In the final weekend before the College Football Playoff field is revealed, the conference championship games were all about securing a spot or improving a seeding.
It was win-and-in for the Big 12 champion Arizona State Sun Devils, who rolled past the Iowa State Cyclones. Same for the Boise State Broncos. Behind 209 yards from Ashton Jeanty, they beat the UNLV Rebels for the Mountain West crown and the Group of 5's CFP spot.
The drama was saved for the SEC and ACC. The Georgia Bulldogs lost quarterback Carson Beck to an injury, then were sparked by backup Gunner Stockton. Texas took it to overtime before Trevor Etienne won it for Georgia. The Clemson Tigers jumped out to a big lead on the SMU Mustangs and held on for the upset. That leaves questions about whether two-loss SMU will get in over a three-loss team that didn't play in its conference title game.
In the Big Ten, the Oregon Ducks piled up big plays to beat the Penn State Nittany Lions and secure the top spot.
Here are our experts' top 12 College Football Playoff picks:
Andrea Adelson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU
Kyle Bonagura: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Alabama 12. Clemson
Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson
David Hale: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Tennessee 7. Ohio State 8. Texas 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU
Eli Lederman: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU
Chris Low: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU
Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson
Max Olson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU
Adam Rittenberg: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU
Mark Schlabach: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Penn State 6. Texas 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU
Jake Trotter: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Texas 6. Notre Dame 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee 11. Clemson 12. SMU
Paolo Uggetti: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Tennessee 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU
Dave Wilson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU