Well, I’ve given up trying to understand the ACC.

For the time being, the league will get one team into the College Football Playoff bracket — its projected champion, as an automatic qualifier. That’s why, after Virginia and Louisville both lost to unranked teams on Saturday night, you’ll see Georgia Tech in my projection as the No. 11 seed. I expect the Yellow Jackets to be ranked lower than that in the CFP selection committee’s Top 25, but they’ll slide up and into the field as one of the five highest-ranked conference champions, which are guaranteed CFP access.

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s talk about the Big 12. Last week, the selection committee had Texas Tech at No. 7, BYU at No. 8 and Utah at No. 13. All three Big 12 teams were ranked ahead of the top-ranked ACC team, whic

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