There are only so many ways the College Football Playoff can come together with only nine games left in the regular season.

We could have a chalky finish, with favorites such as Texas Tech winning to keep fringe contenders such as Brigham Young from bringing chaos to the final rankings.

Or we could have a dramatic close to the regular season, allowing teams like Brigham Young and Miami to come in just under the wire to make the 12-team tournament.

Over three months after we got things started, conference championship games will determine who gets to play for the national championship and where. Here are the scenarios for what could happen in Sunday’s final rankings:

Ohio State will remain the No. 1 seed and complete a wire-to-wire run atop the playoff rankings. The Buckeyes would

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