Breakdown of Automatic Bids
A quick reminder of the breakdown of the conference ranks at the end of 2016:
Power 5
With Clemson’s performance in 2016, as well as the rest of the ACC going 7-3 in Bowl Season, the ACC claimed the top spot and an automatic bad. This is the first time the SEC wasn’t the top conference in over a decade. However, it still maintained the number 2 spot and a top automatic bid. With the Pac-12 and the B1G retaining the third and fourth spots, and the Big 12 Champ retaining the final spot.
Group of 5
With their performance in 2016, the American Athletic Conference retains the best Group of 5 grade for the second consecutive year. The AAC’s conference champion, UCF, is granted an automatic birth.
Conference Champs
Selection Committee’s Final Top 25
Note: Memphis, as the highest ranked “at-large” G5 team, also receives a bid.
Bracket
TIER 1
TIER 2
TIER 3 and 4
SELECTION PROCESS
Segmenting the conferences in to the following tiers based on the remaining teams yields the following.
TIER 3
Tier 3 is filled with great match-ups.
TIER 4
As well as Tier 4.
TIER 4 ADDITIONAL
There are still 12 bowl eligible teams that can be slotted in to defunct/proposed bowls.
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