Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Pre-Season Playoff Predictions

Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions will return for another college football season. Click here to see last season's final predictions.

Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions are published weekly on Monday afternoons to show a possible college football playoff format. Similar to the NCAA basketball tournament, 11 conference champions receive automatic bids. 5 additional spots are available for at-large bids.

Round 1 games would be hosted by the higher ranked seeds. Rounds 2 - 4 would incorporate the bowl system with host cities/bowls bidding to host the games. The "Big 4" BCS bowls would be permanent playoff hosts on a round-rotating basis (Championship, semi-finals and 1 round 2 game).

The pre-season playoff field for the 2007 season is:

1. USC (PAC 10 Champion)
2. LSU (SEC Champion)
3. West Virginia (Big East Champion)
4. Michigan (Big 10 Champion)
5. Texas (Big 12 Champion)
6. Virginia Tech (ACC Champion)
7. Florida (At Large SEC)
8. Wisconsin (At Large Big 10)
9. Louisville (At Large Big East)
10. California (At Large PAC 10)
11. Ohio State (At Large Big 10)
12. TCU (MWC Champion)
13. Hawaii (WAC Champion)
14. Southern Miss (CUSA Champion)
15. Central Michigan (MAC Champion)
16. Troy (Sunbelt Champion)

Number Of Teams by Conference:
Big 10 (3), Big East (2), Pac 10 (2), SEC (2), ACC (1), Big 12 (1), CUSA (1), MAC (1), MWC (1), Sunbelt (1), WAC (1), Independent (0)

Match ups round by round assuming higher seeds win.

Round 1
(16) Troy vs (1) USC
(9) Louisville vs (8) Wisconsin
(12) TCU vs (5) Texas
(13) Hawaii vs (4) Michigan
(11) Ohio State vs (6) Virginia Tech
(14) Southern Miss vs (3) West Virginia
(10) California vs (7) Florida
(15) Central Michigan vs (2) LSU

Round 2
(8) Wisconsin vs (1) USC
(5) Texas vs (4) Michigan
(6) Virginia Tech vs (3) West Virginia
(7) Florida vs (2) LSU

Round 3
(4) Michigan vs (1) USC
(3) West Virginia vs (2) LSU

Championship Game
(2) LSU vs (1) USC