User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2018 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	UCF	2nd	2017
ACC	Clemson	4th	2017
Big Ten	Ohio State	3rd	2017
Big 12	Oklahoma	4th	2017
Conference USA	UAB	1st	—
MAC	Northern Illinois	1st	—
Mountain West	Fresno State	1st	—
Pac-12	Washington	1st	—
SEC	Alabama	4th	2017
Sun Belt	Appalachain State	3rd	2017

Seeding

Eastern Regional – Peach Bowl, Atlanta

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Alabama	SEC		Auto	1
2	Oklahoma	Big 12		Auto	4
3	Georgia	SEC		At-large	5
4	UCF	American		Auto	8
5	Washington	Pac-12		Auto	9
6	Penn State	Big Ten		At-large	12
7	Washington State	Pac-12		At-large	13
8	West Virginia	Big 12		At-large	16
9	Utah	Pac-12		At-large	17
10	Syracuse	ACC		At-large	20
11	Fresno State	MWC		Auto	21
12	Iowa State	Big 12		At-large	24
13	Boise State	MWC		At-large	25
14	Army	Independent		At-large	28
15	NC State	ACC		At-large	29
16	Northern Illinois	MAC		Auto	32

Western Regional – Fiesta Bowl, Phoenix

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Clemson	ACC		Auto	2
2	Notre Dame	Independent		At-large	3
3	Ohio State	Big Ten		Auto	6
4	Michigan	Big Ten		At-large	7
5	Florida	SEC		At-large	10
6	LSU	SEC		At-large	11
7	Kentucky	SEC		At-large	14
8	Texas	Big 12		At-large	15
9	Mississippi State	SEC		At-large	18
10	Texas A&M	SEC		At-large	19
11	Northwestern	Big Ten		At-large	22
12	Missouri	SEC		At-large	23
13	Utah State	MWC		At-large	26
14	Cincinnati	American		At-large	27
15	UAB	Conference USA		Auto	30
16	Appalachian State	Sun Belt		Auto	31

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