On paper, Week 9 didn't promise much drama. It featured just one matchup of top 15 teams -- the No. 8 LSU Tigers facing the No. 14 Texas A&M Aggies. But chaos has reigned through the first eight weeks of the season.
However, Saturday, the high-stakes drama was reserved for the World Series.
The Oregon Ducks, No. 1 in the AP poll, cruised. Two other top-five teams -- the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes and No. 5 Texas Longhorns -- got by tough tests, but kept their College Football Playoff hopes alive. Thanks to a big day from running back Damien Martinez, the Miami Hurricanes -- the ACC's top playoff hope at this point -- rolled this week.
The season's two biggest surprise teams -- the BYU Cougars and Indiana Hoosiers -- remained undefeated. Both get tough tests next week. The Cougars face their in-state rivals the Utah Utes while the Hoosiers travel to face the Michigan State Spartans.
Here are our experts' top 12 College Football Playoff picks:
Andrea Adelson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Penn State 6. Indiana 7. Ohio State 8. Texas 9. Texas A&M 10. Clemson 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State
Kyle Bonagura: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Indiana 6. Penn State 7. Ohio State 8. Texas 9. Notre Dame 10. Texas A&M 11. Iowa State 12. Boise State
Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Miami 3. Georgia 4. BYU 5. Penn State 6. Indiana 7. Texas 8. Ohio State 9. Clemson 10. Iowa State 11. Pittsburgh 12. Army
David Hale: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Texas 6. Ohio State 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Pittsburgh 10. Texas A&M 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State
Eli Lederman: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Texas 6. Ohio State 7. Tennessee 8. Penn State 9. Notre Dame 10. Texas A&M 11. Indiana 12. Boise State
Chris Low: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Penn State 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Notre Dame 11. Texas A&M 12. Boise State
Max Olson: 1. Georgia. 2. Oregon. 3. Miami. 4. Iowa State. 5. Texas. 6. Ohio State. 7. Penn State. 8. Clemson. 9. Tennessee. 10. Indiana. 11. Texas A&M. 12. Boise State
Adam Rittenberg: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Penn State 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Indiana 9. Tennessee 10. Texas A&M 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State
Mark Schlabach: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Penn State 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Clemson 9. Indiana 10. Texas A&M 11.Notre Dame 12. Boise State
Jake Trotter: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Penn State 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Pittsburgh 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State
Paolo Uggetti: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Ohio State 6. Penn State 7. Texas 8. Indiana 9. Clemson 10. Texas A&M 11. Notre Dame 12. Boise State
Dave Wilson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. BYU 5. Indiana 6. Penn State 7. Ohio State 8. Texas 9. Notre Dame 10. Texas A&M 11. Iowa State 12. Boise State