It's not a playoff elimination game for the Longhorns since there's another titanic matchup this month with unbeaten and third-ranked Texas A&M on the horizon, but a victory over the Bulldogs would break the program's big-game curse under Steve Sarkisian and provide Texas with its third top-15 win of the season.

The college football Week 12 schedule is headlined on Saturday with Texas at Georgia. See the college football schedule for Week 12 here.

Are the scenarios likely? No. But somewhere in our 100,000 simulations, these chaotic College Football Playoff brackets are possible.

Who will win the Big 12 football championship? Check out odds for conference title entering college football Week 12 games, as well as projections.

The Week 12 docket features a plethora of nationally-ranked matchups that fuel the College Football Playoff discussion coming down the stretch, including an elimination game of sorts for Notre Dame on the road against Pittsburgh and several mammoth SEC games at the top of the conference.

If USC wins out, they will likely make the CFP, but Iowa stands in their way this week. Harry How / Preseason polls are fun to look back on — especially this time of year when conference races are winding down.

When ESPN’s Get Up turned its focus to the playoff picture Wednesday morning, Paul Finebaum offered a bold take. The longtime college football analyst suggested

That's 14 teams over six tiers, with 12 of those teams in the final four tiers. In other words, while Ohio State and Indiana have separated from the pack, the difference between Nos. 3 and 14 in these ratings isn't enormous. Any game between these teams on a neutral field would be up for grabs.