Last week, a Florida Gator fan proposed the possibility of a 4 SEC team playoff. It was ridiculous. But it got me wondering what it would take to end up with 4 ACC teams in the playoff. No act of God, just wins and losses. Is it possible? After four hours of math, looking up conference tie-breaker rules, and my girlfriend asking me what the hell I was doing, I figured out the answer was yes.

This is the week by week scenario of what has to happen in order to end up with an all-ACC playoff and descend college football into a bottomless pit of despair that would ruin the sport and maybe life as we know it. If any of these games don’t turn out the way they are listed below, then everything is ruined.

Week 11

Alabama loses to Mississippi State

Ohio State loses to Illinois

Notre Dame loses to Wake Forest

Iowa loses to Minnesota

Baylor loses to Oklahoma

Stanford loses to Oregon

Oklahoma State loses to Iowa State

LSU loses to Arkansas

Utah loses to Arizona

Florida loses to South Carolina

Michigan State loses to Maryland

Michigan loses to Indiana

TCU loses to Kansas

Northwestern loses to Purdue

Navy loses to SMU

Memphis loses to Houston

Temple loses to USF

UNC loses to Miami

FSU beats NCST

USC beats Colorado

BYU loses to Mizzou

Ole Miss loses to Arkansas

Texas A&M loses to Western Carolina

So basically every team in the top 25 with the exception of Clemson, FSU, USC, and Oklahoma has to lose. It’s regarded as the most chaotic week in cfb history but still within the realm of what people can handle. Clemson is the unquestioned number one team in the country. The Big 12 loses its undefeated teams and any respect from the CFB committee. It’s a mess but college football fans are still having fun watching this season play out. Comparisons are made to the 2007 college football season. Then comes week 12.

Week 12

Alabama loses to Charleston Southern

Ohio State loses to Michigan State

Notre Dame loses to Boston College

Iowa loses to Purdue

Baylor beats Oklahoma State

Stanford loses to Cal

LSU loses to Ole Miss

Utah loses to UCLA

Florida loses to FAU

Oklahoma loses to TCU

Michigan loses to Penn State

Miss State loses to Arkansas

Northwestern beats Wisconsin

Navy loses to Tulsa

Memphis beats Temple

UNC beats VaTech

Houston loses to UCONN

USC loses to Oregon

Texas A&M loses to Vanderbilt

Washington State loses to Colorado

Miami beats GT

Clemson and FSU climb up the polls while the rest of the country is engulfed in flames of panic. Las Vegas shuts down for the rest of the season. Baylor is the only one-loss team in the country. Nothing is real anymore. On to the final week of the regular season.

Week 13

Clemson beats South Carolina

Alabama loses to Auburn

Ohio State loses to Michigan

Notre Dame loses to Stanford

Iowa loses to Nebraska

Baylor loses to TCU (by a lot)

Oklahoma State loses to OU

LSU loses to Texas A&M

Utah loses to Colorado

Florida loses to FSU

Michigan State loses to Penn State

Northwestern loses to Illinois

UCLA loses to USC

Navy beats Houston

Memphis loses SMU

Temple loses to UCONN

UNC loses to NCST

Wisconsin loses to Minnesota

Washington St loses to Washington

Miami beats Pitt

Arkansas beats Missouri

After finishing the regular season on a five-game win streak, Miami clinches the ACC coastal and plays undefeated Clemson. Only team in the SEC West finishes with one loss…Arkansas. They go to Atlanta to play the now four-loss Gators. Despite losing its final three games, Iowa goes to the BIG 10 championship to play Penn State, who beat Michigan and Michigan State in its final two games. The Pac 12 Championship features 4-loss USC vs 3-loss Stanford. FSU, OU and Baylor are the only teams with two losses at this point.

Championship Week

ACC Championship: Miami beats Clemson

Big 10 Championship: Iowa beats Penn State

Pac 12 Championship: USC beats Stanford

SEC Championship: Arkansas beats Florida

Baylor loses to Texas

Clemson loses but remains the only one loss team in the country, securing the number one seed. Miami, having just pulled a huge upset and ending the season on a big winning streak slides into the number two seed. FSU and Oklahoma are the only two loss teams in the country. But the committee turns its back on the Big 12 citing its style of play and general bias. FSU secures the number three seed. For the fourth seed, the committee has the option of 4-loss Big 10 champ Iowa, 4-loss Pac champ USC, 4-loss SEC champ Arkansas or the only non-Big 12 team with 3 losses, UNC. After much debate, the committe decides to go with the team with the less losses.

Thus the playoff ends up being Clemson, Miami, FSU and UNC. And the world burns.