"The committee is gathered at its headquarters in the Gaylord Texan resort in Grapevine, Texas, to watch conference championship games that will impact their final ranking on Selection Day. It was only the beginning of conference championship weekend, but how these games unfolded with the committee watching will determine their five highest-ranked conference champions -- and how that order will impact the contenders around them."
"With Tulane's win against North Texas, the American champs locked up a spot in the playoff, as they will be the committee's fourth-highest ranked conference champion. The Green Wave will earn the No. 11 or No. 12 seed depending on who wins the ACC championship game. If Tulane gets the No. 11 seed and faces the committee's No. 6 team on the road in the first round, as things stand now, Tulane will get a rematch against the Rebels."
The College Football Playoff committee is convened at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas, to evaluate conference championship outcomes that will set the final Selection Day rankings. Texas Tech's victory over BYU clinched a top-four spot and first-round bye for the Red Raiders while easing Notre Dame's pathway by removing BYU leapfrog risk. BYU's placement at No. 11 or a drop to No. 12 would displace it during seeding to include a conference champion and could alter Miami-Notre Dame tiebreaker considerations. Tulane's American championship secured a playoff berth as the committee's fourth-highest ranked conference champion and will be seeded No. 11 or No. 12.
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