College Football Playoff Prediction Series: Week Nine

Oregon has taken the Pac-10 by storm and has supplanted USC as the highest ranked team in the conference. Texas held off Oklahoma State with ease in a battle for the Big 12 lead. In small conference news, Troy defeated Louisiana Monroe for sole lead of the Sun Belt.

The top teams shifted a little with USC's loss. Cincinnati jumped into the four team playoff while Oregon took USC's place in the eight team playoff.

Virginia Tech fell out of the larger playoffs after its loss to UNC, to be replaced by Pittsburgh. Daniel's playoff and the Expanded MWC playoff garnered a quarter of last weeks' votes each. The playoff I always vote, the Add One playoff, for has now fallen to last.

The Poll

If you have proposals that you'd like displayed next week, then link to them or describe them in the comments section. Up to two may be added for each new iteration of this series.

Each week, there will also be a poll for whichever proposal makes the most sense. The playoff with the least amount of support may not appear next week, at my discretion.

Enjoy the playoffs below, given in an order considering last week's vote.

The Playoffs

Daniel's playoff (first two rounds on campuses in early December; January Final Four at neutral sites)

Troy @ No. 1 Florida
No. 9 LSU @ No. 8 Oregon

No. 13 Pittsburgh @ No. 4 Iowa
No. 12 USC @ No. 5 Cincinnati

Central Michigan @ No. 2 Texas
No. 10 Georgia Tech @ No. 7 Boise State

No. 15 Houston @ No. 3 Alabama
No. 11 Penn State @ No. 6 TCU

Crayton's playoff (top conference champions in BCS Top Five and top at-larges in playoff)

New Year's Bowls
No. 1 Florida-No. 5 Cincinnati (Sugar Bowl)
No. 2 Texas-No. 4 Iowa (Rose Bowl)

Add Two playoff (top four at-larges play for two BCS spots, like CCGs)

Dec. 5 Games
No. 7 Boise State-No. 12 USC (Western play-in Game)
No. 9 LSU-No. 11 Penn State (Eastern play-in Game)

The 10th and final BCS spot goes to the highest ranked team not yet in a BCS bowl.

Current BCS playoff

BCS Bowls
No. 1 Florida-No. 2 Texas (BCS Championship)
No. 8 Oregon-No. 4 Iowa (Rose Bowl)
No. 10 Ga Tech-No. 11 Penn State (Orange Bowl)
No. 5 USC-No. 6 TCU (Fiesta Bowl)
No. 3 Alabama-No. 8 Cincinnati (Sugar Bowl)

Tyler's playoff (Eight automatic bids; top eight teams pick opponents for each week)

Teams with first round picks
No. 1 Florida (SEC Champion)
No. 2 Texas (Big 12 Champion)
No. 3 Alabama (At-Large No. 1)
No. 4 Iowa (Big Ten Champion)
No. 5 Cincinnati (Big East Champion)
No. 6 TCU (Mountain West Champion)
No. 7 Boise State (Mid Major Champion)
No. 8 Oregon (Pac-10 Champion)

Teams to be selected from (Conference matchups are disallowed the first round)
No. 9 LSU (At-Large No. 2)
No. 10 Georgia Tech (ACC Champion)
No. 11 Penn State (At-Large No. 3)
No. 12 USC (At-Large No. 4)
No. 13 Pittsburgh (At-Large No. 5)
No. 14 Utah (At-Large No. 6)
No. 15 Houston (At-Large No. 7)
No. 16 Ohio State (At-Large No. 8)

Regional playoff (first two rounds on campuses in early December; next round in bowl games

West Region Games (winner to Rose Bowl)
No. 4 USC @ No. 1 Boise St
No. 3 Houston @ No. 2 Oregon

South Region Games (winner to Sugar Bowl)
No. 4 LSU @ No. 1 Florida
No. 3 Troy @ No. 2 Alabama

South Region Games (winner to Sugar Bowl)
No. 4 Central Michigan @ No. 1 Texas
No. 3 Georgia Tech @ No. 2 TCU

North Region Games (winner to Rose Bowl)
No. 4 Pittsburgh @ No. 1 Iowa
No. 3 Penn State @ No. 2 Cincinnati

Expanded MWC playoff (Eight-team playoff beginning Jan. 1)

BCS Bowl Quarterfinals (Rankings modified to seedings)
No. 1 Florida-No. 8 Boise State (Sugar Bowl)
No. 2 Texas-No. 7 TCU (Fiesta Bowl)
No. 3 Alabama-No. 6 Cincinnati (Orange Bowl)
No. 4 Iowa-No. 5 Oregon (Rose Bowl)

Second Tier BCS Bowls
No. 9 LSU-No. 14 Utah (Cotton Bowl)
No. 12 USC-No. 13 Pittsburgh (Sun Bowl)
No. 10 Ga Tech-No. 11 Penn State (Citrus Bowl)

Add One playoff (top two teams still play in NC; another high-profile BCS play-in game added)

Dec. 5 Games
No. 1 Florida-No. 2 Alabama (SEC Championship Game)
No. 3 Texas-(unranked) Kansas (Big 12 Championship Game)
No. 4 Iowa-No. 6 TCU (BCS play-in Game)

Playoff Proposal Graveyard

Five-Team playoff

Crayton C playoff