Week 13 Playoff Projections

So, as promised last week, here are your Tuesday projections. Not much change, though I shook up some conference champion projections, if only for shits and giggles.

AUTOMATIC BERTHS:

• ACC: Miami


• Big East: Cincinnati


• Big Ten: Penn State


• Big XII: Texas Tech


• Conference USA: Tulsa


• MAC: Ball State


• Mountain West: Utah


• Pac 10: Oregon State


• SEC: Alabama


• Sun Belt: Troy


• WAC: Boise State

AT-LARGE BERTHS:

• Texas


• Florida


• Oklahoma


• USC


• Ohio State

SEEDING:

1. Alabama


2. Texas Tech


3. Texas


4. Florida


5. Oklahoma


6. USC


7. Utah


8. Penn State


9. Boise State


10. Ohio State


11. Ball State


12. Cincinnati


13. Oregon State


14. Miami


15. Tulsa


16. Troy

First Round:
Troy @ Alabama
Boise State @ Penn State
Cincinnati @ Oklahoma
Oregon State @ Florida
Miami @ Texas
Ball State @ USC
Ohio State @ Utah
Tulsa @ Texas Tech

The first round doesn't exactly inspire salivation (though the Ohio State-Utah game appears intriguing), but the second round has the potential to be epic - Penn State/'Bama, Florida and Oklahoma, and Texas Tech against either OSU or Utah, plus a Vince Young Show rematch. Lord, can we please, please, PLEASE make this happen?

And now for the Obama Bowl tournament, the 8-team tourney supported by President-elect Barack Obama.

AUTOMATIC BERTHS:

• Miami


• Cincinnati


• Penn State


• Texas Tech


• Oregon State


• Alabama

AT LARGE:

• Texas


• Florida


• Utah

That's right, thanks to their loss to Oregon State, and coupled with Utah's latest rise, USC, along with Oklahoma, Ohio State and Boise State miss out. Not particularly satisfying, now is it?

Your seeds:

1. Alabama


2. Texas Tech


3. Texas


4. Florida


5. Utah


6. Penn State


7. Cincinnati


8. Miami

And your Obama Bowl First Round:

Miami @ Alabama
Cincinnati @ Texas Tech
Penn State @ Texas
Utah @ Florida

Two matchups of classic powers, including a potential Penn State/Texas game for the ages, and the juciest game of the first round? The Urban Meyer Memorial Grudge Match. Not bad, but it lacks the pizazz and potential. Plus, NO USC?! OMGWFBBQ.

Alright that's enough of that.

The past weekend was rather ho-hum, doncha think? Though Troy's EPIC FAIL against LSU was pretty mind-blowing. To hold a 31-3 lead on the defending champions? That's something you'll never forget. Blowing it in the fourth quarter? That's something you'll never want to remember.

It's off to the first last week of the season. The Big Ten and Mountain West will have champions, the Big XII will have a clearer answer for its mess, and we we still have solved very, very little. So stayed tuned, folks.