With Thanksgiving in the rearview, the College Football Playoff picture is about to come into clear view. After weeks of selection committee rankings releases, we have an idea of what the 12-team field will look like: No matter what happens moving forward, you can expect to see Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M in the field. Georgia, Texas Tech and Oregon are overwhelmingly likely to make it as well, and barring some stunning upsets and bad results elsewhere, Ole Miss and Notre Dame can be penciled in as well.
Oklahoma and Alabama find themselves on the right side of the cutline, but need to survive upset bids from talented-if-flawed LSU and Auburn teams to secure their positions. BYU and Miami are currently in the Top 12, but are poised to get bumped in favor of the fourth and fifth-highest ranked conference champions (unless of course, the Cougars and Hurricanes are champions themselves). Utah, Vanderbilt, Michigan and Texas are the next four teams in the rankings, hoping things break their way over the next two weekends to steal bids.
