What if the business conglomerates masquerading as college athletic conferences were busted up and the top 81 teams by attendance were organized by geography rather than TV markets and then given a fair and equitable shot to make a 16-team playoff at the end of the season?

Conference Buster is your answer.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Week 10 standings and playoff projection

It is only going to take one season for everyone to realize that four teams won't cut it for a college football playoff. Other than maybe Duke, all the schools in this 16-team field could compete for a national championship in a playoff.   

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
8-0  Mississippi State
7-1  Alabama
7-2  Ole Miss
7-2  LSU 
6-3  Louisville
4-5  Tennessee
5-3  Memphis
5-4  Kentucky
3-6  Vanderbilt
 
Southwest
7-1  TCU
6-2  Oklahoma
7-1  Baylor
6-3  Texas A&M
5-4  Oklahoma State
4-5  Texas
5-3  UTEP
3-6  Texas Tech
3-6  UTSA

Southeast
7-1  Auburn
8-0  Florida State
6-2  Georgia
6-2  Clemson
6-3  Miami
7-2  Georgia Tech
4-3  Florida
5-3  Central Florida
3-6  South Florida 

Great Lakes
7-1  Michigan State
7-1  Ohio State
7-1  Notre Dame
5-3  Cincinnati
4-5  Michigan
3-5  Northwestern
4-5  Illinois
3-6  Purdue
3-5  Indiana

Northwest
8-1  Oregon 
6-2  Utah
6-2  Boise State
6-3  Washington
5-4  BYU
6-2  Air Force
4-4  Oregon State
2-7  Washington State
2-7  Colorado

Midwest
7-1  Kansas State
8-1  Nebraska
6-2  Wisconsin
7-2  Missouri
4-5  Arkansas
6-2  Iowa
6-2  Minnesota
2-6  Iowa State
2-6  Kansas

West
7-1  Arizona State
7-2  UCLA
6-2  Arizona
6-3  USC
5-4  Stanford
5-4  California
4-4  San Diego State
3-6  Fresno State
2-7  Hawaii

Atlantic
7-1  Duke
6-3  Maryland
5-4  South Carolina
6-2  East Carolina
4-5  Virginia Tech
5-4  NC State
4-5  North Carolina
4-5  Virginia
2-6  Wake Forest


Northeast 
6-3  West Virginia 
6-3  Boston College
4-4  Penn State
5-4  Rutgers
4-5  Pittsburgh 
3-6  Syracuse
4-5  Navy
2-6  Connecticut
2-6  Army

College football playoff projections...
16 Duke at 1 Auburn
15 West Virginia at 2 Mississippi State
14 Arizona State at 3 Alabama
13 Ohio State at 4 Ole Miss
12 Baylor at 5 Oregon
11 Michigan State at 6 Florida State
10 Oklahoma at 7 TCU
9 LSU at 8 Kansas State

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

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