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EAST CAROLINA PIRATES DYNASTY - PLAYOFF SELECTION COMMITTEE RESULTS!

Posted on November 1, 2019 at 07:16 PM.

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THE PLAYOFF SELECTION COMMITTEE SPENT NUMEROUS HOURS DETERMINING WHICH 4 TEAMS WOULD BE MAKING IT INTO THE PLAYOFF AND THE FOLLOWING TEAMS HAVE RECEIVED A BERTH:

#1 SEED - VIRGINIA TECH - 13-0 - ACC CHAMPS
#2 SEED - TEXAS - 12-0 - BIG XII CHAMPS
# 3 SEED - ALABAMA - 12-1 - SEC CHAMPS
#4 SEED - NOTRE DAME - 11-1 - INDEPENDENT

THE ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE WAS SELECTED AS THE 3 SEED AND WILL PLAY THE 2 SEED TEXAS LONGHORNS. ALABAMA WAS GIVEN PREFERENCE AS SEC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS AND HIGHEST STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE OF THE 4 TEAMS TO FILL THE TWO REMAINING SLOTS. THERE WERE NO HEAD TO HEAD MATCHUPS AND NO COMMON OPPONENTS FOR THE CRIMSON TIDE.

NOTRE DAME WAS SELECTED AS THE 4TH AND FINAL SEED AND WILL MATCH UP AGAINST THE VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES. ALTHOUGH NOTRE DAME DID NOT WIN A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP AND DID NOT HAVE A HIGHER STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE THAN MSU OR OSU, NOTRE DAME DID BEAT MICHIGAN STATE HEAD TO HEAD AND THEIR ONLY LOSS CAME TO MICHIGAN IN OVERTIME IN WEEK 2. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THEIR LOSS AND THE REMAINDER OF THEIR GAMES BEING WON, THE COMMITTEE FELT NOTRE DAME DESERVED THE PLAYOFF BID OVER THE THREE 2 LOSS BIG TEN TEAMS REMAINING (MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN STATE, AND OHIO STATE)

FIRST ROUND MATCHUPS:
ALL STATE SUGAR BOWL - #3 ALABAMA @ # 2 TEXAS
FIESTA BOWL - #4 NOTRE DAME @ #1 VIRGINIA TECH