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Michigan controls their playoff destiny.
We are now seven weeks into the college football season, and we finally had our first weekend of chaos.
Seven playoff contenders lost on Saturday and five of those teams were effectively eliminated from playoff contention, with Penn State, Wisconsin, Miami, Colorado, and Washington all suffering losses that eliminated any realistic shots at the playoff. Meanwhile, Notre Dame and Michigan were the big winners when the music stopped.
We have learned a few things over the years about how the committee picks the final four, and we have some idea of what teams need to do to make the playoff. Below, we ranked the 13 teams that still have a legit shot to make the playoff.