This year we have 20 teams in the playoffs, 10 AQs and 10 at-larges. All teams are given a ranking but only 5 are made public and used in determining home field advantage. The others are used to determine which teams have to play in the 1st round. Here are the groupings based on seed value:

1-2: These teams have 1st round bye and home field up to championship game.
3-4: These teams have 1st round bye and home field up to Semi-final.
5: This team has a 1st round bye and second round home game.
6-12: These teams have a 1st round bye and a chance at a second round home game (based on the school's bid) and assuming the school doesn't play the #5 seed.
13-20: These teams have to play in the 1st round.

So, we know it is better to be in the higher grouping but your ranking within a certain grouping is insignificant. With that said, with a win over Furman, does ASU have any chance of being above or below the 6-12 group? We'll probably be ranked around 10 in most polls.

The playoff structure has changed so let me know if I am wrong anywhere.

appvette wrote:This year we have 20 teams in the playoffs, 10 AQs and 10 at-larges. All teams are given a ranking but only 5 are made public and used in determining home field advantage. The others are used to determine which teams have to play in the 1st round. Here are the groupings based on seed value:

1-2: These teams have 1st round bye and home field up to championship game.
3-4: These teams have 1st round bye and home field up to Semi-final.
5: This team has a 1st round bye and second round home game.
6-12: These teams have a 1st round bye and a chance at a second round home game (based on the school's bid) and assuming the school doesn't play the #5 seed.
13-20: These teams have to play in the 1st round.

So, we know it is better to be in the higher grouping but your ranking within a certain grouping is insignificant. With that said, with a win over Furman, does ASU have any chance of being above or below the 6-12 group? We'll probably be ranked around 10 in most polls.

The playoff structure has changed so let me know if I am wrong anywhere.

I'd say we're hovering around 10-12... We're dangerously close to being in the Thanksgiving weekend games.... What we need to do is win against Furman convincingly AND have a few upsets ahead of us (ranks 6 to 11ish) so that we can get a little more comfortable in the rankings...

We've got 2 weeks to watch others move around..

I wonder if the SoCon autobid will help us stay in that 6-12 grouping. I know GPI is also used and we're currently #14 so, as you said, a loss by a couple teams ahead of us would make me feel better (South Dakota State and Cal Poly?)

http://www.collegesportingnews.com/cont ... kota-State