Project Playoffs: Week 3 standings and seedings

Here are the Week 3 standings in realigned conferences with seedings for a 16-team playoff. Seedings are derived from the Massey Comparison Rankings, which take every poll and computer rating into account.

First-round match-ups:

16 Virginia Tech at 1 Alabama
15 Penn State at 2 Boise State
14 Utah at 3 Florida
13 Arkansas at 4 TCU
12 Arizona at 5 Texas
11 Stanford at 6 Ohio State
10 LSU at 7 Oregon
9 Oklahoma at 8 Nebraska

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Southern
1 Alabama (3-0)
10 LSU (3-0)
Auburn (3-0)
Mississippi State (1-2)
Tennessee (1-2)
Southern Miss (2-1)
Vanderbilt (1-2)
Ole Miss (1-2)
Memphis (1-2)

Northwest
2 Boise State (2-0)
7 Oregon (3-0)
14 Utah (3-0)
Air Force (2-1)
Fresno State (2-0)
Oregon State (1-1)
BYU (1-2)
Washington (1-2)
Washington State (1-2)

Southeast
3 Florida (3-0)
South Carolina (3-0)
Florida State (2-1)
Miami (1-1)
Georgia Tech (2-1)
Georgia (1-2)
Clemson (2-1)
South Florida (1-1)
Central Florida (2-1)

Mid-South
4 TCU (3-0)
5 Texas (3-0)
9 Oklahoma (3-0)
13 Arkansas (3-0)
Oklahoma State (3-0)
Texas Tech (2-1)
Texas A&M (3-0)
Houston (2-1)
Baylor (2-1)

Mid-North
6 Ohio State (3-0)
Michigan State (3-0)
Michigan (3-0)
Notre Dame (1-2)
Cincinnati (1-2)
Indiana (2-0)
Illinois (2-1)
Purdue (2-1)
Louisville (1-2)

Midwest
8 Nebraska (3-0)
Iowa (2-1)
Wisconsin (3-0)
Missouri (3-0)
Kansas State (3-0)
Colorado (2-1)
Iowa State (1-2)
Kansas (1-2)
Minnesota (1-2)

Southwest
11 Stanford (3-0)
12 Arizona (2-0)
USC (3-0)
California (2-1)
UCLA (1-2)
Arizona State (2-1)
Hawaii (1-2)
UTEP (2-1)
New Mexico (0-3)

Northeast
15 Penn State (2-1)
West Virginia (3-0)
Pittsburgh (1-1)
Boston College (2-0)
Rutgers (2-0)
Navy (2-1)
Connecticut (1-2)
Syracuse (2-1)
Army (2-1)

Atlantic
16 Virginia Tech (1-2)
North Carolina State (3-0)
Kentucky (3-0)
North Carolina (0-2)
East Carolina (2-1)
Wake Forest (2-1)
Virginia (1-1)
Maryland (2-1)
Duke (1-2)