'Round this time every year, college football people tend to talk up what fun it would be to get to fill out (non-FCS) playoff brackets for our fair sport as well. This leads to that point in the week at which everybody comes up with a 16-team bracket based on the previous season, which is kind of fun. There's also picking the basketball bracket based entirely on each school's football program, which is way more fun.

So here's a 64-team bracket, which would mean about a month and a half of postseason college football. That sounds crazy! But it's pretty much what we already have now, with conference championship games beginning in early December the the title game not until some ugly date in January. So kindly give us a 32-team bracket and we'll call it even.

Here's what a 2011-2012 college football bracket could've looked like, based on F/+ ratings -- those do take bowl game performances into account, so ... so they're even better! Rub your eyes twice, as, yes, this bracket includes Northwestern:

South Region No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 16 Washington No. 8 Miami vs. No. 9 Kansas State No. 5 TCU vs. No. 12 Georgia Tech No. 4 Texas A&M vs. No. 13 North Carolina No. 6 Temple vs. No. 11 Arizona State No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 14 Ohio No. 7 Missouri vs. No. 10 South Florida No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 15 Tennessee Midwest Region No. 1 LSU vs. No. 16 Nevada No. 8 Penn State vs. No. 9 Rutgers No. 5 Houston vs. No. 12 Pittsburgh No. 4 Georgia vs. No. 13 Northern Illinois No. 6 West Virginia vs. No. 11 Iowa No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 14 SMU No. 7 Nebraska vs. No. 10 Louisiana Tech No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 Arkansas State East Region No. 1 Oklahoma State vs. No. 16 Illinois No. 8 Florida vs. No. 9 Tulsa No. 5 Texas vs. No. 12 Vanderbilt No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 13 Western Michigan No. 6 Virginia Tech vs. No. 11 Mississippi State No. 3 USC vs. No. 14 Utah No. 7 Cincinnati vs. No. 10 Ohio State No. 2 Wisconsin vs. No. 15 Northwestern West Region No. 1 Boise State vs. No. 16 UConn No. 8 Baylor vs. No. 9 Clemson No. 5 Southern Miss vs. No. 12 California No. 4 Notre Dame vs. No. 13 Auburn No. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 11 Louisville No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 14 Central Florida No. 7 Toledo vs. No. 10 BYU No. 2 Oregon vs. No. 15 Florida International

Intrigue abounds, from Clemson's defense trying to stop Robert Griffin III to Cincy and the Buckeyes battling for Ohio to a 1999 BCS championship rematch to West Virginians and Iowans boggling at each other's offenses before finding kinship in a deep, deep bottle. Upset alerts include UNC vs. Texas A&M, Auburn vs. Notre Dame, and Cal vs. Southern Miss, who lost to UAB. Also, absolutely nobody wants to play Kansas State.

Now let's really get crazy! March Madness includes teams from conferences you've never heard of all throughout Division I. Just for funsies, here's what our bracket could look like if the field could include teams currently in FCS, since they are indeed Division I programs. This would mean replacing lower-tier FBS teams with FCS conference champions, like so -- it would also mean bumping North Carolina (and not MAC champ Northern Illinois) to ensure the Sun Belt champs, Arkansas State, make it in:

South Region No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 16 Stony Brook No. 8 Miami vs. No. 9 Kansas State No. 5 TCU vs. No. 12 Georgia Tech No. 4 Texas A&M vs. No. 13 Arkansas State No. 6 Temple vs. No. 11 Arizona State No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 14 Towson No. 7 Missouri vs. No. 10 South Florida No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 15 Jackson State Midwest Region No. 1 LSU vs. No. 16 Duquesne No. 8 Penn State vs. No. 9 Rutgers No. 5 Houston vs. No. 12 Pittsburgh No. 4 Georgia vs. No. 13 Northern Illinois No. 6 West Virginia vs. No. 11 Iowa No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 14 Lehigh No. 7 Nebraska vs. No. 10 Louisiana Tech No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 Tennessee Tech East Region No. 1 Oklahoma State vs. No. 16 San Diego No. 8 Florida vs. No. 9 Tulsa No. 5 Texas vs. No. 12 Vanderbilt No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 13 Georgia Southern No. 6 Virginia Tech vs. No. 11 Mississippi State No. 3 USC vs. No. 14 Montana No. 7 Cincinnati vs. No. 10 Ohio State No. 2 Wisconsin vs. No. 15 Norfolk State West Region No. 1 Boise State vs. No. 16 Harvard No. 8 Baylor vs. No. 9 Clemson No. 5 Southern Miss vs. No. 12 California No. 4 Notre Dame vs. No. 13 Sam Houston State No. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 11 Louisville No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 14 North Dakota State No. 7 Toledo vs. No. 10 BYU No. 2 Oregon vs. No. 15 North Dakota

This one is kind of more fun, and rewards higher seeds even more while making sure every conference in the country has rooting interests in at least one game. These could get competitive, too -- if Georgia Southern can run on Alabama, surely it can run on Arkansas.

Also, Michigan's playing an FCS team in Round 1, and we all know how exciting that can be.

Follow @SBNationCFB