The conference championship games are upon us, providing the College Football Playoff committee one last look at contenders for the 12-team field and requiring anxious coaches and players on bubble teams to keep the antacids handy.

The Big Ten will be the only conference with a sense of calm this weekend with No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana squaring off in Indianapolis. Those two unbeaten teams are locks for the playoff, and even the loser could receive a top-four seed and the first-round bye that goes with it. Oregon will be the third Big Ten playoff team.

This is where it could get messy.

Georgia will be in the playoff win or lose against Alabama in the Southeastern Conference game. If Alabama loses — after beating the Bulldogs in the regular season — the committee will have

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