Project Playoffs: Week 10 standings and seedings

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

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Mid-South
1 TCU (10-0)
9 Oklahoma State (8-1)
13 Arkansas (7-2)
Oklahoma (7-2)
Texas A&M (6-3)
Baylor (7-3)
Texas Tech (5-4)
Texas (4-5)
Houston (5-4)

Northwest
2 Oregon (9-0)
3 Boise State (8-0)
12 Utah (8-1)
Oregon State (4-4)
Air Force (6-4)
Fresno State (6-2)
Washington (3-6)
BYU (4-5)
Washington State (1-9)

Southern
4 Auburn (10-0)
7 LSU (8-1)
8 Alabama (7-2)
Mississippi State (7-2)
Southern Miss (6-3)
Ole Miss (4-5)
Tennessee (3-6)
Vanderbilt (2-7)
Memphis (1-8)

Southwest
5 Stanford (8-1)
Arizona (7-2)
USC (6-3)
Hawaii (7-3)
California (5-4)
UCLA (4-5)
Arizona State (4-5)
UTEP (6-4)
New Mexico (1-8)

Midwest
6 Nebraska (8-1)
11 Iowa (7-2)
Missouri (7-2)
Wisconsin (8-1)
Kansas State (6-3)
Iowa State (5-5)
Colorado (3-6)
Kansas (3-6)
Minnesota (1-9)

Mid-North
10 Ohio State (8-1)
Michigan State (9-1)
Illinois (5-4)
Michigan (6-3)
Notre Dame (4-5)
Louisville (5-4)
Cincinnati (3-5)
Purdue (4-5)
Indiana (4-5)

Atlantic
14 Virginia Tech (7-2)
North Carolina (6-3)
North Carolina State (6-3)
Maryland (6-3)
East Carolina (5-4)
Kentucky (5-5)
Virginia (4-5)
Duke (3-6)
Wake Forest (2-7)

Southeast
15 Florida (6-3)
South Carolina (6-3)
Miami (6-3)
Florida State (6-3)
Central Florida (7-2)
Clemson (5-4)
Georgia (5-5)
Georgia Tech (5-4)
South Florida (5-3)

Northeast
16 Pittsburgh (5-3)
Penn State (6-3)
Navy (6-3)
West Virginia (5-3)
Syracuse (6-3)
Boston College (4-5)
Connecticut (4-4)
Rutgers (4-4)
Army (5-4)