Historical EBS Tournament matchups

Below are the projected EBS Tournament brackets for each year in the BCS era. Teams were assigned based on the final BCS standings in that season. Scroll down to view the bracket for each year or click "Details" to see additional information from that season, such as season recap and top 25 rankings.

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998

2009 EBS Tournament (details)

Insight, Dec 22

Music City, Dec 24

Sun, Dec 23

Meineke C.C., Dec 22

Sugar
Jan 2

Rose
Jan 1

Cotton
Jan 1

Capital One
Jan 1

Orange
Jan 10

Fiesta
Jan 8

National Title Game
Jan 16
1
Alabama
2
Texas
3
Cincinnati
4
TCU
5
Florida
6
Boise St.
7
Oregon
8
Ohio St.
9
Georgia Tech
10
Iowa
12
LSU
11
Virginia Tech
Note: Virginia Tech's & LSU's first-round matchups were switched. See "EBS Seedings and Matchups" for details.

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2008 EBS Tournament (details)

Gator, Dec 20

Alamo, Dec 20

Las Vegas, Dec 23

GMAC, Dec 20

Cotton
Jan 1

Orange
Jan 2

Capital One
Jan 1

Fiesta
Jan 1

Rose
Jan 8

Sugar
Jan 9

National Title Game
Jan 15
1
Oklahoma
2
Florida
3
S. California
4
Utah
5
Texas
6
Alabama
7
Texas Tech
8
Penn St.
9
Boise St.
10
Ohio St.
11
Cincinnati
12
Virginia Tech

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2007 EBS Tournament (details)

Champ Sports, Dec 20

PapaJohns.com, Dec 22

Emerald, Dec 22

New Mexico, Dec 22

Rose
Jan 1

Cotton
Jan 1

Sugar
Jan 2

Capital One
Jan 1

Fiesta
Jan 9

Orange
Jan 8

National Title Game
Jan 15
1
Ohio St.
2
LSU
3
Virginia Tech
4
Oklahoma
5
Georgia
6
Missouri
7
S. California
8
Kansas
9
West Virginia
10
Hawai'i
12
Florida
11
Arizona St.
Note: Arizona State's & Florida's first-round matchups were switched. See "EBS Seedings and Matchups" for details.

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2006 EBS Tournament (details)

Sun, Dec 23

Insight, Dec 21

Meineke Car Care, Dec 23

Music City, Dec 23

Capital One
Jan 1

Orange
Jan 1

Cotton
Jan 1

Fiesta
Jan 2

Rose
Jan 9

Sugar
Jan 8

National Title Game
Jan 15
1
Ohio St.
2
Florida
3
S. California
4
Louisville
5
Michigan
6
LSU
7
Wisconsin
8
Boise St.
9
Auburn
10
Oklahoma
11
Notre Dame
12
Wake Forest

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2005 EBS Tournament (details)

Gator, Dec 22

Alamo, Dec 20

GMAC, Dec 21

Las Vegas, Dec 22

Rose
Jan 2

Sugar
Jan 3

Cotton
Jan 2

Capital One
Jan 2

Fiesta
Jan 9

Orange
Jan 10

National Title Game
Jan 16
1
Ohio St.
2
Florida
3
S. California
4
Louisville
5
Michigan
6
LSU
7
Wisconsin
8
Boise St.
9
Auburn
10
Oklahoma
11
Notre Dame
12
Wake Forest

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2004 EBS Tournament (details)

Champs Sports, Dec 23

New Mexico, Dec 22

PapaJohns.com, Dec 21

Emerald, Dec 23

Fiesta
Jan 1

Orange
Jan 3

Cotton
Jan 1

Capital One
Jan 1

Rose
Jan 9

Sugar
Jan 10

National Title Game
Jan 16
1
S. California
2
Oklahoma
3
Auburn
4
Utah
5
Texas
6
California
7
Georgia
8
Virginia Tech
9
Boise St.
10
Louisville
11
Michigan
12
Pittsburgh

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2003 EBS Tournament (details)

Music City, Dec 20

Sun, Dec 20

Meineke Car Care, Dec 23

Insight, Dec 20

Sugar
Jan 2

Cotton
Jan 1

Rose
Jan 1

Capiral One
Jan 1

Orange
Jan 9

Fiesta
Jan 8

National Title Game
Jan 15
1
LSU
2
S. California
3
Michigan
4
Florida St.
5
Oklahoma
6
Texas
7
Ohio St.
8
Tennessee
10
Kansas St.
9
Miami (FL)
11
Georgia
12
Miami (OH)
Note: Miami's (FL) & Kansas State's first-round matchups were switched. See "EBS Seedings and Matchups" for details.

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2002 EBS Tournament (details)

GMAC, Dec 21

Alamo, Dec 20

Gator, Dec 21

Las Vegas, Dec 21

Orange
Jan 1

Fiesta
Jan 2

Capital One
Jan 1

Cotton
Jan 1

Sugar
Jan 8

Rose
Jan 9

National Title Game
Jan 15
1
Miami (FL)
2
Ohio St.
3
Georgia
4
Washington St.
5
Iowa
6
S. California
7
Oklahoma
8
Kansas St.
9
Texas
10
Notre Dame
11
Florida St.
12
Boise St.

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2001 EBS Tournament (details)

Emerald, Dec 22

New Mexico, Dec 22

PapaJohns.com, Dec 20

Champs Sports, Dec 22

Sugar
Jan 2

Capital One
Jan 1

Rose
Jan 1

Cotton
Jan 1

Orange
Jan 9

Fiesta
Jan 8

National Title Game
Jan 15
1
Miami (FL)
2
Oregon
3
Colorado
4
Illinois
5
Nebraska
6
Florida
7
Tennessee
8
Maryland
9
Texas
10
Oklahoma
11
LSU
12
BYU

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2000 EBS Tournament (details)

Insight, Dec 22

Meineke C. C., Dec 21

Music City, Dec 23

Sun, Dec 23

Cotton
Jan 1

Fiesta
Jan 1

Capital One
Jan 1

Orange
Jan 2

Rose
Jan 8

Sugar
Jan 9

National Title Game
Jan 15
1
Oklahoma
2
Miami (FL)
3
Florida St.
4
Washington
5
Virginia Tech
6
Oregon St.
7
Florida
8
Nebraska
10
Notre Dame
9
Kansas St.
11
TCU
12
Purdue
Note: Kansas State's & Notre Dame's first-round matchups were switched. See "EBS Seedings and Matchups" for details.

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1999 EBS Tournament (details)

Alamo, Dec 23

GMAC, Dec 22

Gator, Dec 21

Las Vegas, Dec 23

Capital One
Jan 1

Rose
Jan 1

Sugar
Jan 3

Cotton
Jan 1

Orange
Jan 10

Fiesta
Jan 9

National Title Game
Jan 16
1
Florida St.
2
Virginia Tech
3
Nebraska
4
Wisconsin
5
Alabama
6
Tennessee
7
Kansas St.
8
Michigan
10
Florida
9
Michigan St.
11
Marshall
12
Stanford
Note: Michigan State's & Michigan's first-round matchups were switched. See "EBS Seedings and Matchups" for details.

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1998 EBS Tournament (details)

Champs Sports, Dec 23

New Mexico, Dec 24

Emerald, Dec 22

PapaJohns.com, Dec 22

Capital One
Jan 1

Cotton
Jan 1

Orange
Jan 1

Fiesta
Jan 3

Sugar
Jan 8

Rose
Jan 10

National Title Game
Jan 16
1
Tennessee
2
Florida St.
3
UCLA
4
Texas A&M
5
Kansas St.
6
Ohio St.
7
Arizona
8
Florida
9
Wisconsin
10
Tulane
11
Arkansas
12
Syracuse

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