Sports Illustrated Makes Predictions for My Tournament

(actually, CNNSI made picks for the real bowl games, and I transformed them into predictions for my playoffs)

As part of Stewart Mandel's predictions of all of the bowl games this season, here are his predictions for the tournament's first round and quarterfinals:

FIRST ROUND:

In Arlington, TX:
7 Oklahoma 38
10 Connecticut 10

In Charlotte:
8 Arkansas 25
9 Virginia Tech 22

BCS BOWLS (Quarterfinals):

Sugar:
1 Auburn 48
7 Oklahoma 39

Rose:
4 Stanford 34
5 Wisconsin 23

Fiesta:
2 Oregon 33
8 Arkansas 27

Orange:
3 Texas Christian 34
6 Ohio State 35

Semi-finals in St Petersburg FL:
Auburn vs. Stanford
Oregon vs. Ohio State

BCS Championship in Glendale AZ