EBS Tournament - 2007

Season recap

Dubbed to be the Year of the Upset, 2007 ushered a level of parity previously unknown in college football as 13 unranked teams defeated top 5 teams during the regular season. In the end, Ohio St.'s November loss to Illinois did not prevent the Buckeyes from finishing a second straight season in the #1 position. LSU, with DT Glenn Dorsey, ended #2 despite two losses. Other 2-loss teams were pre-season #1 S. California, Georgia, Missouri (both losses were to Oklahoma), Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, and West Virginia. Kansas finished with only 1 loss (as did BYU), and Hawai'i was the FBS's lone undefeated team.

In a season where 3 times we saw the AP's #1 and #2 teams both lose on the same weekend (including twice in the last three weeks of the season), the answer to "Who is the 'best team?" changed continually throughout the season.

EBS Tournament

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

Ohio St.

LSU

Virginia Tech

Oklahoma

Georgia

Missouri

S. California

Kansas

West Virginia

Hawai'i

Florida

Arizona St.

Note: Arizona State's & Florida's first-round matchups were switched. See "EBS Seedings and Matchups" for details.

First in:

6 BCS Champs	Conf.
Ohio St.	Big Ten
LSU	SEC
Virginia Tech	ACC
Oklahoma	Big 12
S. California	Pac-10
West Virginia	Big East

Highest non-BCS Champ	Conf.
Hawai'i	WAC

Non-BCS Champs or Indep. in Top 12	Conf.
No addl automatic qualifiers

Fill Remaining:

At-large Teams	Conf.
Georgia	SEC
Missouri	Big 12
Kansas	Big 12
Arizona St.	Pac-10
Florida	SEC

End of regular season rankings

Team	Seed	Bid	Conf	BCS Rank	BCS Avg	Harris Percent	Coaches Percent	CPU Percent	Harris Pts	CPU Pts	AH	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW
Ohio St.	1	C	*Big Ten	1	.959	.987	.979	.910	2813	1469	25	25	21	23	22	21
LSU	2	C	*SEC	2	.939	.923	.945	.950	2630	1418	21	24	25	24	24	23
Virginia Tech	3	C	*ACC	3	.870	.823	.828	.960	2345	1242	22	22	24	25	25	25
Oklahoma	4	C	*Big 12	4	.857	.884	.887	.800	2520	1331	18	21	18	18	23	24
Georgia	5	L	SEC	5	.839	.866	.851	.800	2469	1277	20	17	23	22	19	19
Missouri	6	L	Big 12	6	.776	.743	.736	.850	2117	1104	24	16	22	21	20	22
S. California	7	C	*Pac-10	7	.764	.823	.818	.650	2346	1227	17	23	14	14	17	17
Kansas	8	L	Big 12	8	.759	.734	.733	.810	2092	1099	23	20	16	20	21	20
West Virginia	9	C	*Big East	9	.663	.675	.673	.640	1924	1010	16	15	20	13	15	18
Hawai'i	10	M	*WAC	10	.647	.668	.663	.610	1903	994	14	18	12	16	18	13
Arizona St.	11	L	Pac-10	11	.620	.571	.600	.690	1628	900	19	19	17	17	13	16
Florida	12	L	SEC	12	.613	.627	.593	.620	1786	890	15	14	19	19	14	14
Illinois			Big Ten	13	.460	.491	.498	.390	1400	747	13	13	7	9	8	9
Boston College			ACC	14	.459	.394	.411	.570	1124	617	12	12	15	15	16	15
Clemson			ACC	15	.384	.365	.378	.410	1041	567	7	3	11	12	12	11
Tennessee			SEC	16	.325	.305	.320	.350	870	480	11	6	9	11	9	5
BYU			MWC	17	.303	.320	.308	.280	912	462	8	7	10	2	3	10
Wisconsin			Big Ten	18	.292	.379	.396	.100	1079	594	3	11	0	5	0	2
Texas			Big 12	19	.252	.345	.332	.080	983	498	5	0	4	0	0	4
Virginia			ACC	20	.235	.193	.221	.290	551	332	6	2	8	7	10	8
S. Florida			Big East	21	.211	.127	.077	.430	362	115	10	0	13	10	11	12
Cincinnati			Big East	22	.179	.204	.143	.190	580	215	1	5	6	4	4	6
Auburn			SEC	23	.157	.157	.193	.120	448	289	2	0	2	8	7	1
Boise St.			WAC	24	.118	.190	.164	0	541	246	0	10	0	0	0	0
Connecticut			Big East	25	.075	.018	.015	.190	52	23	0	8	3	3	6	7

* - conference champion

Notes:
- Rankings determined using the current (enacted 2005) BCS formula.
- Data from: BCS Standings retrieved 7 December 2008, from ESPN.com - College Football BCS Standings.
Computer rankings
AH - Anderson & Hester | RB - Richard Billingsley | CM - Colley Matrix
KM - Kenneth Massey | JS - Jeff Sagarin | PW - Dr. Peter Wolfe