The Wildcats' best path to the 12-team College Football Playoffs would be to reach the conference championship game and win it, but with their No. 16 ranking, if enough teams ahead of them stumble, they could conceivably receive an at-large bid even without making it to Arlington, though it would be a longshot.

The previous version incorrectly listed Georgia as the No. 2 seed in the quarterfinal bracket instead of Texas.) The College Football Playoff and its newfangled 12-team format is nearly here.

Oregon stayed on top in the second batch of College Football Playoff rankings, while the new poll shoved Georgia completely out of the bracket after its lopsided loss to Mississippi