College sports, in general, can tend to be more dramatic and unpredictable than professional sports, and college football is no exception. The college football regular season has come to a close, with just conference championship week remaining until the college football playoff selection committee makes their final decision. Each year, the top four teams in the country are selected by a handpicked group of 13 people, and those four teams will have the chance to play for the national championship. This year, there is 6 main teams in the running to be selected. The current ranking going into the last week of the season is 1. Alabama, 2. Clemson, 3. Notre Dame, and number 4. Georgia, with Oklahoma and Ohio State on the outside looking in at number 5 and 6 respectively. While Notre Dame would appear to be the only lock to make it, there is a lot still to happen with all these teams though as Georgia and Alabama play in what could potentially be an elimination game in the SEC championship. Oklahoma still takes on 14th ranked Texas in what is a big rivalry game, for the Big 12 championship, and Ohio State will face 21st ranked Northwestern for the Big 10 championship. The SEC championship game is the big deciding factor, however, as both teams in that game are also in the top four, If Georgia were to lose, the big question for the committee would be Oklahoma or Ohio State? If Alabama wins it then becomes a discussion of Oklahoma, Ohio State, or Alabama who has been ranked number one all season long and is arguably one of the better college football teams in recent memory. There are still a lot of things to play out, and a lot of different possible scenarios that the committee could face, and it will be a very interesting finish.
“Football” by Claire Cooke44 is shared under an Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
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