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And as has been very requested: this week's top teams by average ranking in the five active BCS-era computers. No humans involved here! (Other than the ones that generated the formulas to begin with):

This week’s simulated BCS rankings are here as Miami and Ohio State hold on to the top two spots, while the rest of the top 25 sees plenty of reshuffling compared to last week’s edition:

New week, new top tier of the simulated BCS. Miami, Ohio State and BYU break away while last week’s top two slide to Nos. 4 and 5 after a chaotic week:

We’re back! The first simulated BCS standings of 2026 are in, and they sort neatly into tiers: Georgia and Notre Dame up top, then Miami/Indiana/Ohio State, followed by duos and trios before a cliff after No. 12:

For those interested, here's teams 26-35 in our final simulated BCS rankings of the year:

With the last piece of the simulated BCS puzzle locked into place, the official side-by-side bracket ends up looking a bit closer than it did this morning. However the key difference remains: the BCS prefers Notre Dame, the committee preferred Miami.

Here it is, the final simulated BCS rankings of the 2025 college football season:

A mostly official, but not completely official, side-by-side of the playoff brackets the committee and the simulated BCS would've generated at season's end:

We've got four of our national computer rankings finalized this morning — let's take a look at them side-by-side:

With just the conference championship games left, let's compare how the current committee rankings and simulated BCS would seed their respective 12-team playoffs: (Assuming higher ranked teams win their respective conference auto-bids)

For easy comparison: Tonight's just-released committee rankings side by side with our simulated BCS:

This season’s penultimate simulated BCS standings are here:

With last night’s committee rankings release, let’s compare how the committee would seed a 12-team playoff vs. how the BCS would seed one: (And yes, know that Miami has a tough road to that 11-seed in both brackets — choosing conference champion by highest rank here).

A fascinating side-by-side of this week's playoff committee rankings and our latest simulated BCS:

FIXED: This week's latest simulated BCS rankings are here:

This week's simulated BCS rankings are here:

For ease of comparison: Tonight’s latest committee rankings against our most up-to-date simulated BCS:

Let's take a look at this week's simulated BCS rankings:

Based on our latest side-by-side, here's how the two systems would fill out a 12-team playoff bracket:

For easy comparison, let's take a look at last night's committee rankings side-by-side with our simulated BCS:

Here's a look at our latest simulated BCS rankings:

Based on our first side-by-side of the season, here's another comparison — potential 12-team playoff brackets via the simulated #BCS and the playoff committee

For the first time this season, let's take a look at a side-by-side of our simulated BCS and the committee rankings:

With the first committee rankings of the year set to be released Tuesday night, here's how the BCS might've viewed this college football season so far:

As we get closer to the first @CFBPlayoff committee rankings, let's take a look at this week's simulated #BCS:

Let's take a look at our latest set of simulated BCS rankings:

Hello again! We're back! For the first time this season, let’s take a look at what the “BCS” would have had to say about this fascinating college football season so far:

Here's the season's end side-by-side comparison of the simulated #BCS and the committee's final top 25 rankings:

In the first 12-team edition of the college football playoff, the simulated #BCS and the committee include 11 of the same teams, disagreeing only on Alabama vs. SMU. Here's your side-by-side brackets under both:

The simulated #BCS is out and it would seed the 12-team playoff in its own way. In nine of the 10 years prior, the committee included the exact same teams in its four-team playoff as the #BCS would've. We'll see soon how 2024 will compare:

Here it is, what we’ve been waiting for — the season-ending simulated #BCS rankings. How will the committee rankings compare?

And, with just one week of action remaining, here’s how the simulated #BCS and the @CFBPlayoff committee would end up filling out their respective 12-team brackets:

Our penultimate side-by-side comparison of this week’s simulated #BCS and the just-released @CFBPlayoff rankings:

As many of you have correctly pointed out, yesterday's simulated #BCS rankings would give us a fascinating potential 12-team playoff. We’ll see how the College Football Playoff committee’s version of this bracket looks tomorrow:

With the regular season complete, let's take a look our second-to-last simulated #BCS rankings of the year, where Notre Dame slides past Penn State to No. 3 and Boise State cracks the top 10:

After some misalignments on bracket seeding last week, the simulated #BCS and tonight's @CFBPlayoff fill out striking similar 12-team playoff brackets (if the season ended today) — reordering three of four road teams in the opening round:

Amazingly, we've only got two of these left this season — here's the latest side-by-side of our simulated #BCS and the just-released committee rankings:

As we close in on the final frames of the season, let's take a look at how the simulated #BCS rankings would judge this year so far — featuring a perfect-scoring No. 1 Oregon and some rearrangement in the top 10:

The most interesting side-by-side 12-team brackets so far this season has a different set of bye teams and some fascinating matchup differences from the committee and the simulated #BCS. However! The same 12 teams:

Let’s take our regular look at this week’s College Football Playoff rankings side-by-side with the simulated #BCS for two perspectives on this season to date:

Here’s our most up-to-date look at what the #BCS would look like were it still alive to grade the 2024 season to date. Losses by BYU and Tennessee clear out some space in the top 10 for a bit of a rankings shuffle:

The final side-by-side rankings of the season spell out the vast differences in the two systems' feelings this season -- unique in the 10-year history of the College Football Playoff:

The simulated BCS rankings that we've all been waiting for. The BCS prefers Florida State, the College Football Playoff says otherwise:

Not much separates this week’s simulated #BCS and the CFP committee’s just-released rankings. Three one-spot flip-flops in the top 17 give way for a little disagreement further down the list. Which do you prefer? Compare the entire top 25 right here:

The simulated #BCS is here — and it's fascinating. Georgia and Michigan pull away, FSU and Washington settle into the top four and 5-8 is bunched up, all setting up the final weekend. The full top 25: