College Football Playoff picks after Week 12

Escape was the taxable connected Saturday.

College football's last 4 unbeaten teams each got a test, and each passed heading into the last week of the regular season.

For TCU and Michigan it took last-minute tract goals to triumph adjacent games against Baylor (29-28) and Illinois (19-17), respectively.

Ohio State recovered itself trailing astatine halftime against Maryland, but a blocked punt to commencement the 3rd 4th and a scoop-and-score successful the last 10 seconds flipped the crippled conscionable capable for a 43-30 triumph up of adjacent week's showdown against the Wolverines.

Georgia ne'er trailed astatine Kentucky, but the Bulldogs astir recovered themselves successful a one-score crippled with little than 5 minutes remaining earlier Kentucky missed a field-goal attempt. Georgia walked distant with a 16-6 victory.

With a highly entertaining 48-45 triumph implicit UCLA successful the precocious window, USC besides jumped onto our list.

With each that successful mind, here's a look astatine however ESPN's assemblage shot reporters spot the existent playoff picture.

Blake Baumgartner: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Michigan 4. TCU
Bill Connelly: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Michigan 4. TCU
Heather Dinich: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. TCU 4. Michigan
David Hale: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. TCU 4. Michigan
Chris Low: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Michigan 4. TCU
Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Michigan 4. TCU
Ryan McGee: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. TCU 4. USC
Adam Rittenberg: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Michigan 4. TCU
Alex Scarborough: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. TCU 4. Michigan
Paolo Uggetti: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. TCU 4. Michigan
Tom VanHaaren: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Michigan 4. TCU
Dave Wilson: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Michigan 4. TCU