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Title: 24-Team Playoff: 1938
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on March 04, 2026, 08:59:25 PM

No CCGs.  Assuming only 1 mid-major (G5):
Top 8 Seeds (Byes):
1 Notre Dame (8-0)
2 TCU (10-0)
3 Duke (9-0)
4 Tennessee (9-0)
5 Oklahoma (9-0)
6 Carnegie Mellon (7-1)
7 Pitt (8-2)
8 USC (7-2)
. 
1st Round
17 Alabama 7-1-1 @
16 Michigan 6-1-1.............winner @ 1 ND
.
24 Miami 8-2 @
9 Holy Cross 8-1.................winner @ 8 USC
.
20 Dartmouth 7-2 @
13 Fordham 6-1-2.........winner @ 4 Tennessee
.
21 Santa Clara 6-2 @
12 California 9-1................winner @ 5 Oklahoma
.
22 Georgetown 8-0 @
11 Cornell 5-1-1..........winner @ 6 Carnegie Mellon
.
19 Northwestern 4-2-2 @
14 Texas Tech 10-0.........winner @ 3 Duke
.
23 Clemson 7-1-1 @
10 Minnesota 6-2..............winner @ 7 Pitt
.
18 Tulane 7-2-1 @
15 Villanova 8-0-1..............winner @ 2 TCU

.
Boy, these are some tough roads to hoe, with the teams travelling by train and all.  Alabama, Miami, and Clemson going up north in December.  If the Canes won, they'd get a slow, long trip to LA as a reward.  
TCU was the eventual NC in real life, after a season-ending loss to the Trojans by the Irish.  
Carnegie Mellon and Pitt could have a neighborhood brawl in the semis.  

Title: Re: 24-Team Playoff: 1938
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on March 05, 2026, 09:24:07 PM

Nothing?  :57:

Title: Re: 24-Team Playoff: 1938
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on March 05, 2026, 09:51:58 PM

There appears to be a lot more than one midmajor. 

Title: Re: 24-Team Playoff: 1938
Post by: utee94 on March 06, 2026, 09:26:24 AM

I'm rooting for Carnegie Mellon!

Are you playing these out on Oh Nelly?

Title: Re: 24-Team Playoff: 1938
Post by: FearlessF on March 06, 2026, 09:34:41 AM

I was too young to remember 1938 but it looks more like a basketball tourney
I'm rooting for Georgetown

Title: Re: 24-Team Playoff: 1938
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on March 06, 2026, 09:48:12 AM

One branch of the bracket has Bama, Michigan and Notre Dame. By far the toughest by today's standards. 

Another has Georgetown, Cornell and Carnegie Mellon. All low end FCS. 

Title: Re: 24-Team Playoff: 1938
Post by: MikeDeTiger on March 06, 2026, 09:48:19 AM

Somebody check my contract and see if I'm obligated to root for Tulane.  'Cuz I don't wanna.  

Title: Re: 24-Team Playoff: 1938
Post by: utee94 on March 06, 2026, 09:53:31 AM

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on March 06, 2026, 09:48:19 AM

Somebody check my contract and see if I'm obligated to root for Tulane.  'Cuz I don't wanna. 

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Title: Re: 24-Team Playoff: 1938
Post by: jgvol on March 06, 2026, 10:38:41 AM

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Title: Re: 24-Team Playoff: 1938
Post by: FearlessF on March 06, 2026, 10:43:41 AM

yes, that's fine but,.............  they weren't 24-team tournament champions!

Title: Re: 24-Team Playoff: 1938
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on March 06, 2026, 08:15:28 PM

The Vols' non-shutout bowls make me think they're ripe for an upset in the 24-team postseason.  Maybe to Fordham.