What a tangled web the College Football Playoff selection committee has to unweave as it debates and reveals its latest top 25 rankings and bracket projection c

Six bowl games will be featured as part of the 12-team playoff, while the others will feature traditional pairings.

It all comes down this! Heading into conference championship weekend, I'm clinging on to a four-game lead against the spread with only six games we're picking on the docket. I like those odds. We'll reconvene after playoff rankings and bowl pairings are announced and have more picks later this month — but we're wiping the slate clean for the postseason.