Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 10/12/2009

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 October 12, 2009:

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

Dropped out: None

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

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

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

Championship Game
(2) Texas vs (1) Florida