Based on my previous post (http://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=12701519) here's how the playoffs would begin going back the past four seasons:

2013

(16) LSU at (1) Florida State
(9) South Carolina at (8) Missouri
(13) Oklahoma State at (4) Michigan State
(12) Clemson at (5) Stanford

(15) UCF at (2) Auburn
(10) Oregon at (7) Ohio State
(14) Arizona State at (3) Alabama
(11) Oklahoma at (6) Baylor

2012

(16) Nebraska at (1) Notre Dame
(9) Texas A&M at (8) LSU
(13) Oregon State at (4) Oregon
(12) Florida State at (5) Kansas State

(15) Northern Illinois at (2) Alabama
(10) South Carolina at (7) Georgia
(14) Clemson at (3) Florida
(11) Oklahoma at (6) Stanford

2011

(16) Georgia at (1) LSU
(9) South Carolina at (8) Kansas State
(13) Michigan at (4) Stanford
(12) Baylor at (5) Oregon

(15) Clemson at (2) Alabama
(10) Wisconsin at (7) Boise State
(14) Oklahoma at (3) Oklahoma State
(11) Virginia Tech at (6) Arkansas

2010

(16) Alabama at (1) Auburn
(9) Michigan State at (8) Arkansas
(13) Virginia Tech at (4) Stanford
(12) Missouri at (5) Wisconsin

(15) Nevada at (2) Oregon
(10) Boise State at (7) Oklahoma
(14) Oklahoma State at (3) TCU
(11) LSU at (6) Ohio State