Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 11/10/2008

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 10, 2008:

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

Dropped out: TCU(#11, At Large MWC), Georgia Tech (#13, ACC Champion), West Virginia (#14, Big East 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) Louisiana-Lafayette at (1) Texas Tech
(9) Boise State at (8) Utah
(12) Ball State at (5) Oklahoma
(13) North Carolina at (4) Texas
(11) Ohio State at (6) USC
(14) Pittsburgh at (3) Florida
(10) Oklahoma State at (7) Penn State
(15) Tulsa at (2) Alabama

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

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

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