Teams Earning Byes

C - Yearly-Conference Qualifying Champion
M - Merit-qualifying Conference Champion
A - Automatic Qualifier
L - At-Large Qualifier

Seed	Year	Team	Conference	Rank	Bid
1	2009	Alabama	SEC	1	C
2	2009	Texas	Big 12	2	C
3	2009	Cincinnati	Big East	3	C
4	2009	TCU	MWC	4	M
1	2008	Oklahoma	Big 12	1	C
2	2008	Florida	SEC	2	C
3	2008	S. California	Pac-10	5	C
4	2008	Utah	MWC	6	M
1	2007	Ohio St.	Big Ten	1	C
2	2007	LSU	SEC	2	C
3	2007	Virginia Tech	ACC	3	C
4	2007	Oklahoma	Big 12	4	C
1	2006	Ohio St.	Big Ten	1	C
2	2006	Florida	SEC	2	C
3	2006	S. California	Pac-10	5	C
4	2006	Louisville	Big East	6	C
1	2005	S. California	Pac-10	1	C
2	2005	Texas	Big 12	2	C
3	2005	Penn St.	Big Ten	3	C
4	2005	Notre Dame	Independent	6	A
1	2004	S. California	Pac-10	1	C
2	2004	Oklahoma	Big 12	2	C
3	2004	Auburn	SEC	3	C
4	2004	Utah	MWC	6	M
1	2003	LSU	SEC	1	C
2	2003	S. California	Pac-10	2	C
3	2003	Michigan	Big Ten	4	C
4	2003	Florida St.	ACC	7	C
1	2002	Miami (FL)	Big East	1	C
2	2002	Ohio St.	Big Ten	2	C
3	2002	Georgia	SEC	3	C
4	2002	Washington St.	Pac-10	6	C
1	2001	Miami (FL)	Big East	1	C
2	2001	Oregon	Pac-10	2	C
3	2001	Colorado	Big 12	4	C
4	2001	Illinois	Big Ten	7	C
1	2000	Oklahoma	Big 12	1	C
2	2000	Miami (FL)	Big East	2	C
3	2000	Florida St.	ACC	3	C
4	2000	Washington	Pac-10	4	C
1	1999	Florida St.	ACC	1	C
2	1999	Virginia Tech	Big East	2	C
3	1999	Nebraska	Big 12	3	C
4	1999	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4	C
1	1998	Tennessee	SEC	1	C
2	1998	Florida St.	ACC	2	C
3	1998	UCLA	Pac-10	5	C
4	1998	Texas A&M	Big 12	7	C

Non-Bye Earning Top 4 Teams

Rank	Year	Team	Conference	Bid
	2009	All Top 4 teams earned byes
3	2008	Texas	Big 12	L
4	2008	Alabama	SEC	L
	2007	All Top 4 teams earned byes
3	2006	Michigan	Big Ten	L
4	2006	LSU	SEC	L
4	2005	Ohio St.	Big Ten	L
4	2004	Texas	Big 12	L
3	2003	Oklahoma	Big 12	L
4	2002	Iowa	Big Ten	L
3	2001	Nebraska	Big 12	L
	2000	All Top 4 teams earned byes
	1999	All Top 4 teams earned byes
3	1998	Kansas St.	Big 12	L
4	1998	Ohio St.	Big Ten	L