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The USA TODAY Sports college football staff projects the winners of college football’s five power conferences and the College Football Playoff:
NICOLE AUERBACH
Conference picks
ACC
ATLANTIC: Florida State | COASTAL: Virginia Tech
CHAMPION: Florida State
BIG TEN
EAST: Michigan State | WEST: Iowa
CHAMPION: Michigan State
BIG 12
CHAMPION: Baylor
PAC-12
NORTH: Oregon | SOUTH: UCLA
CHAMPION: Oregon
SEC
EAST: Georgia | WEST: Alabama
CHAMPION: Alabama
College Football Playoff picks
SEMINFINALISTS: Florida State, Alabama, Oregon and Baylor
CHAMPION: Florida State
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PAUL MYERBERG
Conference picks
ACC
ATLANTIC: Florida State | COASTAL: North Carolina
Champion: Florida State
BIG TEN
EAST: Michigan State | WEST: Nebraska
CHAMPION: Michigan State
BIG 12
CHAMPION: Baylor
PAC-12
NORTH: Oregon | SOUTH: UCLA
CHAMPION: Oregon
SEC
EAST: South Carolina | WEST: Alabama
CHAMPION: Alabama
College Football Playoff picks
SEMIFINALISTS: Florida State, Alabama, Oregon, South Carolina
CHAMPION: Florida State
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GEORGE SCHROEDER
Conference picks
ACC
ATLANTIC: Florida State | COASTAL: Miami
CHAMPION: Florida State
BIG TEN
EAST: Michigan State | WEST: Nebraska
CHAMPION: Michigan State
BIG 12
CHAMPION: Oklahoma
PAC-12
NORTH: Oregon | SOUTH: UCLA
CHAMPION: Oregon
SEC
EAST: Georgia | WEST: Alabama
CHAMPION: Alabama
College Football Playoff picks
SEMIFINALISTS: Florida State, Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma
CHAMPION: Oregon
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DANIEL UTHMAN
Conference picks
ACC
ATLANTIC: Florida State | COASTAL: Miami
CHAMPION: Florida State
BIG TEN
EAST: Michigan State | WEST: Wisconsin
CHAMPION: Michigan State
BIG 12
CHAMPION: Baylor
PAC-12
NORTH: Oregon | SOUTH: UCLA
CHAMPION: Oregon
SEC
EAST: South Carolina | WEST: LSU
CHAMPION: LSU
College Football Playoff picks
SEMIFINALISTS: Florida State, LSU, Oregon, Michigan State
CHAMPION: Florida State
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DAN WOLKEN
Conference picks
ACC
ATLANTIC: Florida State | COASTAL: Pittsburgh
CHAMPION: Florida State
BIG TEN
EAST: Michigan State | WEST: Wisconsin
CHAMPION: Michigan State
BIG 12
CHAMPION: Baylor
PAC-12
NORTH: Stanford | SOUTH: Arizona State
CHAMPION: Arizona State
SEC
EAST: Florida | WEST: Alabama
CHAMPION: Alabama
College Football Playoff picks
SEMIFINALISTS: Alabama, Baylor, Florida State, Michigan State
CHAMPION: Florida State