What if there was a four team playoff in college football this year?

As Indianapolis digs out of snow and awaits temperatures that will not paralyze southern football fans as they de-plane in my pretend tournament world, what would this year's football post-season look like if there were a four team playoff in place?  Well, using my patent pending (pending I get off the couch and surf to find the paperwork) method of indirect comparisons under varying selection scenarios, here are the results:

2013 Scenario I, "The Condi": the four top teams are the criteria for selection

1. Florida State
2. Auburn
3. Alabama
4. Michigan State

RESULTS (assuming neutral site)

Florida State defeats Michigan State by 4
Auburn defeats Alabama by 12

(Note: despite the fact this is my Final Four, these will NOT be the results of my tourney! I will simulate them on Saturday)

2013 Scenario II, "The Osborne": conference champs get priority for selection

1. Florida State
2. Auburn
3. Michigan State
4. Stanford

RESULTS (assuming neutral site)

Florida State defeats Stanford by 8
Auburn defeats Michigan State by 1


And how about 2012?

2012 Scenario I, "The Condi": the four top teams are the criteria for selection

1. Notre Dame
2. Alabama
3. Florida
4. Oregon

RESULTS (assuming neutral site)

Oregon defeats Notre Dame by 21
Alabama defeats Florida by 31

(Note: despite the fact this is my Final Four, these will NOT be the results of my tourney!)

2013 Scenario II, "The Osborne": conference champs get priority for selection

1. Notre Dame
2. Alabama
3. Florida
4. Kansas State

RESULTS (assuming neutral site)

Kansas State defeats Notre Dame by 3
Alabama defeats Florida by 31

2013 Scenario III, "The ULTRA-Osborne": conference champs REALY get priority for selection

1. Notre Dame
2. Alabama
3. Kansas State
4. Stanford

RESULTS (assuming neutral site)

Stanford defeats Notre Dame by 8
Alabama defeats Kansas State by 24