They said that they would not seed to avoid early rematches, BUT, they pretty much did.
Yeah, OSU can have a second round rematch vs. Oregon, but we are opposite Clemson, Texas and Tennessee. And to emphasize, Clemson beat SMU in the ACCCG, but is seeded below them. Had Clemson been seeded 11 and SMU 12, Clemson would have been on the same side of the bracket as UGA.
Also, if ASU had been made the 3 seed and Boise 4, Boise and Oregon would have been on the same side of the bracket.
To avoid OSU/Oregon being on the same side of the bracket, OSU could have been bumped ahead of Notre Dame, but then OSU would have drawn a rematch vs. Indiana in round 1. It would not have helped to drop OSU to 9 (still on the same side as Oregon), so they would have had to drop them to 10 to place them opposite of Oregon. But if the committees did that, they would be on the same side of the bracket as Penn State.
Anyway, not sure of all this was intentional or not, but it does give food for thought.
Yeah, OSU can have a second round rematch vs. Oregon, but we are opposite Clemson, Texas and Tennessee. And to emphasize, Clemson beat SMU in the ACCCG, but is seeded below them. Had Clemson been seeded 11 and SMU 12, Clemson would have been on the same side of the bracket as UGA.
Also, if ASU had been made the 3 seed and Boise 4, Boise and Oregon would have been on the same side of the bracket.
To avoid OSU/Oregon being on the same side of the bracket, OSU could have been bumped ahead of Notre Dame, but then OSU would have drawn a rematch vs. Indiana in round 1. It would not have helped to drop OSU to 9 (still on the same side as Oregon), so they would have had to drop them to 10 to place them opposite of Oregon. But if the committees did that, they would be on the same side of the bracket as Penn State.
Anyway, not sure of all this was intentional or not, but it does give food for thought.
