It is going to get really interesting as we move forward the rest of the season.
ACC
Clemson - Louisville, VT, Pitt, Citadel, SC, ACC championship possibly
Pitt - SMU, UVA, CL, Louisville, BC, ACC championship possibly
Miami - Duke, GT, WF, Cuse, ACC championship
SMU - Pitt, BC, UVA, CAL, ACC championship possibly
For Clemson, we need to win out, have Pitt beat SMU. That puts us in the ACC championship vs. Miami. Even if we lost to SC and beat Miami in the championship game, we are IN!!! SMU has a really easy road if they get by Pitt. We REALLY need Pitt to win that game, so we can control our own destiny. I just don't see Miami losing another game until the championship game. However, Duke could make them sweat. If Duke beats Miami, that would be awesome and give us some breathing room.
Big 12
Iowa St. - Texas Tech, KS, Cincy, Utah, Kansas St., Big 12 Champ game
BYU - Utah, KS, Az. ST, Houston, Big 12 Champ game
Kansas St. - Houston, AZ ST., Cincy, Iowa St., Big 12 Champ game
For Clemson, it would be best to see both BYU and Iowa St get upset over these next few weeks. Iowa ST. and Kansas ST. will knock out the other in the last week. Winner will probably go to championship game vs. BYU. Key for Clemson is having these three teams lose as many as possibly over these next few weeks. One team will automatically get knocked out between Ia St and Ks St before championship weekend.
SEC
UGA - Ole Miss, TN, UMASS, GT, SEC Champ game
TX - FL, ARK, KY, TX AM, SEC champ game
TX Am - SC, NM ST., Auburn, TX, SEC Champ game
TN - KY, MS ST., UGA UTEP, Vandy, SEC champ game
LSU - AL, FL, Vandy, OK
AL - LSU, Mercer, OK, Auburn
Ole Miss - ARK, GA, FL, MS ST.
Clemson needs UGA to win out knocking out Ole Miss and TN. TX and TX AM will knock each other out. However, I would like SC to knock out TX AM early. I would also like to see ARK or FL knock out TX early. LSU and AL will knock each other out, but it would be great to see them suffer another upset along the way. Maybe FL will knock of LSU and Auburn will knock off AL. Ole Miss won't make it without another loss. Bottom line is that the SEC is going to cannibalize itself. Once teams get 3 losses, they WILL be OUT. Right now Ole Miss, AL, and LSU all have 2. One more an they are dead. I would like for TX and TX AM to also have 2 very soon.
Big 10
Ohio St - Penn St., Purdue, NW, IN, MI, Big 10 champ game
Penn st - Ohio ST., WA, Purdue, MN, MD, Big 10 champ game
OR - MI, MD, WI, WA, Big 10 Champ game
IN - Mi ST., MI, Ohio St., Purdue, Big 10 Champ game
Penn St and Ohio st will knock one of the other off this coming weekend, but they will still be in it. I just don't see another loss for Penn St on that schedule until the championship game vs. OR, so the best thing that could happen would be for Penn St to beat Ohio St giving them 2 losses and for Ohio St to beat IN giving them a loss. I would then love to see MI somehow beat Ohio ST again completely knocking them out. OR is a shoe in for the Big 10 champ game. IN should run the table with Ohio ST there only big game left, so we need Ohio st to beat them in that game. Maybe Michigan could play spoiler for us against IN and Ohio ST.
Other
ND - FsU, UVA, Army, USC
Boise ST - SD ST., NV, San Jose St, WY, OR ST, MW Championship
Army - Air Force, North Texas, ND, UTSA, Navy
Washington ST. - Utah St, NM, OR ST., WY
We need ND to lose again, but not seeing any losses on that schedule. Hopefully Army or USC can knock them off. If so, they will be OUT of the playoff. Otherwise they are in and just waiting for their first game while all of the other teams are playing in championship games. Boise St doesn't play a soul until maybe the MW championship game. Hopefully, they will get knocked off by someone, but it really doesn't affect us as a group of 5 team is in regardless. However, we need the Group of 5 conference winner ranked below the other major conference winners!!! Army if they win out should get the group of 5 pick over Boise ST. IMO. Washington ST is on the outside looking in with a very weak schedule. If Boise ST., loses again though Army and Washington St. are right there to step into take that place.
Playoff
4 spots guaranteed to ACC, SEC, Big10, and B12 winner
1 Guaranteed spot to Group of 5 best team
7 Open Bids
Teams in the hunt
ACC (4) - Miami, Pitt, SMU, Clemson
Big12 (3) - IA. ST, BYU, KS ST.
SEC (7) - UGA, TX, TX AM, TN, AL, LSU, Ole Miss
Big10 (4) - OR, Ohio ST, IN, Penn ST.
Other (4) - Notre Dame, Boise ST., Army, Washington ST