Aug 25, 2015 at 8:00a ET
Aug 25, 2015 at 8:00a ET
If you followed along with my recent conference preview predictions, you could have easily identified three of my projected playoff teams: Big Ten champ Ohio State (13-0), SEC champ Texas A&M (12-1) and Big 12 champ TCU (11-1). Figuring out who would get the No. 4 seed was decidedly more difficult.
The candidates would be an 11-1 Michigan State team that did not win its division; 11-2 ACC champ Virginia Tech sporting just two likely Top 25 wins; or a 10-2 Auburn team that did not win its division but would have beaten at least four teams I expect to finish in the Top 25 -- including a 10-1 Alabama team in its last game before the selection.