Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 9/28/2009

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 28, 2009:

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

Dropped out: Mississippi (#6, At Large SEC), California (#7, Pac 10 Champion), Miami (#11, ACC Champion)

Number Of Teams by Conference:
Big 10 (3), SEC (3), 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) TCU at (8) Virginia Tech
(12) Cincinnati at (5) LSU
(13) Iowa at (4) Boise State
(11) Houston at (6) Ohio State
(14) Penn State at (3) Alabama
(10) USC at (7) Oklahoma
(15) Central Michigan at (2) Texas

Round 2
(8) Virginia Tech vs (1) Florida
(5) LSU vs (4) Boise State
(6) Ohio State vs (3) Alabama
(7) Oklahoma vs (2) Texas

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

Championship Game
(2) Texas vs (1) Florida