Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 11/3/2008

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 November 3, 2008:

1. Alabama (SEC Champion)
2. Texas Tech (Big 12 Champion)
3. Penn State (Big 10 Champion)
4. Florida (At Large SEC)
5. Texas (At Large Big 12)
6. Oklahoma (At Large Big 12)
7. USC (PAC 10 Champion)
8. Oklahoma State (At Large Big 12)
9. Utah (MWC Champion)
10. Boise State (WAC Champion)
11. TCU (At Large MWC)
12. Ball State (MAC Champion)
13. Georgia Tech (ACC Champion)
14. West Virginia (Big East Champion)
15. Tulsa (CUSA Champion)
16. Louisiana-Lafayette (Sunbelt Champion)

Dropped out: Georgia (#8, At Large SEC), Florida State (#14, ACC Champion), Troy (#16, Sunbelt Champion)

Number Of Teams by Conference:
Big 12 (4), MWC (2), SEC (2), ACC (1), Big 10 (1), Big East (1), CUSA (1), MAC (1), Pac 10 (1), Sunbelt (1), WAC (1), Independent (0)

Match ups round by round assuming higher seeds win.

Round 1
(16) Louisiana-Lafayette at (1) Alabama
(9) Utah at (8) Oklahoma State
(12) Ball State at (5) Texas
(13) Georgia Tech at (4) Florida
(11) TCU at (6) Oklahoma
(14) West Virginia at (3) Penn State
(10) Boise State at (7) USC
(15) Tulsa at (2) Texas Tech

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

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

Championship Game
(2) Texas Tech vs (1) Alabama