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Updated Bracket through Round of 64: https://challonge.com/kvn2mn0e

Regional Finals: (seeds listed instead of rank)

1) Georgia vs 11) Illinois State
2) Florida State vs 12) Mercer
1) Texas vs 2) UCF
2) UCLA vs 5) Montana State

2) South Carolina vs 4) NC State
12) Pennsylvania vs 15) Grambling
1) USC vs 2) Miami, FL
1) Oregon vs 3) California

1) Ohio State vs 2) Florida
5) Virginia Tech vs 10) Austin Peay
3) Boise State vs 9) Holy Cross
1) LSU vs 2) North Carolina

8) Incarnate Word vs 11) Missouri State
9) SE Missouri State vs 11) Tarleton State
3) Kentucky vs 4) Missouri
6) Georgia Tech vs 16) Butler

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1) Georgia 34, 161) Illinois State 13
Georgia remains one of the few powerhouses seemingly impervious to the sim's FCS shenanigans. I'm not sure if an FBS team will be able to beat them either....

17) Florida State 47, 177) Mercer 0
Hmmmm.....the sim suddenly gave FSU Jordan Travis back......and we'll have a Georgia/Florida State "rematch" in the Round of 16.......interesting......

8) Texas 56, 25) UCF 7
Well......UCF did have a 7-0 lead. Seems about right if they played each other right now.

73) Montana State 38, 24) UCLA 17
Oh boy......this was never close. We're now guaranteed to have at least FOUR FCS teams in the Round of 16.

61) NC State 35, 29) South Carolina 17
Getting way more safeties in the later rounds - this time NC State somehow completes a -2 yard pass in their own endzone to give the Gamecocks 2 points and the ball, simply stunning. SC then ties it up with a pair of field goals, 14-14, but the Wolf Pack outscore them 21-3 the rest of the way. Despite somehow completing a pass for a safety, Brennan Armstrong threw for 350 yards, 5 touchdowns and no picks. The Gamecocks scored 17 points without a touchdown.

180) Pennsylvania 44, 237) Grambling 10
Holy shit, Penn's going ALL THE WAY. 44-0 lead into the 4th quarter. QB Aidan Sayin threw for 300 yards and 5 touchdowns, with Jared Richardson catching 4 of them + racking up 175 receiving yards. Just sayin'.

5) USC 62, 28) Miami, Fl 24
Trojan offense way too much for the Windy Ducks

12) Oregon 31, 44) California 26
Wow, this was a blowout irl but Cal gave the Ducks all they could handle here, and even led most of the game. Back-to-back 4th quarter rushing touchdowns by Jayden Limar and Mar'Keise Irving were the difference, while Cal was settling for too many field goals.

2) Ohio State 40, 31) Florida 6
Wow. Granted Florida shouldn't have been a 2-seed (they'd still be the worst 3 based on current Sagarin rankings), but the 1-seeds are rolling so far in their regional finals. TreVeyon Henderson again led the way on the ground with 161 yards and 2 TDs on only 19 carries.

79) Virginia Tech 45, 146) Austin Peay 3
Austin Peay with no juice left - only a field goal as time expired prevented a shutout. The Hokie offense was aided by 3 Mike Diliello interceptions.

135) Holy Cross 40, 39) Boise State 37 (2OT)
HOLY Cross!! FIVE FCS teams minimum in the Round of 16. The closest game you could possibly have - neither team ever led by more than one possession. Both teams found the endzone in the first overtime, but Boise settling for a field goal in the next session ended up costing them, as the Crusaders scored the walk-off winner on an 18-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Sluka to Phoenix Dickson. Sluka threw for 240 yards and 2 TDs, and ran for 140 yards.

10) LSU 48, 23) North Carolina 35
UNC got off to a hot 14-0 start, and hung on best they could, but the Tiger offense was too much as they scored the game's final two touchdowns in the 4th quarter. Not surprisingly, both quarterbacks went off - Drake Maye with 450 yards and 4 TDs, and Jayden Daniels with 475 yards and 5 TDs.

163) Missouri State 41, 126) Incarnate Word 3
Look at the irl 4-7 Bears go!! 460 yards and 4 TDs for Mo St QB Jordan Pachot. Incarnate Word's leading rusher had one carry.

142) SE Missouri State 13, 174) Tarleton 10
What can you say about Tarleton........they were Tarleton. Had a 10-0 lead in the 3rd quarter, then the Redhawks came back and DC PIPPIN hit the game-winning field goal from 42 yards with only 4 seconds left. Missouri State vs Southeast Missouri State is not a Round of 16 match-up I would have predicted.

59) Missouri 20, 38) Kentucky 17
Another game-winning field goal with only a few seconds left, this time a 43-yarder by Harrison Mevis. Kentucky hung in closer than in the real-life game, but still never led, and QB Devin Leary had a dismal stat line - 0 TDs and 3 INTs.

246) Butler 34, 86) Georgia Tech 21
Butler stop you can't do this. Yellow Jackets scored the game's first touchdown, then it was all Bulldogs. The lone 16-seed to make it out of their region.......can they go even further?......

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ROUND OF 16 --- TEAMS REMAINING
FBS: 10
FCS: 6

SEC (3) - #1 Georgia, #10 LSU, #59 Missouri
ACC (3) - #17 Florida State, #61 NC State, #79 Virginia Tech
Pac-12 (2) - #5 USC, #12 Oregon
Big Ten (1) - #2 Ohio State
Big XII (1) - #8 Texas
Big Sky (1) - #73 Montana State
Patriot (1) - #135 Holy Cross
Big South-OVC (1) - #142 SE Missouri State
Missouri Valley (1) - #163 Missouri State
Ivy League (1) - #180 Pennsylvania
Pioneer (1) - #246 Butler

Eliminated: Colonial, MEAC, Northeast, Independents, American, MAC, Conference USA, Sun Belt, United Athletic, Mountain West, Southland, Southern, SWAC

By Seed:
1: 5 teams
2: 1 team
3:
4: 2 teams
5: 2 teams
6:
7:
8:
9: 2 teams
10:
11: 1 team
12: 2 teams
13:
14:
15:
16: 1 team