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What different conference championship results predict about the College Football Playoff field

The Allstate Playoff Predictor is running scenarios for the final time in the 2021 college football season.

With just conference championships ahead, there aren't that many permutations of game outcomes remaining. But the College Football Playoff selection? That can still go a number of different ways.

We'll use our trusty model -- which is based on the committee's past behavior and factors in FPI, strength of record, number of losses, conference championships (or independent status) and the current CFP rankings -- to forecast the selection given a particular outcome. As always, remember that the Allstate Playoff Predictor deals in probability, not absolutes: After all, it's predicting what humans in a conference room in Texas will decide.