As it stands today, it’s set. Georgia, Michigan, TCU and USC in the playoff, in that order. Clean and neat, no controversy but just one caveat: A final burst of chaos is always possible.
As long as Michigan handles Purdue Saturday night in the Big Ten championship game, it can avoid a rematch with No. 1 Georgia in the national semifinals. And if Michigan wins and Georgia loses to LSU in the SEC championship game, the Wolverines would be No. 1. But there’s one nagging possibility they probably don’t want to see, no matter how juicy it might be.
Uh-oh-io.
