Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 10/18/10

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 October 18, 2010:

1.Oregon (PAC 10 Champion)
2. Boise State (WAC Champion)
3. TCU (Mountain West Champion)
4. Oklahoma (Big 12 Champion)
5. Auburn (SEC Champion)
6. Alabama (At Large SEC)
7. LSU (At Large SEC)
8. Michigan State (Big 10 Champion)
9. Utah (At Large Mountain West)
10. Wisconsin (At Large Big 10)
11. Ohio State (At Large Big 10)
12. Florida State (ACC Champion)
13. West Virginia (Big East Champion)
14. East Carolina (C-USA Champion)
15. Northern Illinois (MAC Champion)
16. Troy (Sun Belt Champion)

Dropped out: Nebraska (#4, Big 12 Champion), South Carolina (#8, At Large SEC), SMU (#14, C-USA Champion)

Number Of Teams by Conference:
Big 10 (3), SEC (3), Big 12 (1), Mountain West (2), ACC (1), Big East (1), C-USA (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) Oregon
(9) Utah at (8) Michigan State
(12) Florida State at (5) Auburn
(13) West Virginia at (4) Oklahoma
(11) Ohio State at (6) Alabama
(14) East Carolina at (3) TCU
(10) Wisconsin at (7) LSU
(15) Northern Illinois at (2) Boise State

Round 2
(8)Michigan State vs (1) Oregon
(5) Auburn vs (4) Oklahoma
(6) Alabama vs (3) TCU
(7) LSU vs (2) Boise State

Round 3
(4) Oklahoma vs (1) Oregon
(3) TCU vs (2) Boise State

Championship Game
(2) Boise State vs (1) Oregon