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The 2017 NCAA Division I Football Tournament is a proposed tournament which sees the merging of FBS and FCS football into one league and one tournament created in result. The tournament features 64 teams of the 230 programs. There are 23 automatic conference berths, along with 25 at-large berths.
2017 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues[edit]
Dayton
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Orlando
Salt Lake City
Greenville
Indianapolis
Tulsa
Sacramento
2017 First Four (orange) and First and Second rounds (green)
Note: Greensboro, North Carolina was originally awarded First and Second round games, but the games were relocated to Greenville, South Carolina due to NCAA objections over HB2.
Note: Greensboro, North Carolina was originally awarded First and Second round games, but the games were relocated to Greenville, South Carolina due to NCAA objections over HB2.
Kansas City
San Jose
Memphis
New York City
Glendale
2017 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)
The following sites were selected to host each round of the 2017 tournament[1]
First Four
- March 14 and 15
- UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)
First and Second Rounds
- March 16 and 18
- Amway Center, Orlando, Florida (Hosts: University of Central Florida and Stetson University)
- BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee (Host: Marquette University)
- KeyBank Center,[s 1] Buffalo, New York (Host: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Niagara University and Canisius College)
- Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City (Host: University of Utah)
- March 17 and 19
- Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis (Hosts: Horizon League and IUPUI)
- BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Host: University of Tulsa)
- Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina,[s 2] (Hosts: Southern Conference and Furman University)
- Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California (Host: California State University, Sacramento)
Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)
- March 23 and 25
- Midwest Regional, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Big 12 Conference)
- West Regional, SAP Center, San Jose, California (Host: Pac-12 Conference)
- March 24 and 26
- East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York City (Hosts: St. John's University and Big East Conference)
- South Regional, FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee (Host: University of Memphis)
National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)
- April 1 and 3
- Notes
- ^ At the time of announcement, this venue was known as First Niagara Center. Following the 2016 purchase of First Niagara Financial Group by KeyCorp, the new venue name officially took effect with the start of the 2016–17 NHL season.
- ^ Greensboro, North Carolina originally was awarded First and Second Round games, but the games were relocated due to NCAA objections over North Carolina's passage of HB2. This was also the first time a South Carolina venue hosted the tournament in 15 years, after the state removed the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina State House grounds in July 2015 and the NCAA implemented a policy of not hosting championship games in the state in response to the display in 2002.
Qualification and selection[edit]
- Round of 64 - November 23
- Round of 32 - December 1
- Sweet Sixteen - December 9
- Elite Eight - December 16
- Final Four - December 23
- National Championship - January 1, 2018
Automatic qualifiers[edit]
The following 23 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2016 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid:
| Conference | Team | Appearance | Last bid |
|---|---|---|---|
| American | UCF | 1st | — |
| ACC | Clemson | 3rd | 2016 |
| Big Sky | Southern Utah | 1st | — |
| Big South | Kennesaw State | 1st | — |
| Big Ten | Ohio State | 2nd | 2015 |
| Big 12 | Oklahoma | 3rd | 2016 |
| CAA | James Madison | 1st | — |
| Conference USA | Florida Atlantic | 1st | — |
| Ivy | Yale | 1st | — |
| MAC | Toledo | 1st | — |
| MEAC | North Carolina A&T | 1st | — |
| Mountain West | Boise State | 1st | — |
| MVFC | North Dakota State | 1st | — |
| Northeast | Central Connecticut | 1st | — |
| Ohio Valley | Jacksonville State | 1st | — |
| Pac-12 | USC | 1st | — |
| Patriot | Colgate | 1st | — |
| Pioneer | San Diego | 1st | — |
| SEC | Georgia | 3rd | — |
| Southern | Wofford | 1st | — |
| Southland | Central Arkansas | 1st | — |
| Sun Belt | Appalachain State | 2nd | 2016 |
| SWAC | Grambling State | 1st | — |
Tournament seeds[edit]
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Overall rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson | ACC | 12–1 | Auto | 1 |
| 2 | USC | Pac-12 | 11–2 | Auto | 8 |
| 3 | Penn State | Big Ten | 10–2 | At-large | 9 |
| 4 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 9–3 | At-large | 16 |
| 5 | LSU | SEC | 9–3 | At-large | 17 |
| 6 | NC State | ACC | 8–4 | At-large | 24 |
| 7 | Boise State | Mountain West | 10–3 | Auto | 25 |
| 8 | Boston College | ACC | 7–5 | At-large | 32 |
| 9 | Arizona State | Pac-12 | 7–5 | At-large | 33 |
| 10 | North Texas | Conference USA | 9–4 | At-large | 40 |
| 11 | SMU | American | 7–5 | At-large | 41 |
| 12 | Northern Illinois | MAC | 8–4 | At-large | 48 |
| 13 | Houston | American | 7–4 | At-large | 49 |
| 14 | Sam Houston State | Southland | 11–1 | At-large | 56 |
| 15 | Weber State | Big Sky | 11–3 | Auto | 57 |
| 16 | Lehigh | Patriot | 5–7 | Auto | 64 |
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Overall rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | Big 12 | 12–1 | Auto | 2 |
| 2 | Auburn | SEC | 10–3 | At-large | 7 |
| 3 | Miami (FL) | ACC | 10–2 | At-large | 10 |
| 4 | TCU | Big 12 | 10–3 | At-large | 15 |
| 5 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 9–3 | At-large | 18 |
| 6 | Mississippi State | SEC | 8–4 | At-large | 23 |
| 7 | Fresno State | Mountain West | 9–4 | At-large | 26 |
| 8 | Michigan | Big Ten | 8–4 | At-large | 31 |
| 9 | Troy | Sun Belt | 10–2 | Auto | 34 |
| 10 | Louisville | ACC | 8–4 | At-large | 39 |
| 11 | Iowa State | Big Ten | 7–5 | At-large | 42 |
| 12 | James Madison | CAA | 13–0 | Auto | 47 |
| 13 | Missouri | SEC | 7–5 | At-large | 50 |
| 14 | Kennesaw State | Big South | 12–1 | Auto | 55 |
| 15 | Wofford | Southern | 10–2 | Auto | 58 |
| 16 | Central Connecticut State | NEC | 8–3 | Auto | 63 |
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Overall rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | SEC | 12–1 | Auto | 3 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 12–1 | At-large | 6 |
| 3 | Washington | Pac-12 | 10–2 | At-large | 11 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | Independent | 9–3 | At-large | 14 |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 9–3 | At-large | 19 |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 9–3 | At-large | 22 |
| 7 | South Florida | American | 9–2 | At-large | 27 |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic | Conference USA | 10–3 | Auto | 30 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | SEC | 7–5 | At-large | 35 |
| 10 | Army | Independent | 9–3 | At-large | 38 |
| 11 | Iowa | Big Ten | 7–5 | At-large | 43 |
| 12 | North Dakota State | Missouri Valley | 12–1 | Auto | 46 |
| 13 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 7–5 | At-large | 51 |
| 14 | Jacksonville State | Ohio Valley | 10–2 | Auto | 54 |
| 15 | Yale | Ivy | 9–1 | Auto | 59 |
| 16 | San Diego | Pioneer | 10–3 | Auto | 62 |
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Overall rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | SEC | 11–1 | At-large | 4 |
| 2 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 11–2 | Auto | 5 |
| 3 | UCF | American | 12–0 | Auto | 12 |
| 4 | Stanford | Pac-12 | 9–4 | At-large | 13 |
| 5 | Memphis | American | 10–2 | At-large | 20 |
| 6 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 9–3 | At-large | 21 |
| 7 | South Carolina | SEC | 8–4 | At-large | 28 |
| 8 | Toledo | MAC | 11–2 | Auto | 29 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | ACC | 7–5 | At-large | 36 |
| 10 | San Diego State | Mountain West | 10–2 | At-large | 37 |
| 11 | Oregon | Pac-12 | 44 | ||
| 12 | Kentucky | SEC | 7–5 | At-large | 45 |
| 13 | South Dakota State | Missouri Valley | 11–2 | At-large | 52 |
| 14 | Central Arkansas | Southland | 10–2 | Auto | 53 |
| 15 | North Carolina A&T | MEAC | 11–0 | Auto | 60 |
| 16 | Grambling State | SWAC | 10–1 | Auto | 61 |
- First eight out: FIU, UCLA, Florida State, UCLA, Central Michigan, Arizona, West Virginia, Ole Miss
Bracket[edit]
| First Round (campus sites) | Second Round (campus sites) | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Semifinals | National Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Clemson | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S16 | Lehigh | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S8 | Boston College | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S9 | Arizona State | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Michigan State | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S13 | Houston | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S5 | LSU | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S12 | Northern Illinois | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | USC | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S15 | Weber State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S7 | Boise State | 27OT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S10 | North Texas | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Penn State | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S14 | Sam Houston State | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S6 | NC State | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S11 | SMU | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Oklahoma | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W16 | Central Connecticut | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W8 | Michigan | 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W9 | Troy | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W4 | TCU | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W13 | Missouri | 27OT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Washington State | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W12 | James Madison | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Auburn | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W15 | Wofford | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W7 | Fresno State | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W10 | Louisville | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Miami | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W14 | Kennesaw State | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Mississippi State | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W11 | Iowa State | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW1 | Georgia | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW16 | San Diego | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW8 | Florida Atlantic | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW9 | Texas A&M | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW4 | Notre Dame | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW13 | Kansas State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW5 | Oklahoma State | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW12 | North Dakota State | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW2 | Wisconsin | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW15 | Yale | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW7 | South Florida | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW10 | Army | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW3 | Washington | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW14 | Jacksonville State | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW6 | Virginia Tech | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MW11 | Iowa | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- ^ "2016-18 preliminary rounds". NCAA. November 14, 2014.