If we had a playoff ...

615dawg

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The current full playoff (based on current standings, ties are broken by BCS rating, at-large determined by BCS rating, rankings are USA Today Coaches)

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Automatic Bids</span>
ACC Champion: #14 Miami
Big XII Champion: #7 Oklahoma
Big East Champion: West Virginia
Big Ten Champion #2 Ohio State
Conference USA Champion: Houston
MAC Champion: Temple
MWC Champion: #5 Texas Christian
Pac 10 Champion: #3 Oregon
SEC Champion: #1 Alabama
Sun Belt Champion: Troy
WAC Champion: #4 Boise State

<span style="font-weight: bold;">At-Large Bids</span>
Nebraska (Big XII)
Auburn (SEC)
LSU (SEC)
Utah (MWC)
Florida (SEC

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">First Three Out</span>
Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa

<span style="font-weight: bold;">First Round Matchups</span> (campus sites)
(16) Troy at (1) Alabama - easy tune up for Alabama
(9) Utah at (8) Auburn - could be a great game, Cam Newton wins it to set up a rematch with Alabama
(12) Miami at (5) TCU - TCU is overrated, but the ACC sucks.
(13) West Virginia at (4) Boise State Boise gets benefit of a good seed
(11) Florida at (6) Nebraska - Nebraska takes down Gators
(14) Houston at (3) Oregon - no contest for Ducks
(10) LSU at (7) Oklahoma - Les Miles has 9 lives, he uses #7 to get the win
(15) Temple at (2) Ohio State - no contest for Ohio State

Quarterfinal Matchups (predetermined sites: Atlanta, Dallas, Indianapolis, San Diego)
Alabama vs. Auburn in Atlanta. - Tide rolls again.
TCU vs. Boise State in Dallas - Boise sets up the BSU/Bama game.
Nebraska vs. Oregon in San Diego - Ducks get the best of Huskers in a great game
LSU vs. Ohio State in Indianapolis - Ohio State wins it

Semifinal Matchups (predetermined sites; Detroit, New Orleans)
Alabama vs Boise State in New Orleans - Boise fans get taste of SEC.
Oregon vs. Ohio State in Detroit - Despite home game feel for Buckeyes, Ducks roll to easy victory

National Championship Game (predetermined site: Phoenix/Glendale)
Oregon vs. Alabama - one of the better national title games in a while, Bama wins.
 

QuaoarsKing

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in a projection that's only 5/13ths of the way into the season?<div>
</div><div>Geez, the anti-playoff crowd makes no sense...</div><div>
</div><div>You can't deny that the BCS has screwed teams out of a shot for the title in a big majority of years since it began in 1998...</div>
 
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