Bowl Championship Series

A Comprehensive Playoff System

Opening Round
(Dec. 12)

2009 NCAA Football Playoffs

Quarterfinals
(Dec. 19)

Semifinals
(Dec. 26)

Finals
(Jan. 4)

(1) (16) (9) (8) (5) (12) (13) (4) (3) (14) (11) (6) (7) (10) (15) (2)

Alabama East Carolina Peach Bowl Georgia Tech Ohio State Orange Bowl Florida LSU Fiesta Bowl Penn State TCU Rose Bowl Cincinnati Central Michigan Capital One Bowl Virginia Tech Boise State Sugar Bowl Oregon Iowa Cotton Bowl Troy Texas
(Dallas, TX) (New Orleans, LA) (Orlando, FL) (Pasadena, CA) (Tempe, AZ) (Miami, FL) (Atlanta, GA)

National Champion
(2009)

Conference ACC Big 12 Big East Big Ten CUSA MAC MWC Pac 10 SEC Sun Belt WAC

Champion Georgia Tech Texas Cincinnati Ohio State East Carolina C. Michigan TCU Oregon Alabama Troy Boise State

Record BCS 11-2 9 13-0 2 12-0 3 10-2 8 9-4 NR 11-2 NR 12-0 4 10-2 7 13-0 1 9-3 NR 13-0 6

At-Large Bid Florida Iowa Virginia Tech LSU Penn State

Record 12-1 10-2 9-3 9-3 10-2

BCS 5 10 11 12 13

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Final BCS Rankings

2009 NCAA Football Playoffs

Alabama 2. Texas 3. Cincinnati 4. TCU 5. Florida 6. Boise St. 7. Oregon 8. Ohio St. 9. Georgia Tech 10. Iowa 11. Virginia Tech 12. LSU 13. Penn St. 14. BYU 15. Miami (FL) 16. West Virginia 17. Pittsburgh 18. Oregon St. 19. Oklahoma St. 20. Arizona 21. Stanford 22. Nebraska 23. Utah 24. USC 25. Wisconsin
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