It will be fun. I'm not really sold on USC, but I just picked them out of a process of elimination. I'm used to the SEC getting two playoff slots, and I don't think it'll be different this year. 'Bama will make it because it's what they do. I could see someone other than Georgia getting the other slot, say Florida or maybe even Tennessee. I know, I know, but as much as I hate to admit this, Josh Heupel seems like he might actually be a pretty decent coach, so I could see Tenn sneaking up on teams, and winning. As I said in my last post, the selection committee loves the SEC, so I'm pretty sure that the two SEC division winners will probably be in the playoffs. That leaves only two more slots for the remaining three major conferences. I believe Ohio State will win the Big 10, and may go undefeated doing so. They're close to being an automatic bid. Now we're down to 1 slot for the remaining two major conferences. I'll admit, I don't know enough about ACC teams to have an opinion on any of them. Outside of Clemson, I just don't see a 1-loss ACC team making the playoff, and I don't see anyone going undefeated in that conference. That leaves the Big XII and PAC 12 vying for the last slot. Total crap shoot for both conferences...and I mean that in more ways than one. As stated in my previous posting, I just don't see Okie State going undefeated, or even having only one loss. Baylor? I guess it's possible, in the way that anything is possible, but I don't see them getting a bid either. Much of this comes down to who the selection committee will pick, and I don't see them picking Baylor unless, MAYBE they're undefeated, and that ain't happening. That leaves Texas or OU for the Big XII, and the only way either of them make it is if they have no more than 1 loss. Maybe it's the homer in me, but Texas has it within them to beat everyone else in the Big XII. Am I saying they will? Absolutely not, but there isn't another team in this conference that they can't beat, so it's not beyond possibility that Texas finishes the regular season 11-1, with the only loss being to 'Bama, then winning the conference championship game. Would a 12-1, Big XII champion Texas team make the playoffs? Absolutely...it's just not happening I think a 9-3 regular season with a bowl win is more realistic...and that goes for OU also. What about Iowa St. or any other team in the conference? See Baylor above. All a long winded way of saying that I don't see the Big XII getting a team in the playoffs this year. That leaves the PAC 12. I picked USC because I'm thinking Lincoln Riley and his spiffy new transfers will find a way to win enough games to get the PAC 12 Championship, and the selection committee would love to have USC in the playoffs, because USC. I could just as easily see Utah making a run, but like Okie State, they just have a way of tripping over their own dicks at just the right time. So, I could just as easily replace Georgia with Florida or Tennessee, or whomever wins the SEC East. I could also replace USC with an undefeated or 1-loss Clemson, or an undefeated Utah, but I'm sticking with my original picks as the most likely. Let the games begin.