Project Playoffs: Week 9 standings and seedings

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

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

Northwest
2 Oregon (8-0)
3 Boise State (7-0)
9 Utah (8-0)
Oregon State (4-3)
Air Force (5-4)
Washington (3-5)
Fresno State (5-2)
BYU (3-5)
Washington State (1-8)

Southern
4 Auburn (9-0)
5 Alabama (7-1)
12 LSU (7-1)
Mississippi State (6-2)
Ole Miss (3-5)
Southern Miss (5-3)
Tennessee (2-6)
Vanderbilt (2-6)
Memphis (1-7)

Midwest
6 Nebraska (7-1)
7 Missouri (7-1)
Iowa (6-2)
Wisconsin (7-1)
Kansas State (5-3)
Iowa State (5-4)
Colorado (3-5)
Kansas (2-6)
Minnesota (1-8)

Southwest
10 Stanford (7-1)
13 Arizona (7-1)
USC (5-3)
Hawaii (7-2)
California (4-4)
Arizona State (4-4)
UCLA (3-5)
UTEP (5-4)
New Mexico (0-8)

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

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

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

Northeast
16 Pittsburgh (5-3)
Penn State (5-3)
Syracuse (6-2)
West Virginia (5-3)
Navy (5-3)
Army (5-3)
Rutgers (4-3)
Connecticut (4-4)
Boston College (3-5)