Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 9/7/2009

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 7, 2009:

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

Dropped out: Oklahoma (#3, At Large Big 12), Virginia Tech (#7, ACC Champion), California (#9, At Large Pac 10), Utah (#12, MWC Champion), East Carolina (#14, CUSA Champion)

Number Of Teams by Conference:
SEC (4), ACC (1), Big 10 (2), Big 12 (2) 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) Florida
(9) Mississippi at (8) Penn State
(12) Georgia Tech at (5) Ohio State
(13) Houston at (4) USC
(11) LSU at (6) Oklahoma State
(14) West Virginia at (3) Alabama
(10) Boise State at (7) BYU
(15) Central Michigan at (2) Texas

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

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

Championship Game
(2) Texas vs (1) Florida