Miami, as the committee's highest-ranked ACC team last week, was eliminated from reaching the league title game after SMU steamrolled Louisville and Duke toppled North Carolina. Now, Pat Narduzzi's Panthers have kickstarted a possible doomsday scenario for a conference that could be excluded from the playoff altogether in two weeks.

First, Trinidad Chambliss and his Rebels have to beat the Bulldogs and hoist the Golden Egg on hostile turf. With one unlikely swoop, the Bulldogs can cosmically humiliate their neighbors, then lock in bowl eligibility. Ample motivation in Starkville.

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No. 7 Ole Miss and Mississippi State are set to meet Friday afternoon for the 122nd installment of the Egg Bowl, one of the most underrated feuds in all of college football. Thoug

Thanks to the College Football Playoff, bowl games paid more than a half billion dollars to conferences and schools last season, the largest payout ever and an increase of almost $200 million from the final season of the Bowl Championship Series.

On Oct. 13, Belichick addressed the media for the first time since the reports about a potential fallout began. The UNC head coach called the rumors "categorically false," shutting down any potential breakout this season with the Tar Heels. Belichick and UNC AD Bubba Cunningham even released statements amid the rumors.

The No. 16 Texas Longhorns have one last chance to impress the CFP committee. On Friday they host the No. 3 Texas A&M Aggies in the regular-season finale.