Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 12/7/2009 (Final)

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 December 7, 2009 (Final):

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

Dropped out: California (#13, At Large Pac 10)

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

Match ups round by round assuming higher seeds win.

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

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

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

Championship Game
(2) Texas vs (1) Alabama