Right now the ACC and big 12 have two each. Probably won’t stay that way but it is that way right now imo. We need mayhem and chaos in the big 12 and ACC. Big 10 is pretty much on lock down with 3, no more. SEC is 4 (A&M, bama, Georgia, ole Miss rn) and maybe 5 (Texas or OU). But the fifth is highly dependent on who and what else happens. Heck, right now the math adds up to 13 if you give SEC 4… (ACC 2, Big 12 2, Big 3, ND 1, rando conference 1, SEC 4 = 13).
the November race to the playoffs is incredible. Having a vested interest in games like Ga Tech/NCST … that’s the key takeaway….
as for Texas chances at 9-3? Coin flip at best bc too many dependencies including rando Big 12 and ACC matches, how good OU and Vandy look, and style points for Texas assuming a GA loss and Arky and A&M wins. Sadly at this point GA and Aggy keep winning - Vandy too - is more important than we realize. OU is a playoff sleeper so not them, dropping one would be helpful, unless we can be assured we have the head to head. We need to not only beat two top 10s, we need to beat at least one top 5 and then point to two top 5 losses. Fla beating ole Miss sure would be nice too.