Champions from Top 6 Conferences are automatically in Quarterfinals
First round teams are selected by taking the remaining 4 highest-ranked BCS teams after the Top 6 Conference Champions are selected
Highest-ranked Quarterfinal team plays lowest ranked Quarterfinal team, and 2nd highest-ranked Quarterfinal team plays 3rd highest-ranked Quarterfinal team
Seeding for Semifinal match-ups is determined assuming that the best team in each Quarterfinal game advances
Traditional seeding is then applied based off of the BCS rankings of the teams in Semifinals either by being a conference champion or by being expected to advance from Quarterfinals
#1 ranked BCS team plays team with lowest BCS ranking that is expected to be in Semifinals after the Quarterfinals are played
# 2 ranked BCS team plays team with second lowest BCS ranking that is expected to be in Semifinals after the Quarterfinals are played
#3 ranked BCS team plays team with the second highest BCS ranking that is expected to be in Seminfinals after the Quarterfinals are played
#4 ranked BCS team plays team with the highest BCS ranking that is expected to be in Seminfinals after the Quarterfinals are played