USER:QUIDSTER4040 SANDBOX 2016 NCAA DIVISION I FBS TOURNAMENT

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	—

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
15	WKU	Conference USA	11–3	Auto	31
16	South Floria	American	10–2	At-large	33
16	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
15	Boise State	Mountain West	10–2	At-large	32
16	North Carolina	ACC	8–4	At-large	34
16	San Diego State	Mountain West	11–3	Auto	36

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