2014-15 Playoffs
Rose #2 Oregon vs #3 Florida State
Sugar #1 Alabama vs #4 Mississippi St

Assumed location on the match ups above giving #1 closest to home field advantage...

2014-15 Contract Bowl
Orange Bowl — ACC #1 (#22 Clemson) vs. highest ranked SEC #2, Big Ten #2, or Notre Dame (#10 Georgia)

2014-15 At-Large/Guarantees
Peach Bowl — at-large or "Group of Five"
Cotton Bowl — at-large or "Group of Five"
Fiesta Bowl — at-large or "Group of Five"

P5 champs not included: #5 TCU and #6 Ohio State
Highest ranked Go5 champ: None ranked in CFP Top 25 but assumed Marshall (#18 AP/#18 Coaches)

Next 3 highest ranked: #7 Baylor, #8 Ole Miss and #9 UCLA

Not making calls on who would match with who - but those are the ones that would play in NY6 games....

RED = playoff team; GREEN = contract/guarantee; Bold BLUE = At-Large

RK TEAM RECORD
1 Alabama 9-1
2 Oregon 9-1
3 Florida State 10-0
4 Mississippi State 9-1
5 TCU 9-1
6 Ohio State 9-1
7 Baylor 8-1
8 Ole Miss 8-2
9 UCLA 8-2
10 Georgia 8-2
11 Michigan State 8-2
12 Kansas State 7-2
13 Arizona State 8-2
14 Auburn 7-3
15 Arizona 8-2
16 Wisconsin 8-2
17 Utah 7-3
18 Georgia Tech 9-2
19 USC 7-3
20 Missouri 8-2
21 Oklahoma 7-3
22 Clemson 7-3
23 Nebraska 8-2
24 Louisville 7-3
25 Minnesota 7-3

UR Marshall 9-0

We are now back to 2 SEC teams in the playoffs with the B1G & B12 being shut out. This shows the scenario where only 3 at-large teams are included and demonstrates one of the worst case scenarios for a year with the Rose/Sugar as the semi-finals. If a team like BYU could get into the top 5-7 at the end of the year they would have been in. And possibly as low as 8-9 with the current scenario...

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