The last week of the college football regular season was CLOSE to having a lot of upsets. Auburn was close to beating Alabama, LSU was close to beating Oklahoma, and Georgia Tech was close to beating Georgia.

Six of the nine Football Bowl Subdivision conference championship games will be rematches of regular-season meetings.

The Sooners need Alabama to win to strengthen their case but everyone else benefits from the Crimson Tide losing to Georgia. Meanwhile, Miami, Vanderbilt, Utah and BYU all could benefit from an Alabama loss. Ole Miss, Oregon, Texas A&M and the loser of the Big Ten title game all feel safely in as at-large selections.