LSU - UGA winner
Clemson
Ohio State
Utah if they win out.
Maybe LSU if they lose in the CG close.
I don't think Baylor/OU can make up enough ground unless Oregon beats Utah and LSU wins.
I think we're going to see this come Tuesday night:
1. LSU (should be The OSU, but it won't be)
2. Ohio State
3. Clemson
4. Georgia
5. Bama
6. Utah
7. Oklahoma
It has been opined that Bama is at #5 as a place-holder, that, absent the much-ballyhooed 13th data point, the Tide is not going in ahead of a 1-loss P5 conference champ.
So, IF LSU wins out, or if Georgia finds an offense and blows out LSU, and IF Bama is just a place-holder, it would come down to UU and OU. Obviously, an Oregon win in the Pac-12 CCG would knock the Utes out of the way and OU (with a win over Baylor) would slide in.
I suppose it is possible that Utah could beat Oregon unconvincingly, and that OU could annihilate Baylor move into 4th place. But with Jalen Hurts having become a turnover machine, OU is not annihilating anyone, despite major improvements on defense this season.
So, I think that, as a practical matter, it's almost certain that Oregon would need to beat Utah for OU to get into the CFP.
