Texas A&M and Alabama have the cleanest road to Atlanta, but there are chaos scenarios that include seven teams.

There were big wins and disappointing losses in Week 12 of the college football season. Texas A&M and Alabama lead the winners and losers.

Should Texas A&M and Alabama meet, the Aggies would have locked in a top-4 seed and opening-round bye in the College Football Playoff. Texas A&M could even overtake top-ranked Ohio State with 13-0 finish given the strength of schedule.

Washington took the last spot over Houston because the Huskies beat Illinois. Both teams hold a bad loss (Houston lost to West Virginia at home and Washington dropped a road game to Wisconsin), but Washington is the only one among them to have beaten a ranked team in my poll.

The Aggies locked up their coach for the foreseeable future and somehow mounted a comeback after being down 30-3. Not bad for a day's work.

A look at 10 key topics in college football ahead of Texas at Georgia, Texas A&M vs. South Carolina and Texas Tech's staying power.

Between the famed hedges of Sanford Stadium, No. 5 Georgia rode a big fourth quarter to a 35-10 rout of No. 10 Texas in a game with significant SEC championship and College Football Playoff ramifications.

The SEC title game picture is a mess, but the Week 12 SEC Power Rankings are right on point. Georgia, Oklahoma move up, Alabama, Texas move down.