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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 10/13/2008

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 13, 2008:

1. Texas (Big 12 Champion)
2. Alabama (SEC Champion)
3. Penn State (Big 10 Champion)
4. Oklahoma (At Large Big 12)
5. Texas Tech (At Large Big 12)
6. USC (Pac 10 Champion)
7. BYU (MWC Champion)
8. Florida (At Large SEC)
9. Georgia (At Large SEC)
10. Oklahoma State (At Large Big 12)
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: Missouri (#3, At Large Big 12), LSU (#4, At Large SEC), Ohio State (#10, At Large Big 10)

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) Troy at (1) Texas
(9) Georgia at (8) Florida
(12) Virginia Tech at (5) Texas Tech
(13) South Florida at (4) Oklahoma
(11) Boise State at (6) USC
(14) Tulsa at (3) Penn State
(10) Oklahoma State at (7) BYU
(15) Ball State at (2) Alabama

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

Round 3
(4) Oklahoma vs (1) Texas
(3) Penn State vs (2) Alabama

Championship Game
(2) Alabama vs (1) Texas