Aside from the obvious, of course. The Buckeyes will be somewhere 1-4, and I personally believe it's going to be #1 (until next Tuesday). I'm finding it very difficult to come up with a top 10, positions 7-10 especially.
After Ohio State, Georgia, Tennessee, ttun, and Alabama, I think one could throw darts to rank TCU, Oregon, USC, UCLA, Ole Miss, and probably Clemson.
What I will be watching for with most interest tonight are those teams ranked 15-25 and how many of those are on the remaining schedules for Ohio State, ttun, UGA, Tenn, Bama, Clemson, and the other top 10-11. For example, unless the Committee (wrongly in my opinion) ranks Kentucky, South Carolina, and Miss State, the loser of the UGA/Tenn game is going to have difficulty winning their way back into the top 4 unless chaos happens above them. I'm going to be most interested to see if/where the Committee ranks Illinois and 6-2 Maryland.
As of the most recent AP poll, these are opponents AP ranked or with winning records still on the leaders' schedules: Alabama - LSU 6-2 (AP 15), Ole Miss 7-1 (AP 11); Clemson - ND 5-3 (u/r), SCar 5-3 (u/r), L'Ville 5-3 (u/r); Georgia - Tenn 8-0 (AP t2), UK 5-3 (u/r), Miss State 5-3 (u/r); Mich - Illinois 7-1 (AP 14), Ohio State 8-0 (AP t2); Ohio State - Maryland 6-2 (u/r), ttun 8-0 (AP 4); Ole Miss - Alabama 7-1 (AP 5), Miss State 5-3 (u/r); Oregon - Utah 6-2 (AP 12), Washington 6-2 (u/r), Oregon State 6-2 (AP 24); TCU - Baylor 5-3 (u/r), Texas 5-3 (u/r); Tennessee - UGA 8-0 (AP 1), SCar 5-3 (u/r); UCLA - USC 7-1 (AP 9); USC - UCLA 7-1 (AP 10), ND 5-3 (u/r).
UGA v Tenn - loser has to cheer for the winner to win out and for whoever plays Bama; the loser, of course, also has to win out
Ohio State - hope for Maryland to get ranked tonight or at least by game 11; win out (leave no doubts); cheer for Illinois and Maryland.
Alabama - cheer for Tenn this Saturday; win out (i.e., beat Tenn in SECCG)
Clemson - cheer for UGA (and again vs. Bama in SECCG); cheer for whoever plays Oregon; win out
Oregon - cheer for UGA; win out; I think Oregon is very well positioned in terms of future schedule as long as it wins out (might need a Clemson loss or another Alabama loss).
UCLA/USC - cheer for Oregon until you play them; win out; not as well positioned in future schedule as is Oregon, but positioned much better than TCU or Clemson (or Georgia and Tennessee after this weekend).
TL;DR - Buckeyes, just win baby. TCU, Ole Miss, UCLA and probably Clemson need chaos. Don't be surprised about Oregon if they handle their business. The SEC shouldn't be counting its chickens until they hatch. Pay attention to who is 15-25 tonight.
