Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 9/29/2008

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 29, 2008:

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

Dropped out: Georgia (#3, SEC Champion), Florida (#4, At Large SEC), Wisconsin (#8, Big 10 Champion), East Carolina (#14, CUSA Champion)

Number Of Teams by Conference:
Big 12 (4), SEC (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) Arkansas State at (1) Oklahoma
(9) Texas Tech at (8) Auburn
(12) Boise State at (5) Texas
(13) Wake Forest at (4) Missouri
(11) South Florida at (6) BYU
(14) Tulsa at (3) LSU
(10) USC at (7) Penn State
(15) Ball State at (2) Alabama

Round 2
(8) Auburn vs (1) Oklahoma
(5) Texas vs (4) Missouri
(6) BYU vs (3) LSU
(7) Penn State vs (2) Alabama

Round 3
(4) Missouri vs (1) Oklahoma
(3) LSU vs (2) Alabama

Championship Game
(2) Alabama vs (1) Oklahoma