Project Playoffs: Week 2 standings and seedings

Nebraska fans have been recently whining that Boise State wanted $1 million to play in Lincoln after Nebraska offered a two-for-one deal to the Boise athletic department. The crying about $1 million is really lame considering that these major programs regularly pay the Sisters of the Poor $700,000-plus to come to their home stadium and take a beating. So the next time a Nebraska fan boasts that Boise State wouldn't come to Lincoln, remind them that it was actually Nebraska that wouldn't agree to the terms -- not Boise. And why is Nebraska scared to play on the blue turf more than just once? No matter, Nebraska and its fans would be forced to visit Boise, Idaho, for a first-round playoff game as of the Week 2 standings. How great would that be?

Here are the Week 2 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 Ohio State
14 South Carolina at 3 Oregon
13 Utah at 4 Florida
12 Stanford at 5 TCU
11 Nebraska at 6 Boise State
10 LSU at 7 Texas
9 Iowa at 8 Oklahoma

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

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

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

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

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

Midwest
9 Iowa (2-0)
11 Nebraska (2-0)
Wisconsin (2-0)
Missouri (2-0)
Kansas State (2-0)
Kansas (1-1)
Iowa State (1-1)
Colorado (1-1)
Minnesota (1-1)

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

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

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