Working from the previous CFP committee rankings, move the top four ranked conference champions to the second tier - Oregon, Georgia, BSU, ASU, add Clemson to the 12th slot. That leaves Texas, PSU, ND, tOSU, Tennessee, SMU, and Indiana. Assuming the declarations that CCG losers will not be penalized and the relative position of CCG non-participants will not change are true, then Texas, PSU, ND, and tOSU will host. Likely pairings are Clemson at Texas, Indiana at PSU, SMU at ND, and Tennessee at tOSU. Now, PSU and Indiana didn’t meet during the regular season, so there’s no reason to shuffle SMU to slot against PSU…
Yeah, I’ll wait till this afternoon when the committee announces its “invitations.”