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Playoff 2012

Here's the alternate postseason I proposed last year:

• Eight team playoff
• Champion of each automatic qualifying conference gets in.
• Two at large qualifiers determined by BCS Rankings. Teams from Non AQ conferences are guaranteed a spot if they finish in the top 5 of the final BCS rankings.
• Higher ranked team hosts in their home stadium in the first round
• Semifinals are at two of the sites of the Fiesta, Rose, Sugar and Orange bowls on a rotating basis. The two bowls not hosting that year have first choice of non-playoff teams.
• Finals rotate among the 4 BCS bowls.

This year it would look like this:

• #8 West Virginia (Big East Champ) at #1 LSU (SEC Champ)
• #5 Wisconsin (Big10 Champ) at #4 Oregon (PAC 10 Champ)
• #6 Stanford (at large) at #3 Oklahoma St (Big 12 Champ)
• #7 Clemson (ACC Champ) at #2 Alabama (at large)

Stanford would have been ranked ahead of Wisconsin but the rankings were reversed to avoid a conference rematch in Round 1.

Hypothetical Semifinals:

• Rose Bowl: #4 Oregon vs #1 LSU in a rematch of the season opener
• Fiesta Bowl: #3 Oklahoma State vs #2 Alabama

The other BCS Bowls played these games:

• Sugar Bowl: Arkansas vs Boise St
• Orange Bowl: Michigan vs Kansas State

The BCS final would be:

• #1 LSU vs #3 Oklahoma State in the BCS Title game at the Superdome in New Orleans.
• LSU slipped past Oregon in a much closer game than week 1, 35-30 to get to the game.
• Oklahoma State played good enough defense to contain Trent Richardson to beat Alabama 27-17.