College Football Playoff: What chaos does UCF need to reach the Top 4?

Step 1: Pittsburgh deals Clemson first loss and steals ACC title

Pittsburgh enters the final two weeks of the regular season with four losses. Yet they can afford to lose another game against either Wake Forest or Miami and still play for the ACC championship this year. It is a testament to the imbalance between the divisions in the ACC, and an indictment about whether the ACC champ ought to automatically earn one of those four spots.

Clemson, though, is the No. 2 team in the country and one of only four undefeated teams remaining. The Tigers have already booked their spot in the ACC championship for the fourth straight year. To really render some chaos in the ACC picture, upset losses to both Duke and South Carolina would really throw a wrench into the system. They need to lose to at least one, though, to really make this next part work.

The first domino will fall if and when a four- or five-loss Pittsburgh team takes down 11-1 or (preferably) 10-2 Clemson to steal the ACC title. And in such a case, the selection committee would shut out the ACC in this scenario.

BONUS WRENCH IN THE SYSTEM: Syracuse deals Notre Dame their first loss of 2018 in Week 12, but then turns around and loses to Boston College at the end of the regular season.