Playoff System uses the top 11 bowl games to play the four rounds. The 5th through 12th seeds must play in the first round, while the top four seeds receive byes to the quarterfinals.
The First Round games were simulated Saturday, December 13. Here were the results of those games.
Insight Bowl: #5 Southern Cal 20 #12 Virginia Tech 6
Cotton Bowl: #6 Utah 23 #11 Cincinnati 20 2ot
Chick-Fil-a Bowl: #10 Ohio State 45 #7 Texas Tech 31
Outback Bowl: #9 Boise State 34 #8 Penn State 23
Quarterfinal Round Matches
Simulated December 20
Fiesta Bowl
#1 Oklahoma 48 #9 Boise State 21
Sugar Bowl
#2 Florida 34 #10 Ohio State 17
Capital One Bowl
#3 Texas 35 #6 Utah 17
Gator Bowl
#5 Southern Cal 17 #4 Alabama 10
FINAL FOUR
Rose Bowl
#1 Oklahoma 13-1 vs. #5 Southern Cal 13-1
Orange Bowl
#2 Florida 13-1 vs. #3 Texas 12-1
RESULTS OF SEMIFINAL GAMES
Rose Bowl
Southern California 27 Oklahoma 14
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Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
OT |
F |
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Oklahoma |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
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14 |
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Southern Cal |
10 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
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27 |
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OKL |
Stat |
USC |
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18 |
FD |
22 |
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21-77 |
Rush-Yds |
39-148 |
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282 |
Pass Yds |
267 |
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25-43-2 |
Passes |
19-33-0 |
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5-42.4 |
Punt |
4-38.8 |
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1-9 |
PR |
2-31 |
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7-60 |
Pen |
5-35 |
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2-1 |
Fum |
1-0 |
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64 |
Play |
72 |
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359 |
Tot Yds |
415 |
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Mark Sanchez threw touchdown passes to Michael Turner on consecutive drives at the end of the 3rd quarter and beginning of the fourth quarter after Oklahoma had taken a 14-13 lead. The USC defense held the Sooners to 11 total yards and no first downs in the final quarter, sacking Sam Bradfors twice on 3rd down plays.
Orange Bowl
Florida 49 Texas 35
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Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
OT |
F |
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Florida |
14 |
14 |
7 |
14 |
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49 |
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Texas |
7 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
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35 |
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Fla |
Stat |
Tex |
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25 |
FD |
19 |
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39-183 |
Rush-Yds |
18-44 |
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290 |
Pass Yds |
332 |
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25-38-0 |
Passes |
27-41-1 |
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0-0 |
Punt |
3-42.3 |
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1-12 |
PR |
0-0 |
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6-44 |
Pen |
8-58 |
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0-0 |
Fum |
1-0 |
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|
77 |
Play |
59 |
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473 |
Tot Yds |
376 |
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Florida scored touchdowns on their first four possessions, as Tim Tebow started the game 15-18 for 176 yards. Colt McCoy brought the Longhorns back in the second quarter; trailing 28-7, he led Texas on two quick scoring drives, topping the second one with a nine yard touchdown scamper.
With the score tied 35-35, Tebow ran off-tackle 26 yards for the go-ahead score, and then linebacker Brandon Spikes intercepted McCoy and returned it 41 yards for the touchdown that sealed the game.
National Championship Game
Florida 14-1 vs. Southern Cal 14-1
This game will be simulated January 7th
The Pi-Rate Ratings 