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"No postseason game" }, { "team": "Vanderbilt", "destination": "ReliaQuest Bowl" }, { "team": "BYU", "destination": "Pop-Tarts Bowl" }, { "team": "Texas", "destination": "Citrus Bowl" }, { "team": "Utah", "destination": "Las Vegas Bowl" }, { "team": "Virginia", "destination": "Gator Bowl" } ], "maximumSeasonGames": 18 } ], "comparison": { "membershipAdded": [], "membershipRemoved": [], "benefitChanges": [ { "team": "Vanderbilt", "committeeBenefit": "road", "nrrBenefit": "host", "committeePreRank": 14, "nrrPreRank": 11, "committeeFinalRank": 14, "nrrFinalRank": 10, "committeeMaxGames": 17, "nrrMaxGames": 17 }, { "team": "BYU", "committeeBenefit": "host", "nrrBenefit": "single", "committeePreRank": 11, "nrrPreRank": 8, "committeeFinalRank": 12, "nrrFinalRank": 11, "committeeMaxGames": 18, "nrrMaxGames": 17 }, { "team": "Alabama", "committeeBenefit": "single", "nrrBenefit": "host", "committeePreRank": 9, "nrrPreRank": 12, "committeeFinalRank": 9, "nrrFinalRank": 12, "committeeMaxGames": 17, "nrrMaxGames": 18 }, { "team": "Miami", "committeeBenefit": "host", "nrrBenefit": "road", "committeePreRank": 12, "nrrPreRank": 13, "committeeFinalRank": 10, "nrrFinalRank": 13, "committeeMaxGames": 17, "nrrMaxGames": 17 } ], "championVariantsSameSet": true, "finalOnlyWithoutProtection": [ "Indiana", "Ohio State", "Georgia", "Texas A&M", "Texas Tech", "Oregon", "Ole Miss", "Oklahoma", "Notre Dame", "Vanderbilt", "BYU", "Alabama", "Miami", "Texas", "Utah", "Southern California", "Tulane", "James Madison" ], "protectionRetains": [ "Virginia" ], "protectionExcludes": [ "Southern California" ] } } ], "summary": { "allocations": 6, "stopped": 0, "benefitChanges": 6 }, "limitations": [ "Two retrospective seasons; no proof of ranking quality, ideal field size, policy superiority or future performance.", "NRR snapshots contain committee-standing inputs; this is not an independent comparison to the committee.", "Calendar scenarios remain unapproved; elapsed calendar days are not medical rest or campus readiness.", "General capacity conflicts remain policy work; absence of a conflict here is not a universal guarantee.", "Actual bowl destinations are used only after selection; no later game results enter selection.", "Original final-only study and all frozen archives remain unchanged." ] }