You play 5 cross-division games against your same Tier and then 7 games against your Group. Top two in the Group move on, but allow for 4 wild cards, depending on how teams do in cross-divisional Tier games.

Group A
1-Alabama
2-Auburn
3-Tennessee
4-Michigan St.
5-West Virginia
6-Ole Miss
7-Pittsburgh
8-North Carolina

Group B
1-Florida
2-Florida St.
3-Clemson
4-Miami
5-Georgia Tech
6-Louisville
7-Cincinnati
8-UCF

Group C
1-LSU
2-Georgia
3-South Carolina
4-Penn St.
5-Virginia Tech
6-TCU
7-Boise St.
8-Arizona

Group D
1-Ohio St.
2-Michigan
3-Nebraska
4-Wisconsin
5-Iowa
6-Missouri
7-Utah
8-Oregon St.

Group E
1-Texas
2-Oklahoma
3-Texas A&M
4-Arkansas
5-Kansas St.
6-Oklahoma St.
7-Arizona St.
8-Texas Tech

Group F
1-USC
2-Notre Dame
3-Oregon
4-Stanford
5-UCLA
6-Washington
7-BYU
8-Cal