EBS Awarding of Byes

One important feature of the Enhanced Bowl Season (EBS) tournament is the four first round byes. These byes are available to the four highest-ranked conference champions or qualified independents ranked in the Top 6.
Click here for details on how teams are awarded byes

EBS Seedings and Matchups

Teams qualifying for the EBS tournament are seeded based on their relative positions in the rankings, with the exception of the four teams earning a first round bye who are always seeded 1-4. The remaining teams are seeded 5-12 according to their position in the rankings with no special benefit given to conference champions. First-round matchups are set based on the seeding following traditional tournament formats (i.e., 5 vs 12, 6 vs 11, 7 vs 10, and 8 vs 9). Exceptions are only made to avoid intra-conference matchups and repeats of regular season games. Later round matchups always follow traditional tournament formats without exceptions.
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Historical matchups

The EBS tournament formula can also be applied historically to see how each year would have been structured.
Click here view historical matchups for each year in the modern BCS era (pdf)