Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 9/6/10

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 September 6, 2010:

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

Dropped out: Virginia Tech (#9, ACC Champion), Pittsburgh (#13, Big East Champion), Middle Tennessee State (#16, 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) Troy at (1) Alabama
(9) Florida at (8) Wisconsin
(12) Florida State at (5) Texas
(13) West Virginia at (4) TCU
(11) Oklahoma at (6) Iowa
(14) Houston at (3) Boise State
(10) Nebraska at (7) Oregon
(15) Temple at (2) Ohio State

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

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

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