seed in the playoff bracket:

"Based on the rankings above, the top four seeds would be: No. 1 Texas (SEC champ), No. 2 Oregon (Big Ten champ), No. 3 Miami (ACC champ) and No. 4 BYU (Big 12 champ). Each would receive a bye. Eight remaining seeds would play on-campus first-round games. Those matchups would be: No. 12 Iowa State at No. 5 Penn State; No. 11 LSU at No. 6 Ohio State; No. 10 Boise State (fifth conference champ) at No. 7 Georgia; and No. 9 Clemson at No. 8 Alabama."