I went back through all the Playoff Committee final regular season ratings and seeded a 12 team playoff for each season based off the current rules. Since there were 5 Power conferences, the Pac 12 was around, I seeded the 4 highest ranked conference champs w/ the bye but gave 6 auto bids to those teams...here is what they would have looked like...
2014:
12 Boise State (Group5) @ 5 Baylor(B12). Winner plays 4 Ohio State (BigTen)
9 Ole Miss @ 8 Michigan State. Winner plays 1 Alabama (SEC)
11 Kansas State @ 6 TCU. Winner plays 3 Florida State (ACC)
10 Arizona @ 7 Mississippi State. Winner plays 2 Oregon (Pac)
2015:
12 Houston(Group5) @ 5 Iowa. Winner plays 4 Oklahoma (B12)
9 Florida State @ 8 Notre Dame. Winner plays 1 Clemson (ACC)
11 TCU @ 6 Stanford (Pac). Winner plays 3 Michigan State (BigTen)
10 North Carolina @ 7 Ohio State. Winner plays 2 Alabama (SEC)
2016:
12 Western Michigan (Group5) @ 5 Ohio State. Winner plays 4 PSU (BigTen)
9 USC @ 8 Wisconsin. Winner plays 1 Alabama (SEC)
11 Florida State @ 6 Michigan. Winner plays 3 Washington (Pac)
10 Colorado @ 7 Oklahoma(B12). Winner plays 2 Clemson (ACC)
2017:
12 Central Florida (Group5) @ 5 Alabama. Winner plays 4 Ohio State (BigTen)
9 Penn State @ 8 USC (Pac). Winner plays 1 Clemson (ACC)
11 Washington @ 6 Wisconsin. Winner plays 3 Georgia (SEC)
10 Miami @ 7 Auburn. Winner plays 2 Oklahoma (B12)
2018:
12 Penn State @ 5 Notre Dame. Winner plays 4 Ohio State (BigTen)
9 Washington (Pac) @ 8 Central Florida (Group5). Winner plays 1 Alabama (SEC)
11 LSU @ 6 Georgia. Winner plays 3 Oklahoma (B12)
10 Florida @ 7 Michigan. Winner plays 2 Clemson (ACC)
2019:
12 Memphis (Group5) @ Georgia. Winner plays 4 Oklahoma (B12)
9 Florida @ 8 Wisconsin. Winner plays 1 LSU (SEC)
11 Utah @ 6 Oregon (Pac). Winner plays 3 Clemson (ACC)
10 Penn State @ 7 Baylor. Winner plays 2 Ohio State (BigTen)
2020:
12 Oregon (Pac) @ 5 Notre Dame. Winner plays 4 Oklahoma (Big12)
9 Georgia @ 8 Cincinnati (Group5). Winner plays 1 Alabama (SEC)
11 Indiana @ 6 Texas A & M. Winner plays 3 Ohio State (BigTen)
10 Iowa State @ 7 Florida. Winner plays 2 Clemson (ACC)
2021:
12 BYU (Group5) @ 5 Georgia. Winner plays 4 Baylor (Big12)
9 Oklahoma State @ 8 Ole Miss. Winner plays 1 Alabama (SEC)
11 Utah (Pac) @ 6 Notre Dame. Winner plays 3 Cincinnati (Group5)
10 Michigan State @ 7 Ohio State. Winner plays 2 Michigan (BigTen)
2022:
12 Tulane (Group5) @ 5 TCU. Winner plays 4 Utah (Pac)
9 Kansas State (B12) @ 8 Tennessee. Winner plays 1 Georgia (SEC)
11 Penn State @ 6 Ohio State. Winner plays 3 Clemson (ACC)
10 USC @ 7 Alabama. Winner plays 2 Michigan (BigTen)
2023:
12 Liberty (Group5) @ 5 Florida State (ACC). Winner plays 4 Alabama (SEC)
9 Missouri @ 8 Oregon. Winner plays 1 Michigan (BigTen)
11 Ole Miss @ 6 Georgia. Winner plays 3 Texas (B12)
10 Penn State @ 7 Ohio State. Winner plays 2 Washington (Pac)
Thinking backwards, this would have been so amazing to watch play out...I'm even more excited going forward.
Couple points...2016, look at the gauntlet we went through (lost by 3 pts to #4 PSU on fluke play at their place...Beat #6 Michigan in OT at home...Beat #7 Oklahoma in blowout at their place...Beat #8 Wisconsin on road at night at their place in OT). How the hell do we get blown out by Clemson after going through that gauntlet.
2015, I didn't realize we fell that far after the MSU loss...
OSU is the only program in every playoff then...not only that, we either have a bye or a home game in every playoff...not one road game. Pretty impressive.
