Project Playoffs: Week 5 standings and seedings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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