The final Saturday of the regular season sorted out plenty of the fall’s questions.
Playoff picture getting clearer (college football winners and losers)
Georgia and Michigan? Both are probably good to go for playoff berths regardless of how next weekend’s conference title games unfold.
TCU? A demolition of Iowa State kept the Horned Frogs — who have thrived as an under-the-radar team all season — away from any potential chaos and on track for a playoff berth should they win the Big 12 title next weekend.
Clemson and LSU? Unexpected losses to close out November sank both recent champions’ playoff hopes and took some of the juice out of both the ACC and SEC title games.
Southern California? The Trojans handled matters against Notre Dame to move closer to their first playoff berth.
And Ohio State? The Buckeyes (11-1) might need some help next weekend to back into the semifinals after getting steamrolled at home by Michigan.
Only five power conference teams — Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Southern Cal and TCU — made it through November with no more than one loss. And with just the conference title games to go (and Ohio State doesn’t even have one of those), that group appears set to produce the four playoff participants come Dec. 4.
Source: WP
