(07-19-2017 09:13 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote: Agreed. The way it was approved smells like a trap to me (give your #2 team 2 losses, or else have NO undefeated teams).
That's exactly what I was thinking. It screws the XII as a whole. It also guarantees a rematch. Below is a list of FBS CCG that featured a rematch - FYI. If I missed any, let me know. Bold indicates when that conference had more than 12 schools.
32 out 105 (roughly 30%) CCGs were rematches.
SEC (started in 1992)
1999 (Alabama beat Florida twice)
2000 (Florida beat Auburn twice)
2001 (LSU & Tennessee split)
2002 (LSU beat Georgia twice)
2003 (Auburn beat Tennessee twice)
2010 (Auburn beat South Carolina twice)
B1G (started in 2011)
2011 (Wisconsin & Michigan St split)
2012 (Wisconsin & Nebraska split)
PAC (started in 2011)
2012 (Stanford beat UCLA twice)
2013 (Stanford beat Arizona St twice)
2014 (Oregon & Arizona split)
2015 (Stanford beat USC twice)
ACC (started in 2005)
2007 (Virginia Tech & Boston College split)
2008 (Virginia Tech & Boston College split)
2009 (Georgia Tech beat Clemson twice)
2011 (Clemson beat Virginia Tech twice)
XII (1996-2010)
1999 (Nebraska & Texas split)
2000 (Oklahoma beat Kansas St twice)
2001 (Colorado & Texas split)
2005 (Texas beat Colorado twice)
2007 (Oklahoma beat Missouri twice)
AAC (since 2015)
None
MWC (since 2013)
2014 (Boise St beat Fresno St twice)
2016 (San Diego St & Wyoming split)
WAC (1996-1998)
None
CUSA (since 2005)
2006 (Houston & Southern Miss split)
2007 (Central Florida beat Tulsa twice)
2012 (Tulsa beat Central Florida twice)
2016 (Western Kentucky & Louisiana Tech split)
MAC (since 1997)
1999 (Marshall beat Western Michigan twice)
2000 (Marshall & Western Michigan split)
2003 (Miami OH beat Bowling Green St twice)
2004 (Toledo & Miami OH split)
2005 (Akron beat Northern Illinois twice)