Memphis Lagniappe's Fabled College Football Playoff Predictions Week Of 11/22/10

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 November 22, 2010:

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

Dropped out: Nebraska (#7, Big 12 Champion)

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

Round 2
(8) Ohio State vs (1) Oregon
(5) Wisconsin vs (4) TCU
(6) Stanford vs (3) Boise State
(7) LSU vs (2) Auburn

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

Championship Game
(2) Auburn vs (1) Oregon