The five highest-ranked conference champs will each receive an automatic bid to playoffs, while the top four will also receive a first-round bye in the 12-team bracket. As it stands, most analysts predict the bye recipients will be Oregon (Big Ten), Texas (SEC), SMU (ACC), and Boise State (Mountain West).

Saturday got off to a wild start with the game that had the greatest impact on this week's College Football Playoff projections as No. 2 Ohio State coughed up a chance to play for the Big Ten title and earn a bye in the CFP in an ugly 13-10 loss to Michigan.

Ohio State losing in a shocking upset against unranked rival Michigan will almost certainly keep the Buckeyes out of the Big Ten Championship Game, but the team