In the spirit of hope and teams on the College Football Playoff bubble outside of the selection committee's current top 12, all paths to placement in the bracket begin with rivalry week victories for Miami , Vanderbilt , Texas and Michigan . The Hurricanes and Wolverines are the only squads within that group still in contention for an auto-bid as potential conference champions, albeit slim.

None of these aforementioned top-20 teams control their own destiny and need the chaos route to unfold to be in the mix. During a season of parity, however, who's to say that doesn't happen this week?

Texas hosts unbeaten SEC frontrunner No. 3 Texas A&M on Friday night, while No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Michigan and No. 11 Miami vs. No. 22 Pittsburgh kick off at noon ET Saturday, givi

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