• Ohio State's nightmare scenario is a fifth consecutive loss to Michigan, potentially knocking them from the top four. • Several SEC teams, including Texas A&M, Georgia, and Mississippi, face scenarios that could either secure a bye or eliminate them from contention. • Teams like Texas Tech, Oregon, and Oklahoma must avoid losses in their remaining games to keep their at-large playoff hopes alive.

Miami, Alabama and Mississippi were inside the top nine of the College Football Playoff rankings at this point a year ago with each seemingly locked into the tournament after a clean finish to the regular season.

You remember what happened next. The Hurricanes coughed up a 21-point lead and lost to Syracuse. The Crimson Tide were walloped by Oklahoma. The Rebels lost by a touchdown at Flor

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