The Bracket

We have a Single Elimination set-up with 6 Play-In Games to arrive at a 32 team field.  Here are the Play-In Matchups, followed by First Round Matchups (In Order of Bracket).  The Champions were seeded 1-16, and the at-large teams were seeded after them

PLAY-IN ROUND
(Game results to be released Thursday 1/17)

2006 Boise vs. 2008 Utah  (Winner faces #1 2001 Miami)
2004 Utah vs. 2007 Hawaii (Winner faces #2 1999 Florida State)
2009 Boise vs. 1998 Tulane (Winner faces #3 2005 Texas)
1999 Marshall vs. 2010 TCU (Winner faces #4 2002 Ohio State)

2001 Nebraska vs. 2001 Oregon (Winner faces #5 2009 Alabama)
2005 Penn State vs. 2011 Oklahoma State (Winner faces #6 1998 Tennessee)

FIRST ROUND
(Game results to be released Monday 1/21 and Thursday 1/25)

#1 2001 Miami vs. Play-In
#16 2007 LSU vs. #17 2004 Auburn

#8 2000 Oklahoma vs. #25 2010 Oregon
#9 2010 Auburn vs. #24 2012 Notre Dame

#4 2002 Ohio State vs. Play-in
#13 1996 Florida vs. #20 1999 Virginia Tech

#5 2009 Alabama vs. Play-In
#12 2008 Florida vs. #21 2006 Ohio State


#2 1999 Florida State vs. Play-In
#15 2006 Florida vs. #18 2002 Miami

1997 Nebraska vs. 1997 Michigan
#10 2011 Alabama vs. #23 2008 Oklahoma

#3 2005 Texas vs. Play-In
#14 2003 LSU vs. #19 1996 Florida State

#6 1998 Tennessee vs. Play-In
#11 2012 Alabama vs. #22 2009 Texas