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An early look at next week: while a lot more games could be helpful (and of course taking care of business at Fredo's house, preferably in a way that boosts FPI/SP+), these are probably the most important, in order of importance:

OK (+3.5) over Tenn (because its the best chance for Tenn to lose it's 3rd while OK will surely lose another)
NCSt (+6.5) over GT (GT needs a loss before losing to Miami, and who better to beat them?)
Navy (+6.5) over NT (win and become a legit ranked team for us to defeat!)

As for the rest of the SEC it's hard to say what path is the best way to avoid 5 or more teams with 2 or fewer losses but more and more I am seeing all of their 2-loss teams getting slotted above us (as would a 3 loss GA if they lose to GT and then play it close against bama).
1Go5 + 5 SEC + 3 B1G + 1 B12 + 1 ACC leaves only 1 slot, and any 1 loss P4 team going into championship weekend will get slotted above us win or lose. The scenarios where we get left our aren't collapsing fast enough (and we have only ourselves to blame of course)

And for the newest nightmare fuel: If UM beats OH State they can make the championship under certain scenarios, while also opening the door for USC (if they beat Oregon), either would likely get slotted above us as a 3 loss conference runner up!