The race for college football's conference titles takes on a new importance in the era of an expanded playoff, with champions of the top leagues having a shot at automatic bids. And given the size some leagues have ballooned to, the chase to reach a conference title game can seem unusually chaotic.

Of the FBS conferences, only the Sun Belt still uses divisions, with the other leagues simply pitting their first- and second-place finishers in the title game. Here's a look at where each conference stands. (All records are in-conference records.)

ACC

Standings: Virginia (5-0) is now the only unbeaten team in ACC play, followed by Georgia Tech (5-1), Pittsburgh (5-1), Louisville (4-1), SMU (4-1) and Duke (4-1).

Possible tiebreakers: Virginia has a head-to-head win over Louisville, Georgia T

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