2007 College Football's Undisputed National Champs

Let's take a look back at the 2007 college football season. It ended with LSU beating Ohio State in the BCS National Title Game in New Orleans 38-24. That year LSU won the title with two losses! But there were other worthy teams that had great seasons as well. LSU and West Virginia both lost there final regular season games while the next week Missouri lost to Oklahoma in the Big 12 Title Game, all those team finished with two losses with Oklahoma, LSU and West Virginia still winning there conferences. USC won the Pac 10 bye winning the tie breaker with Arizona State as both teams finished with two conference losses but the Trojans smashed Arizona State in week 11 of the '07 college football season. Meanwhile Ohio State won the Big Ten losing only one game to Illinois. Hawaii was the only undefeated team that year going (12-0) winning the WAC but they only beat one ranked team and that team was #17 Boise State which is in the same conference. Two teams that had good season that did not win there conferences were Georgia of the SEC and Kansas of the Big 12. So here is how 2007 should have ended with a playoff system to determine a undisputed national champion without the drama of the BCS.

Automatic Bids

Big Ten Champs - (1) Ohio State (11-1)

SEC Champs - (2) LSU (11-2)

Big East Champs - (8) West Virginia (10-2)

Pac 10 Champs - (5) USC (10-2)

ACC Champs - (6) Virginia Tech (11-2)

Big 12 Champs - (4) Oklahoma (11-2)

WAC Champs - (10) Hawaii (12-0)

At Large Bids

SEC At Large - (3) Georgia (10-2)

Big 12 At Large - (7) Missouri (11-2) (9) Kansas (11-1)

First Round Matchups

Cotton Bowl - (9) Kansas (11-1) vs (10) Hawaii (12-0) - winner plays (1) Ohio State in Alamo Bowl

Sun Bowl - (7) Missouri (11-2) vs (8) West Virginia (10-2) - winner plays (2) LSU in Outback Bowl

Quarterfinals Round

Alamo Bowl - (1) Ohio State (11-1) vs Kansas/Hawaii winner

Fiesta Bowl - (4) Oklahoma (11-2) vs (5) USC (10-2)

Capital One Bowl - (3) Georgia (10-2) vs (6) Virginia Tech (11-2)

Outback Bowl - (2) LSU (11-2) vs Missouri/West Virginia winner

Semifinals Round

Rose Bowl - Alamo Bowl winner vs Fiesta Bowl winner

Orange Bowl - Capital One Bowl winner vs Outback Bowl winner

National Championship Game

Sugar Bowl - Rose Bowl winner vs Orange Bowl winner

First Round Results

Cotton Bowl - (9) Kansas (12-1) 37, Hawaii (12-1) 21

Sun Bowl - (8) West Virginia (11-2) 38, Missouri (11-3) 28

Quarterfinals Round Results

Alamo Bowl - (1) Ohio State (12-1) 28, Kansas (12-2) 13

Fiesta Bowl - (5) USC (11-2) 27, (4) Oklahoma (11-3) 17

Capital One Bowl - (3) Georgia (11-2) 22, Virginia Tech (11-3) 10

Outback Bowl - (2) LSU (12-2) 24, (8) West Virginia (11-3) 20

Semifinals Round

Rose Bowl - (5) USC (12-2) 28, (1) Ohio State (12-2) 17

Orange Bowl - (3) Georgia (12-2) 19, (2) LSU (12-3) 17

National Championship Game

Sugar Bowl - (3) Georgia (13-2) 20, (5) USC (12-3) 17

Feel free to comment on this or who do you think would have won the title with a playoff system.

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