For conference champions, we’ll assume the current conference leaders are champions and will claim the automatic bids: No. 1 Oregon (Big 10), No. 2 Georgia (SEC), No. 4 Miami (ACC), No. 9 BYU (Big 12) and No. 12 Boise State (Mountain West). Seeds Nos.

On the surface, we had a top-five showdown of Big Ten powers to headline Week 10, but it hardly felt like the Penn State-Ohio State matchups of old. This is, of course, a new-look Big Ten, and Ohio State had already suffered the consequences of expansion three weeks ago in a narrow loss to Oregon,

No. 3 Penn State hosts No. 4 Ohio State in a pivotal Big Ten matchup to kick off the day. The Buckeyes already have a conference loss, so another one on Saturday would be crippling in their hunt for the Big Ten title.