If the conference championship game winners mirror the latest College Football Playoff rankings, there will be zero mystery as to the makeup of the four-team field.
But an upset in the Big Ten and/or Big 12 title games will make things extremely interesting in the selection committee meeting room Saturday night and into Sunday morning. And Alabama could be the beneficiary.
The top two teams in last week’s playoff rankings, Alabama and Miami, both lost. Clemson is the new No. 1, followed by Auburn, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, which is the only unbeaten team in the Power Five.