Project Playoffs: Week 8 standings and seedings

If all was fair and right in college football, this is what the realigned conference standings would look like in Week 8 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 Navy at 1 TCU
15 Virginia Tech at 2 Boise State
14 Florida State at 3 Oregon
13 Stanford at 4 Auburn
12 LSU at 5 Missouri
11 Nebraska at 6 Alabama
10 Ohio State at 7 Oklahoma
9 Utah at 8 Michigan State

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Mid-South
1 TCU (8-0)
7 Oklahoma (6-1)
Oklahoma State (6-1)
Arkansas (5-2)
Baylor (6-2)
Texas (4-3)
Texas A&M (4-3)
Texas Tech (4-3)
Houston (4-3)

Northwest
2 Boise State (6-0)
3 Oregon (7-0)
9 Utah (7-0)
Oregon State (3-3)
Air Force (5-3)
Washington (3-4)
Fresno State (5-2)
BYU (3-5)
Washington State (1-7)

Southern
4 Auburn (8-0)
6 Alabama (7-1)
12 LSU (7-1)
Mississippi State (6-2)
Southern Miss (5-2)
Ole Miss (3-4)
Tennessee (2-5)
Vanderbilt (2-5)
Memphis (1-6)

Midwest
5 Missouri (7-0)
11 Nebraska (6-1)
Wisconsin (7-1)
Iowa (5-2)
Kansas State (5-2)
Iowa State (4-4)
Colorado (3-4)
Kansas (2-5)
Minnesota (1-7)

Mid-North
8 Michigan State (8-0)
10 Ohio State (7-1)
Illinois (4-3)
Michigan (5-2)
Notre Dame (4-4)
Cincinnati (3-4)
Louisville (4-3)
Purdue (4-3)
Indiana (4-3)

Southwest
13 Stanford (6-1)
Arizona (6-1)
USC (5-2)
California (4-3)
Hawaii (6-2)
Arizona State (3-4)
UCLA (3-4)
UTEP (5-3)
New Mexico (0-7)

Southeast
14 Florida State (6-1)
South Carolina (5-2)
Miami (5-2)
Florida (4-3)
Clemson (4-3)
Georgia (4-4)
Central Florida (5-2)
Georgia Tech (5-3)
South Florida (4-3)

Atlantic
15 Virginia Tech (6-2)
North Carolina State (5-2)
North Carolina (4-3)
East Carolina (5-2)
Maryland (5-2)
Kentucky (4-4)
Virginia (3-4)
Wake Forest (2-5)
Duke (1-6)

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