The argument for which college football team stands as the best of the last decade has been made, remade and made again: It’s either 2011 Alabama, 2004 USC, 2005 Texas or [insert another team], right?

I’m more interested in looking at this argument from another perspective – the opposite perspective. Rather than thinking about the best, what team can stake claim to being considered the worst of the last 10 years of major college football?

Thanks to some help from the simulation machine at WhatIfSports.com, we can find the answer. Here’s how it’ll work:

Using my knowledge of college football things and stuff, I chose – in my slightly educated opinion – the 16 worst Football Bowl Subdivision teams of the last decade (2004-13). I then “ranked” these teams, from worst to best, from No. 1 through No. 16. Up next comes the neutral-site bracket, but with a twist: losing teams move on to the next round.

So there will be four rounds: Round of 16, Round of 8, a national semifinal and a championship. Each matchup will be simulated five times in an effort to avoid some single-game inaccuracies. When the dust clears, whichever squad is left standing earns the right to be called the worst college football team of the last decade.

1. Round of 16 (average final score in parentheses)

No. 1 2013 Georgia State loses to No. 16 2011 Kansas (26.6-18.6)

No. 9 2006 Duke loses to No. 8 2013 Idaho (24.4-18.6)

No. 5 2011 Akron loses to No. 12 2006 Florida International (20.8-14.4)

No. 13 2013 Miami (Ohio) loses to No. 4 2011 New Mexico (23.2-18.6)

No. 11 2008 North Texas loses to No. 6 2010 Memphis (30.2-18.8)

No. 3 2012 Massachusetts loses to No. 14 2005 New Mexico State (52.4-20.8)

No. 7 2009 Eastern Michigan loses to No. 10 2005 Temple (21.6-12.4)

No. 2 2012 Southern Mississippi loses to No. 15 2012 Colorado (37-34)

2. Round of 8

No. 9 Duke loses to No. 1 2013 Georgia State (19.6-17.2)

No. 5 2011 Akron loses to No. 13 2013 Miami (Ohio) (19.4-14.6)

No. 3 2012 Massachusetts loses to No. 11 North Texas (30-26.4)

No. 7 2009 Eastern Michigan loses to No. 2 2012 Southern Mississippi (25.4-20.2)

3. Semifinals

No. 5 2011 Akron loses to No. 9 2006 Duke (20.6-19.4)

No. 3 2012 Massachusetts loses to No. 7 2009 Eastern Michigan (29.8-23.6)

4. Finals

No. 3 2012 Massachusetts loses to No. 5 2011 Akron (29.8-17.4)

5. Congratulations, Minutemen

A labor of love and simulations ends with one team on top – or the bottom, I guess: 2012 Massachusetts, which went 1-11, is the worst FBS team of the last decade. Congratulations?