EBS Tournament - 2009

Season recap

As was the case in 2004, five teams finished the regular season undefeated. Alabama, with Heisman trophy winner RB Mark Ingram, and Texas, led by multiple Heisman finalist QB Colt McCoy, finished in the top two spots in the poll. Coach Brian Kelly guided Cincinnati to its first undefeated season since 1918, joining the 2004 Auburn squad as undefeated BCS conference champions excluded from national title contention. TCU's smothering defense helped earn the Horned Frogs their first EBS bye, and Boise St finished a second-straight undefeated regular season (including a victory over Pac-10 champion Oregon).

The Florida Gators had their 22 game winning streak snapped by Alabama in the SEC Championship Game, QB Tim Tebow's last regular season game, but still earned a #5 ranking. Georgia Tech won the ACC in their second year of running Paul Johnson's triple option offense, and Iowa garnered its second EBS bid (first since 2002). The 2009 season was the third time for which the top 12 teams in the BCS poll all qualified for the EBS tournament (others were 2003 & 2007).

EBS Tournament

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

Alabama

Texas

Cincinnati

TCU

Florida

Boise St.

Oregon

Ohio St.

Georgia Tech

Iowa

LSU

Virginia Tech

Note: Virginia Tech's & LSU's first-round matchups were switched. See "EBS Seedings and Matchups" for details.

First in:

6 BCS Champs	Conf.
Alabama	SEC
Texas	Big 12
Cincinnati	Big East
Oregon	Pac-10
Ohio St.	Big Ten
Georgia Tech	ACC

Highest non-BCS Champ	Conf.
TCU	MWC

Non-BCS Champs or Indep. in Top 12	Conf.
Boise St.	WAC

Fill Remaining:

At-large Teams	Conf.
Florida	SEC
Iowa	Big Ten
Virginia Tech	ACC
LSU	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
Alabama	1	C	*SEC	1	.998	.997	.997	1.000	2841	1470	25	25	25	25	25	25
Texas	2	C	*Big 12	2	.943	.955	.955	.920	2721	1409	23	24	24	22	21	23
Cincinnati	3	C	*Big East	3	.888	.866	.868	.930	2467	1280	24	22	23	23	23	24
TCU	4	M	*MWC	4	.884	.905	.906	.840	2579	1336	21	21	21	21	22	21
Florida	5	L	SEC	5	.864	.840	.841	.910	2395	1240	22	23	22	24	24	22
Boise St.	6	A	*WAC	6	.811	.827	.824	.780	2358	1216	20	20	19	19	19	20
Oregon	7	C	*Pac-10	7	.757	.747	.743	.780	2130	1096	19	19	20	20	20	19
Ohio St.	8	C	*Big Ten	8	.657	.730	.730	.510	2081	1077	16	18	16	9	2	10
Georgia Tech	9	C	*ACC	9	.647	.627	.624	.690	1787	921	17	16	18	17	17	18
Iowa	10	L	Big Ten	10	.618	.622	.622	.610	1772	918	18	17	17	11	11	16
Virginia Tech	11	L	ACC	11	.568	.551	.562	.590	1569	829	13	6	15	16	16	15
LSU	12	L	SEC	12	.537	.486	.487	.640	1384	718	15	13	14	18	18	17
Penn St.			Big Ten	13	.532	.632	.644	.320	1800	950	14	15	13	0	0	5
BYU			MWC	14	.453	.473	.476	.410	1349	702	11	14	11	7	1	12
Miami (FL)			ACC	15	.442	.412	.414	.500	1173	611	10	8	12	14	15	14
West Virginia			Big East	16	.336	.256	.291	.460	730	429	12	11	10	13	12	11
Pittsburgh			Big East	17	.314	.349	.343	.250	995	506	8	5	8	4	6	6
Oregon St.			Pac-10	18	.288	.253	.249	.360	722	368	4	10	4	15	13	9
Oklahoma St.			Big 12	19	.263	.294	.274	.220	839	404	9	9	9	0	0	4
Arizona			Pac-10	20	.225	.134	.161	.380	381	237	6	1	7	12	14	13
Stanford			Pac-10	21	.180	.219	.172	.150	625	253	3	7	2	5	5	1
Nebraska			Big 12	22	.165	.221	.265	.010	631	391	0	2	1	0	0	0
Utah			MWC	23	.124	.179	.124	.070	511	183	1	12	3	0	0	3
S. California			Pac-10	24	.121	.044	.028	.290	124	42	7	0	5	10	10	7
Wisconsin			Big Ten	25	.120	.144	.167	.050	409	247	5	0	6	0	0	0

* - 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