Duke football has the chance to cause chaos in the College Football Playoff race — and maybe even put itself in position for a berth in the 12-team field.

That's contingent on the Blue Devils upsetting No. 16 Virginia (No. 17 CFP) in the ACC championship game, which would make result in Duke winning a Power Four conference title with five losses on the year .

Duke lost three of its four nonconference games this season, falling to Illinois, Tulane and UConn. However, the Blue Devils went 6-2 in conference play, tied with Miami, Georgia Tech, SMU and Pitt in the ACC standings. Duke reached the conference title game due to tiebreakers after California upset SMU Cal in the regular season finale.

A three-loss team has never made the CFP, let alone one with five losses. While it might

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