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By the numbers: How the college football Week 2 results could impact the College Football Playoff

Let's be real: The Week 2 college football slate's impact on the playoff race is ... minimal.

Of the 82 contests featuring FBS teams, there are only two games -- two! -- in which both teams have College Football Playoff leverage of at least 1%, according to the Allstate Playoff Predictor. In other words, there are just two games in which the difference in chance to reach the playoff with a win and with a loss exceeds 1%.

Alabama at Texas is the obvious candidate with legitimate playoff leverage for each team -- though the Crimson Tide have an 82% chance to win, per ESPN's Football Power Index.