Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 10/8/2007

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 playoff field for the week of 10/8/2007:

1. LSU (SEC Champion)
2. California (PAC 10 Champion)
3. Ohio State (Big 10 Champion)
4. Boston College (ACC Champion)
5. South Florida (Big East Champion)
6. Oklahoma (Big 12 Champion)
7. South Carolina (At Large SEC)
8. Virginia Tech (At Large ACC)
9. Oregon (At Large PAC 10)
10. Missouri (At Large Big 12)
11. West Virginia (At Large Big East)
12. Hawaii (WAC Champion)
13. BYU (MWC Champion)
14. UTEP(CUSA Champion)
15. Troy (Sunbelt Champion)
16. Central Michigan (MAC Champion)

Dropped Out: USC (#1, PAC 10 Champion), Wisconsin (#5, At Large Big 10), Kentucky (#8, At Large SEC), Florida (#9, At Large SEC), Central Florida (#14, CUSA Champion), Ball State (#15, MAC Champion)

Number Of Teams by Conference:
ACC (2), Big 12 (2), Big East (2), Pac 10 (2), SEC (2), Big 10 (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) Central Michigan vs (1) LSU
(9) Oregon vs (8) Virginia Tech
(12) Hawaii vs (5) South Florida
(13) BYU vs (4) Boston College
(11) West Virginia vs (6) Oklahoma
(14) UTEP vs (3) Ohio State
(10) Missouri vs (7) South Carolina
(15) Troy vs (2) California

Round 2
(8) Virginia Tech vs (1) LSU
(5) South Florida vs (4) Boston College
(6) Oklahoma vs (3) Ohio State
(7) South Carolina vs (2) California

Round 3
(4) Boston Colleg vs (1) LSU
(3) Ohio State vs (2) California

Championship Game
(2) California vs (1) LSU