Five of the nine winners will get automatic berths into the 12-team College Football Playoff. The top four playoff seeds and their accompanying first-round byes go to conference champions while the next highest-ranked conference champ will also be a part of the field.

Week 14 of the college football schedule kicks off today with an early slate of Black Friday games that include some important conference matchups and key rivalry clashes that will have a direct influence on what the postseason eventually looks like,