Georgia @Auburn
The fun thing about this game is that there’s no real wrong answer on who to root for. A Georgia loss helps, but it might not hurt the Bulldogs enough, and it also helps Alabama. A Georgia win, meanwhile, means that Alabama’s best win will be over an 8-4 Auburn team.
In the end, the team to root for in this game comes down to what scenario we think we’re looking at. Is Ohio State 12-1 and Big Ten champs? Then root for Auburn, so that there’s no concern of a 12-1 Georgia fighting Ohio State for a spot. Is our scenario one where Ohio State is 11-1 and sitting out the Big Ten Championship Game (or 12-1 with a loss to Minnesota in that game)? In that case, Georgia winning is better, to further keep Alabama out of the equation.
Or, maybe, we’re expecting a 13-0 Ohio State team, and we’d rather that the final Playoff team be 12-1 Minnesota, or Oregon or Utah, and not Georgia or Alabama. In that case, the play is to still root for Georgia to win this game easily. Then, in three weeks, root for LSU to blow Georgia out and knock the Bulldogs out of the picture as well.