December 17, 20241 yr for your consideration and consternation here are the historical average margins of victory in the seeded championship era: 1998-2013 BCS championship games: 16 games decided by an average of 11 points 6 decided by less than double-digits 3 decided by 3 points (including 4th & 5) 2014-2023 Semi-Finals & Finals ("the playoffs"): 30 total games played decided by an average of 18.6 points 10 of 30 decided by less than double-digits 2014-2023 Finals: in years 2/3/4 (2015/16/17) the final was decided by 5 points or less since then, toss out kirby's roach rape and the average margin of victory in 5 of the last 6 finals is still 21.8 points the last competitive final was in 2017 (8jan18 gump 26-23 uga) 2014-2023 Semi-Finals: there have been 20 semis played average margin of victory is 17.85 which is in essence a 3-score game HOWEVER the recent trend was opposite of the finals in the first 16 semis, there were 3 wins of 7, 6 & 6 points - the other 13 were by 24.5 points IN THE LAST 4 SEMIS the wins have been by 6, 1, 7 & 6 points the play-in games are obviously not finals....... hold on to your butts
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