Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 9/15/2008

Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions are published weekly 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).

For the week of September 15, 2008:

1. USC (PAC 10 Champion)
2. Oklahoma (Big 12 Champion)
3. Georgia (SEC Champion)
4. Florida (At Large SEC)
5. Missouri (At Large Big 12)
6. LSU (At Large SEC)
7. Auburn (At Large SEC)
8. Texas (At Large Big 12)
9. BYU (MWC Champion)
10. Ohio State (Big 10 Champion)
11. Wake Forest (ACC Champion)
12. East Carolina (CUSA Champion)
13. South Florida (Big East Champion)
14. Boise State (WAC Champion)
15. Ball State (MAC Champion)
16. Florida Atlantic (Sunbelt Champion)

Dropped out: Bowling Green (#16, MAC Champion)

Number Of Teams by Conference:
SEC (4), Big 12 (3), ACC (1), Big 10 (1), Big East (1), CUSA (1), MAC (1), MWC (1), Pac 10 (1), Sunbelt (1), WAC (1), Independent (0)

Match ups round by round assuming higher seeds win.

Round 1
(16) Florida Atlantic at (1) USC
(9) BYU at (8) Texas
(12) East Carolina at (5) Missouri
(13) South Florida at (4) Florida
(11) Wake Forest at (6) LSU
(14) Boise State at (3) Georgia
(10) Ohio State at (7) Auburn
(15) Ball State at (2) Oklahoma

Round 2
(8) Texas vs (1) USC
(5) Missouri vs (4) Florida
(6) LSU vs (3) Georgia
(7) Auburn vs (2) Oklahoma

Round 3
(4) Florida vs (1) USC
(3) Georgia vs (2) Oklahoma

Championship Game
(2) Oklahoma vs (1) USC