Conference Champs determined by Sagarin Ratings of teams. Seeds determined by Sagarin predictor. Winners determined by Sagarin Predictor.
* NOT A PREDICTION OF WHO WILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, JUST IF TEAMS WERE THE "BEST" TEAMS
| 1) Texas | ||||
| 8) Georgia | 8) Georgia | |||
| 9) Ole Miss | 1) Texas | |||
| 4) Iowa State | 5) Notre Dame | |||
| 5) Notre Dame | 5) Notre Dame | 5) Notre Dame | 5) Notre Dame | |
| 12) Tulane | 6) Ohio State | |||
| 6) Ohio State | ||||
| 11) Tennessee | 6) Ohio State | |||
| 3) SMU | 6) Ohio State | |||
| 2) Oregon | 2) Oregon | |||
| 7) Alabama | 7) Alabama | |||
| 10) Penn St. |
Notre Dame comes out on top, but Ohio State makes it to the finals and comes up short. Sagarin still loves Ohio State, but all 3 top teams (OSU, Texas, ND) are within a point of each other and 5 more are within 3 points.
