Week 5 standings and playoff projection

Quick facts about this proposed system for college football:

• Colleges separated into nine nine-team conferences based on geography.
 
• The top 81 schools for the top divisions are chosen based on average home attendance.
 
• Conference winners automatically advance to 16-team postseason playoff.
 
• The remaining seven slots in the playoffs are filled by teams with highest composite ranking.
 
• Playoffs held at higher seed's stadium of choice until championship game.


Teams in red have qualified for the 16-team postseason playoff seeded below the standings. Teams in blue have qualified as the worst two teams in Division 1 and must play to see who is sent down to Division 2 for the following season. Teams are ranked in each division using the brilliant Massey comparison rankings.

Mid-South
4-0  Alabama
4-0  Ole Miss
4-0  Mississippi State
4-1  LSU 
4-1  Louisville
2-2  Tennessee
2-2  Memphis
3-1  Kentucky
1-4  Vanderbilt

Southwest
4-0  Oklahoma
5-0  Texas A&M
4-0  Baylor
3-0  TCU 
3-1  Oklahoma State
2-2  Texas
2-2  Texas Tech
1-3  Texas-San Antonio
2-2  UTEP

Southeast
4-0  Auburn
4-0  Florida State
3-1  Georgia 
4-0  Georgia Tech
2-1  Florida
2-2  Clemson
3-2  Miami
1-2  Central Florida
2-3  South Florida 

Northwest
4-0  Oregon 
4-0  BYU
4-1  Washington 
3-1  Utah
3-1  Oregon State
3-2  Boise State
2-3  Washington State
3-1  Air Force
2-3  Colorado

West
4-0  UCLA
3-1  USC
3-1  Stanford
4-0  Arizona
3-1  Arizona State
3-1  California
2-2  San Diego State
2-3  Fresno State
1-3  Hawaii

Great Lakes
4-0  Notre Dame
3-1  Michigan State
3-1  Ohio State
2-2  Northwestern
2-1  Cincinnati
2-2  Indiana
3-2  Illinois
2-3  Michigan
2-3  Purdue

Midwest
5-0  Nebraska
4-1  Missouri
3-1  Kansas State
3-1  Wisconsin
3-2  Arkansas
4-1  Minnesota
4-1  Iowa
1-3  Iowa State
2-2  Kansas

Atlantic
3-2  South Carolina 
4-1  Maryland 
3-1  East Carolina
4-1  North Carolina State
3-2  Virginia Tech
3-2  Virginia   
4-1  Duke
2-2  North Carolina
2-3  Wake Forest

Northeast
2-2  West Virginia
4-1  Penn State
4-1  Rutgers
2-2  Syracuse
3-2  Pittsburgh
3-2  Boston College
2-3  Navy
1-3  Army
1-4  Connecticut

College football playoff projections...
16 West Virginia at 1 Auburn
15 South Carolina at 2 Oklahoma
14 LSU at 3 Alabama
13 BYU at 4 Oregon
12 Notre Dame at 5 Texas A&M
11 Nebraska at 6 Florida State
10 Mississippi State at 7 UCLA
9 Baylor at 8 Ole Miss

Relegation playoff to be sent down to Division 2
Connecticut at Army