If the College Football Playoff remains a four-team field, there will eventually be a two-loss participant and an undefeated Power Five non-participant. Both could happen this year.
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Auburn missed an opportunity for a huge résumé-building win in Week 2 against Clemson and dropped a close game at LSU in Week 7. However, the Tigers still control their own playoff destiny thanks a potential four-week stretch that would include three games against top-two teams.
Auburn hosts Georgia on Saturday and Alabama in the regular-season finale on Nov. 25. If they win both games, they'd play Georgia again in the SEC Championship. A second win over the Bulldogs would give Auburn a loaded résumé that features those three victories plus a decent win over Mississippi State.
It may be enough to top Wisconsin, even if the Badgers are the undefeated Big Ten champions. While both Auburn and Wisconsin could both make the field if Notre Dame loses to either Miami (FL) or Stanford, and enough chaos erupts in the ACC, the Tigers have more control over their destiny.
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Obviously a portion of the college football world would explode if an undefeated Power Five champ is left out in favor of a two-loss team but it appears, as of now, that could be a very real possibility.
