[stupac2]

There are definitely way too many uncertainties left to have any idea how this affects the playoff picture. For instance, the SEC West looks clearly superior to the East, but none of the teams are head and shoulders above the rest. What if the best teams both have two conference losses? What if FSU loses to ND but the PAC runs the table against them? What if the Big-12 teams beat each other up?

Lots of things that can happen to make a 2- or even 3-loss PAC-12 team look like a reasonable candidate for the playoff.

[stupac2]

There are definitely way too many uncertainties left to have any idea how this affects the playoff picture. For instance, the SEC West looks clearly superior to the East, but none of the teams are head and shoulders above the rest. What if the best teams both have two conference losses? What if FSU loses to ND but the PAC runs the table against them? What if the Big-12 teams beat each other up?

Lots of things that can happen to make a 2- or even 3-loss PAC-12 team look like a reasonable candidate for the playoff.