Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Pre-Season Playoff Predictions

Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions will return for another college football season. Now its fifth published season, click here to see last season's final mock playoff field.

Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions are published weekly on Monday afternoons 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).

The pre-season playoff field for the 2010 season is:

1. Alabama (SEC Champion)
2. Ohio State (Big 10 Champion)
3. Boise State (WAC Champion)
4. Florida (At Large SEC)
5. TCU (Mountain West Champion)
6. Texas (Big 12 Champion)
7. Oklahoma (At Large Big 12)
8. Nebraska (At Large Big 12)
9. Virginia Tech (ACC Champion)
10. Oregon (PAC 10 Champion)
11. Iowa (At Large Big 10)
12. Wisconsin (At Large Big 10)
13. Pittsburgh (Big East Champion)
14. Houston (C-USA Champion)
15. Temple (MAC Champion)
16. Middle Tennessee State (Sun Belt Champion)


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

Match ups round by round assuming higher seeds win.

Round 1
(16) Middle Tennessee State at (1) Alabama
(9) Virginia Tech at (8) Nebraska
(12) Wisconsin at (5) TCU
(13) Pittsburgh at (4) Florida
(11) Iowa at (6) Texas
(14) Houston at (3) Boise State
(10) Oregon at (7) Oklahoma
(15) Temple at (2) Ohio State

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

Round 3
(4) Florida vs (1) Alabama
(3) Boise State vs (2) Ohio State

Championship Game
(2)Ohio State vs (1) Alabama