Winners
ACC
Clemson and Louisville both completely manhandled lesser opponents and should remain in good standing with the committee. Clemson shut out Syracuse 54-0, and Louisville asserted itself in a 52-7 win against Boston College. Louisville's problem is that it doesn't have any more ranked opponents left on its schedule, so there's not much else it can do besides win convincingly (not necessarily by 60 points every weekend), and hope for some chaos ahead of it.
Losers
SEC
Texas A&M is toast. So is LSU. And, most likely, so are the SEC's chances of getting two teams in the top four. The West has boiled down to the Iron Bowl, as Auburn and Alabama would each win the division if it wins out. Auburn got the help it needed when Mississippi State upset the Aggies 35-28, but that was only part of the equation. Auburn still has to beat Georgia and Alabama to win the West.
The SEC avoided chaos when No. 1 Alabama escaped LSU with a win, but outside of the consistently dominant Crimson Tide, it wasn't a good look for the league overall. Auburn barely squeaked by Vandy and Ole Miss had to stage a comeback to beat Georgia Southern.
Meanwhile, the SEC East might be the weakest Power 5 division in the country, as four-loss Kentucky -- the same Kentucky that opened the season with back-to-back losses to Southern Miss and Florida -- is trailing only the Gators in the division standings. The same Gators who just lost to unranked Arkansas. So Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee -- take your pick. None of them looks capable of beating Alabama in the SEC title game.
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ACC
Clemson and Louisville both completely manhandled lesser opponents and should remain in good standing with the committee. Clemson shut out Syracuse 54-0, and Louisville asserted itself in a 52-7 win against Boston College. Louisville's problem is that it doesn't have any more ranked opponents left on its schedule, so there's not much else it can do besides win convincingly (not necessarily by 60 points every weekend), and hope for some chaos ahead of it.
Losers
SEC
Texas A&M is toast. So is LSU. And, most likely, so are the SEC's chances of getting two teams in the top four. The West has boiled down to the Iron Bowl, as Auburn and Alabama would each win the division if it wins out. Auburn got the help it needed when Mississippi State upset the Aggies 35-28, but that was only part of the equation. Auburn still has to beat Georgia and Alabama to win the West.
The SEC avoided chaos when No. 1 Alabama escaped LSU with a win, but outside of the consistently dominant Crimson Tide, it wasn't a good look for the league overall. Auburn barely squeaked by Vandy and Ole Miss had to stage a comeback to beat Georgia Southern.
Meanwhile, the SEC East might be the weakest Power 5 division in the country, as four-loss Kentucky -- the same Kentucky that opened the season with back-to-back losses to Southern Miss and Florida -- is trailing only the Gators in the division standings. The same Gators who just lost to unranked Arkansas. So Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee -- take your pick. None of them looks capable of beating Alabama in the SEC title game.
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