Playoff Matchup Question - Same Conference

[TypicalTribe]

What is the earliest two teams from the same conference can meet? Curious especially if there's a situation where they didn't play each other in the regular season?

[van]

What is the earliest two teams from the same conference can meet? Curious especially if there's a situation where they didn't play each other in the regular season?

round 2, teams from same conference cannot meet if it is the first game for EACH team

[Grizzlies82]

round 2, teams from same conference cannot meet if it is the first game for EACH team

If that is the rule...

Because of geography, we may have a quick rematch with No. Iowa & North Dakota St., Montana & Montana State, and a Georgia Southern and Appalachian State or Wofford game. I suspect most fans of these schools would rather be on opposite sides of the brackets, and face non-conference schools instead.

[danefan]

round 2, teams from same conference cannot meet if it is the first game for EACH team

100% correct

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/champ_handbooks/football/2011/2011_1_football.pdf