College football winners and losers: How the conference races stack up heading into the final week of the regular season

No. 5 Indiana was blown out at No. 2 Ohio State to start the day before a four -way tie atop the Big 12 emerged and the SEC race got whittled to three teams.

Alabama , Ole Miss and Tennessee all found themselves eliminated from SEC title contention.

The chaos in the SEC means that Georgia clinched a spot in the conference title game despite entering the weekend fourth among the conference's teams in the College Football Playoff rankings.

Florida has a great chance of finishing the regular season 7-5 after its upset of No. 9 Ole Miss.

Nebraska is going to a bowl game for the first time since 2016 .

Oregon State won the battle for bragging rights in the Pac-12 with a 41 -38 home win over Washington State .

The Panthers lost their fourth straight game on Saturday and potentially lost QB Eli Holstein for the season .

Instead, Akron easily won 38 -17 to extend Kent State’s losing streak. The Golden Flashes haven’t won since a win over FCS opponent Central Connecticut State on Sept. 16, 2023 . That’s a streak of 20 straight games and you have to go back to the final week of the 2022 season to find Kent State’s last win over an FBS opponent..