Project Playoffs: Week 4 standings and seedings

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

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

Northwest
2 Boise State (3-0)
8 Oregon (4-0)
Utah (4-0)
Air Force (3-1)
Oregon State (1-2)
Fresno State (2-1)
Washington (1-2)
BYU (1-3)
Washington State (1-3)

Southeast
3 Florida (4-0)
Miami (2-1)
South Carolina (3-1)
Florida State (3-1)
Clemson (2-1)
Georgia Tech (2-2)
Georgia (1-3)
Central Florida (2-2)
South Florida (2-1)

Southwest
4 Stanford (4-0)
9 Arizona (4-0)
14 USC (4-0)
UCLA (2-2)
California (2-2)
Arizona State (2-2)
Hawaii (2-2)
UTEP (3-1)
New Mexico (0-4)

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

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

Midwest
12 Nebraska (4-0)
13 Iowa (3-1)
Missouri (4-0)
Wisconsin (4-0)
Kansas State (4-0)
Colorado (2-1)
Iowa State (2-2)
Kansas (2-2)
Minnesota (1-3)

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

Atlantic
16 North Carolina State (4-0)
Virginia Tech (2-2)
Kentucky (3-1)
North Carolina (1-2)
Maryland (3-1)
East Carolina (2-1)
Virginia (2-1)
Wake Forest (2-2)
Duke (1-3)