Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 9/21/2009

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 21, 2009:

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

Dropped out: USC (#3, Pac 10 Champion), BYU (#5, MWC Champion), Georgia Tech (#12, ACC Champion), Louisiana-Lafayette (#16, Sunbelt Champion)

Number Of Teams by Conference:
SEC (4), Big 10 (2), Big 12 (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) Troy at (1) Florida
(9) Ohio State at (8) LSU
(12) TCU at (5) Boise State
(13) Houston at (4) Penn State
(11) Miami at (6) Mississippi
(14) Cincinnati at (3) Alabama
(10) Oklahoma at (7) California
(15) Central Michigan at (2) Texas

Round 2
(8) LSU vs (1) Florida
(5) Boise State vs (4) Penn State
(6) Mississippi vs (3) Alabama
(7) California vs (2) Texas

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

Championship Game
(2) Texas vs (1) Florida