Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 9/14/2009

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 14, 2009:

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

Dropped out: Oklahoma State (#6, At Large Big 12), West Virginia (#14, Big East Champion)

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

Match ups round by round assuming higher seeds win.

Round 1
(16) Louisiana-Lafayette at (1) Florida
(9) Boise State at (8) Mississippi
(12) Georgia Tech at (5) BYU
(13) Houston at (4) Alabama
(11) California at (6) Penn State
(14) Cincinnati at (3) USC
(10) LSU at (7) Ohio State
(15) Central Michigan at (2) Texas

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

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

Championship Game
(2) Texas vs (1) Florida