Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 11/9/2009

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 9, 2009:

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

Dropped out: LSU (#9, At Large SEC), Penn State (#10, At Large Big 10)

Number Of Teams by Conference:
ACC (2), Big 10 (2), Big East (2), Pac 10 (2), SEC (2), Big 12 (1), CUSA (1), MAC (1), Mountain West (1), Sun Belt (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) Miami
(12) Ohio State at (5) Boise State
(13) Pittsburgh at (4) Cincinnati
(11) USC at (6) TCU
(14) Houston at (3) Alabama
(10) Oregon at (7) Georgia Tech
(15) Central Michigan at (2) Texas

Round 2
(8) Miami vs (1) Florida
(5) Boise State vs (4) Cincinnati
(6) TCU vs (3) Alabama
(7) Georgia Tech vs (2) Texas

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

Championship Game
(2) Texas vs (1) Florida