User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2016 NCAA Division I FBS Tournament

Automatic qualifiers

The following 10 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2016 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid:

Conference	Team	Appearance	Last bid
American	Temple	1st	—
ACC	Clemson	2nd	2015
Big Ten	Penn State	1st	—
Big 12	Oklahoma	2nd	2015
Conference USA	WKU	1st	—
MAC	Western Michigan	1st	—
Mountain West	San Diego State	1st	—
Pac-12	Washington	1st	—
SEC	Alabama	3rd	2015
Sun Belt	Appalachain State	1st	—

Tournament seeds

Eastern Regional – Peach Bowl, Atlanta

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Alabama	SEC	13–0	Auto	1
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	11–1	At-large	3
3	Penn State	Big Ten	11–2	Auto	5
4	Oklahoma	Big 12	11–2	Auto	7
5	USC	Pac-12	9–3	At-large	9
6	Florida State	ACC	9–3	At-large	11
7	Louisville	ACC	9–3	At-large	13
8	Western Michigan	MAC	13–0	Auto	15
9	Florida	SEC	8–4	At-large	17
10	Utah	Pac-12	8–4	At-large	19
11	Tennesee	SEC	8–4	At-large	21
12	Pittsburgh	ACC	8–4	At-large	23
13	Navy	American	9–3	At-large	25
14	Iowa	Big Ten	8–4	At-large	27
15	Nebraska	Big Ten	9–3	At-large	29
	WKU	Conference USA	11–3	Auto	31
16	South Floria	American	10–2	At-large	33
	Appalachain State	Sun Belt	11–3	Auto	35

Western Regional – Fiesta Bowl, Phoenix

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Clemson	ACC	12–1	Auto	2
2	Washington	Pac-12	12–1	Auto	4
3	Michigan	Big Ten	10–2	At-large	6
4	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10–3	At-large	8
5	Colorado	Pac-12	10–3	At-large	10
6	Oklahoma State	Big 12	9–3	At-large	12
7	Auburn	SEC	8–4	At-large	14
8	West Virginia	Big 12	10–2	At-large	16
9	Stanford	Pac-12	9–3	At-large	18
10	LSU	SEC	7–4	At-large	20
11	Virginia Tech	ACC	9–4	At-large	22
12	Temple	American	10–3	Auto	24
13	Houston	American	9–4	At-large	26
14	Texas A&M	SEC	8–4	At-large	28
15	Kansas State	Big 12	8–4	At-large	30
	Boise State	Mountain West	10–2	At-large	32
16	North Carolina	ACC	8–4	At-large	34
	San Diego State	Mountain West	11–3	Auto	36

Bracket

Play-in round

	Nov. 29 – Eastern Region
	15	Nebraska	36
	15	WKU	21

	Nov. 30 – Eastern Region
	16	South Florida	45
	16	Appalachian State	55

	Nov. 29 – Western Region
	15	Kansas State	6
	15	Boise State	7

	Nov. 30 – Western Region
	16	North Carolina	27
	16	San Diego State	21

Eastern Regional

	Round of 32 Dec. 3					Round of 16 Dec. 10					Quarterfinals Dec. 17					Semifinal Dec. 24
	1	Alabama	56
	16	Appalachian State	20
						1	Alabama	37
						9	Florida	14
	8	Western Michigan	27
	9	Florida	31
											1	Alabama	33
											5	USC	31
	5	USC	47
	12	Pittsburgh	20
						5	USC	24
						4	Oklahoma	20
	4	Oklahoma	30
	13	Navy	13
																1	Alabama
																2	Ohio State
	6	Florida State (OT)	38
	11	Tennessee	35
						6	Florida State	30
						14	Iowa	6
	3	Penn State	17
	14	Iowa	27
											6	Florida State	7
											2	Ohio State	10
	7	Louisville	26
	10	Utah	17
						7	Louisville	17
						2	Ohio State	21**
	2	Ohio State
	15	Nebraska

Western Regional

	Round of 32 Dec. 3					Round of 16 Dec. 10					Quarterfinals Dec. 17					Semifinal Dec. 24
	1	Clemson	37
	16	North Carolina	23
						1	Clemson	35
						8	West Virginia	17
	8	West Virginia	24
	9	Stanford	20
											1	Clemson	47
											13	Houston	31
	5	Colorado	34
	12	Temple	10
						5	Colorado	28
						13	Houston (OT)	30
	4	Wisconsin	14
	13	Houston	28
																1	Clemson
																2	Washington
	6	Oklahoma State	35
	11	Virginia Tech	40
						11	Virginia Tech	14
						14	Texas A&M	23
	3	Michigan	40
	14	Texas A&M	47
											14	Texas A&M	20
											2	Washington	24
	7	Auburn	26
	10	LSU	10
						7	Auburn	16
						2	Washington	17
	2	Washington	21
	15	Boise State	0