So his bracket would be (ignore the bullets, they're just there to make the spacing work right)
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- 8. Notre Dame
- 9. Alabama
- 5. Georgia
- 12. Iowa St
- 6. Penn St
- 11. Ole Miss
- 7. Oregon
- 10. Tennessee
With Clemson and LSU being top 12 teams who are bumped out by auto-bid conferences without a top team.
But there's really basically zero chance the Big 12 doesn't get at least one bid. That would require our champ being behind two G5/6 conference champs