The final regular season week of college football has set the stage for conference championships. All eyes were on the ACC on Saturday, as a crowded race to the conference title game began to take shape.

Should SMU lose the ACC championship game on Sunday, Nick Saban thinks the Mustangs' résumé doesn't hold up to Alabama's this season.

Here are predictions and projections for the College Football Playoff bracket and 12-team CFP field after Week 14 games:

Alabama football still has a good shot to make the College Football Playoff if it loses the SEC Championship Game, but it's not a guarantee. These three teams could get in the way.

They’re on the outside looking in, but Saban believes the Hurricanes have one of the most talented rosters in the sport.

Virginia, SMU, Pittsburgh, Miami or Duke could be playing for a spot in the College Football Playoff in two weeks with a victory in the ACC Championship Game. Okay, maybe not the five-loss Blue Devils, but there's still a chance the league's doomsday scenario commences and an unranked team wins the conference.

There's plenty of drama inside the ACC, but Notre Dame keeps avoiding drama and vindicating the committee's CFP bracket respect.

The Tigers outgained Alabama by 131 yards but two crushing red zone turnovers, including one with just 37 seconds left, sealed their fate in a 27-20 defeat.