(06-12-2021 06:43 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(06-12-2021 04:46 PM)BCSvsBS Wrote:  

(06-12-2021 04:00 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(06-12-2021 03:14 PM)BCSvsBS Wrote:  Count is still wrong. You added all of Boises appearances even those when they were in a diferent conference. By that messure, you then have to count WVa, Louseville, Miami, Georgia Tech and Tulanes appearances for the AAC/Big East. This adds 4 more appearences as you already counted Tulane. Also subtract 4 from the ACC.

That was the point. Counts based on the conference at the time are in the OP.

So the AAC shoild have 13 and the ACC should have 30.

Are you aiming for any school's bid to be counted for a conference as long as the school was in that conference at any point since 1998? This means a single bid can be counted multiple times. Here are the counts for that then:

SEC: 68
Big 12: 60
Big Ten: 54
ACC: 43
Pac-10/12: 41
Big East/AAC: 25
CUSA: 20
MWC: 20
WAC: 20
Big West: 8
I-A/FBS Ind: 8
MAC: 4
Sun Belt: 1

Also, Georgia Tech was never in the Big East or AAC.

If we are trying to see how each conference would do in the future, isn’t it better to simply total the current members’ playoff appearances, disregarding their previous conference affiliation? For example, the number for the ACC would be 34 (10 FSU + 7 Clemson + 6 Miami + 6 VT + 2 Louisville + 1 GT + 1 UNC + 1 UVa).