How LSU makes the CFB Playoff (Very Real Scenarios)

Current CFB Rankings Teams in BOLD are Locks for CFP Top 4
1. Clemson
2. Alabama
3. Ohio State
4. Notre Dame
5. Iowa
6. Baylor
7. Stanford
8. Oklahoma State
9. LSU
10. Utah

How does LSU get in?

#2 - Alabama - @ 17 Mississippi State, vs. Charleston Southern, @ Auburn

Alabama's weakness is their Pass Defense (25th) which gives up 189.6 ypg. Ole Miss beat them by throwing 33 times for 341 yards and 3 scores. Yes, mistakes also aided in their win but doesn't that happen to everyone?

Mississippi State has 2 losses (LSU and Texas A&M). Dak Prescott has a TD/INT ratio of 18-1 and has thrown for 2,351 yards (300+ each of the past 3 games) while also being able to run. (418 yards, 7 TDs)

And anything can happen in Aub-Ala games, this one just so happens to be at Auburn.

#3 - Ohio State - @ Illinois, vs. 13 Michigan State, @ 14 Michigan

Ohio State struggled against Northern Illinois (20-13), Indiana (34-27), Minnesota (28-14). They cannot beat the Spartans and the Wolverines Defense's in consecutive weeks, it will not happen. They might lose both but we will settle for one.

#4 - Notre Dame - vs. Wake Forest, vs. Boston College, @ 7 Stanford

They lost to Clemson by 2 after failing to score on a game tying 2pt conversion and the committee just loves to hear about them playing without all these injured starters including their QB, RB, and TE. Notre Dame might lose to Stanford but it will only help LSU if Alabama loses another game.

#5 - Iowa - vs. Minnesota, vs. Purdue, @ Nebraska

Assuming they win out, Iowa could make things very interesting as they just do not seem to be that great to be that high. Regardless, they will have to play OSU, MSU, or Mich and they will not win that game so forget about them.

#6 - Baylor - vs. 12 Oklahoma, @ 8 Oklahoma St., @ 15 TCU, vs. Texas

If they win all those games, then they will have knocked out the 8th spot and LSU will move up once again. But they will more than likely lose two of the next three. They lose to OU, upset State, and lose to TCU. (2 birds, one stone)

#7 - Stanford - vs. Oregon, vs. Cal, vs. 4 Notre Dame

Oregon beats them this weekend without a doubt and Cal upsets them the following week forcing them out of the top ten before they get Notre Dame to end the year. The likelihood of Stanford over Notre Dame is really high.

#8 - Oklahoma State - @ Iowa St, vs. 6 Baylor, vs. 12 Oklahoma

See Baylor above. They will play each other and start knocking themselves out of contention anyways.

#9 - LSU - They have to win out.

All of the above scenarios are not far fetched are even unreal, they are legit scenarios.

Ohio State, Iowa, Baylor, Stanford, and Oklahoma State can all lose 1-2 games before it is said and done. Notre Dame might drop one too. That leaves LSU has the highest ranking 1 loss team thanks to good timing.

CFB Playoff Final Four

1. Clemson
2. Notre Dame
3. LSU
4. TBD