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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/damnyoutuesday on 2025-03-05 02:10:25+00:00.
FCS bracket rules:
- 24 teams
- Every conference champ gets an autobid
- 1-16 seeded
- Seeds 1-8 get a bye
- Seeds 9-16 get a first round home game
- Unseeded teams assigned regionally
- Bus trips under 400 miles preferred for first round matchups
- All games through semifinals played at campus sites
| Autobids | Conference |
|---|---|
| Army | American |
| Clemson | ACC |
| Oregon | Big Ten |
| Arizona State | Big 12 |
| Jacksonville State | CUSA |
| Ohio | MAC |
| Boise State | Mountain West |
| Georgia | SEC |
| Marshall | Sun Belt |
Sorry 2-PAC bros, I decided to leave you out for simplicity sake
Now we go to the CFP rankings for the top 16 teams, who will be our top 16 seeds:
*=conference champ/autobid
- Oregon*
- Georgia*
- Texas
- Penn State
- Notre Dame
- Ohio State
- Tennessee
- Indiana
- Boise State*
- SMU
- Alabama
- Arizona State*
- Miami
- Ole Miss
- South Carolina
- Clemson*
We now have our top 16 seeds, plus our 4 unseeded autobids. The last 4 in will be 17-20, and our 8 unseeded teams will be:
- BYU
- Iowa State
- Missouri
- Illinois
- Army*
- Jacksonville State*
- Ohio*
- Marshall*
Onto the first two rounds of the bracket (formatted to mirror what the first two rounds of an FCS bracket would look like). First round games, as stated earlier, are tried to be regionalized to 400 miles or less if possible (I prioritized regional matchups that fit this requirement, and then assigned games based on relative proximity and not having conference foes meet round 1)
| First round matchup (location) | Winner will face (location) |
|---|---|
| 16 Clemson vs Marshall (Clemson, SC) | 1 Oregon (Eugene, OR) |
| 9 Boise State vs BYU (Boise, ID) | 8 Indiana (Bloomington, IN) |
| 12 Arizona State vs Missouri (Tempe, AZ) | 5 Notre Dame (South Bend, IN) |
| 13 Miami vs Army (Miami Gardens, FL) | 4 Penn State (State College, PA) |
| 14 Ole Miss vs Illinois (Oxford, MS) | 3 Texas (Austin, TX) |
| 11 Alabama vs Jacksonville State (Tuscaloosa, AL) | 6 Ohio State (Columbus, OH) |
| 10 SMU vs Iowa State (Dallas, TX) | 7 Tennessee (Knoxville, TN) |
| 15 South Carolina vs Ohio (Columbia, SC) | 2 Georgia (Athens, GA) |
Not gonna lie this bracket looks like a ton of fun. Campus site games rule and I would be in favor of this format for the long haul. What do y’all think?