Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 10/6/2008

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 October 6, 2008:

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

Dropped out: Auburn (#8, At Large SEC), Wake Forest (#13, ACC Champion), Arkansas State (#16, Sunbelt Champion)

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

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

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

Championship Game
(2) Alabama vs (1) Oklahoma