CLEVELAND, Ohio – While the focus on sizing up the college football playoff favorites is on the few undefeated teams left from the major conferences, history says most any one-loss team from the big leagues could still have a case to make at the end of the season. With that in mind, at least 18 schools could be still considered alive for the 2018-19 playoffs. Below is a quick look at those teams, and what stands in the way of each before selection Sunday on Dec. 2. History lesson First, a little history about the teams chosen for the first four playoffs: Only schools from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC have been invited so far. Every undefeated team from these conferences has been selected: Florida State in 2014, Clemson in 2015 and Alabama in 2016 Every outright champion with no more than one loss from these conferences has been selected. Only…
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