Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 11/2/2009

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 November 2, 2009:

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

Dropped out: Oklahoma State (#12, At Large Big 12)

Number Of Teams by Conference:
Big 10 (3), SEC (3), Pac 10 (2), ACC (1), Big 12 (1), Big East (1), CUSA (1), MAC (1), Mountain West (1), Sunbelt (1), WAC (1), Independent (0)

Match ups round by round assuming higher seeds win.

Round 1
(16) Troy at (1) Florida
(9) LSU at (8) TCU
(12) USC at (5) Iowa
(13) Ohio State at (4) Cincinnati
(11) Georgia Tech at (6) Boise State
(14) Houston at (3) Alabama
(10) Penn State at (7) Oregon
(15) Central Michigan at (2) Texas

Round 2
(8) TCU vs (1) Florida
(5) Iowa vs (4) Cincinnati
(6) Boise State vs (3) Alabama
(7) Oregon vs (2) Texas

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

Championship Game
(2) Texas vs (1) Florida