First Four Out: LSU, Texas A&M, Clemson, SMU
With Clemson’s loss to Louisville, no conference besides the Big Ten and SEC is projected to have more than one team in the playoffs. We will see how that plays out and if the right teams beat up on each other, but it is not a huge surprise that the playoffs will be dominated by those two conferences.
American: None
ACC: Miami
Big 12: BYU
Big Ten: Indiana, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State
C-USA: None
Independent: Notre Dame
MAC: None
MWC: Boise State
SEC: Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas
Sun Belt: None