[winflop]

Remember that the Big XII has a championship game this year, so there's a higher probability that its champion will have at least one loss, maybe even two.

The way the ACC is shaping up as far and away the worst Power 5 conference, the only way the Pac-12 champ isn't in the playoff is if it has two losses.  Always a possibility, but I'm thinking the way so many perennially good teams are heading south (ASU, AZ, UCLA, U$C, UO) I think the chances of Stanford or Utah being a one loss conference champ look better and better every week.

[winflop]

Remember that the Big XII has a championship game this year, so there's a higher probability that its champion will have at least one loss, maybe even two.

The way the ACC is shaping up as far and away the worst Power 5 conference, the only way the Pac-12 champ isn't in the playoff is if it has two losses.  Always a possibility, but I'm thinking the way so many perennially good teams are heading south (ASU, AZ, UCLA, U$C, UO) I think the chances of Stanford or Utah being a one loss conference champ look better and better every week.