Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 11/16/2009

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 16, 2009:

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

Dropped out: Miami (#8, At Large ACC), USC (#11, At Large Pac 10), Houston (#14, CUSA Champion)

Number Of Teams by Conference:
Big 10 (3), Big East (2), Pac 10 (2), SEC (2), ACC (1), 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) East Carolina at (1) Florida
(9) Ohio State at (8) Pittsburgh
(12) Penn State at (5) Cincinnati
(13) Stanford at (4) TCU
(11) Iowa at (6) Boise State
(14) Central Michigan at (3) Alabama
(10) Oregon at (7) Georgia Tech
(15) Troy at (2) Texas

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

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

Championship Game
(2) Texas vs (1) Florida