Believe it or not, college football is played outside the SEC.

Obviously what happens in the other Power 5 Conferences will help determine whether the SEC gets two teams into the second College Football Playoff, or if perhaps a two-loss SEC champion would make it over a one-loss champion from another conference.

Let’s list the Top 10 games around the country this season that should impact the playoff rankings.

10. Oklahoma at Baylor, Nov. 14: Oklahoma will decide who wins the Big 12 this season. The Sooners could ruin everything by perhaps beating both Baylor and TCU but losing earlier to some other conference team. Thus if every Big 12 team had at least one loss again this season, the conference could get shut out of the playoff for the second straight year. Should Tennessee beat Oklahoma on Sept. 12, Vols fans certainly will be watching what OU does the rest of the season as the better the Sooners do, the more it would help UT.

9. Southern Cal at Notre Dame, Oct. 17: We had to have one Notre Dame game on this list as the Irish are talented enough to crash the playoff. We could have put their game at Clemson (Oct. 3) here instead. But the Irish could likely lose to Clemson, then run the table the rest of the way and still get into the playoff. With USC having to visit Oregon later in the season, it probably can’t afford a loss in South Bend.

8. Oregon at Stanford, Nov. 14: If there’s one school that has proven it can handle Oregon’s up-tempo offense, it’s Stanford. The physical, bigger Cardinal run the ball down Oregon’s throats and keep control off the ball to keep the Ducks offense off the field. Stanford upset Oregon in both 2012 and ’13. The winner here should take the Pac-12 North.

7. Ohio State at Michigan, Nov. 28: The best rivalry in college football? Alabama-Auburn fans will argue, but this does have more of a national footprint than the Iron Bowl. And it’s the first time Urban Meyer and Jim Harbaugh will square off. It’s the Buckeyes’ regular-season finale and if all goes as expected, the preseason No. 1 team will still be unbeaten here. Harbaugh would be deemed a god in Ann Arbor if he could lead the Wolverines to an upset here.

6. TCU at Oklahoma, Nov. 21: This is probably TCU’s only chance of losing a regular-season game until it hosts Baylor on Nov. 27 (see No. 1 on this list). Last year, the Horned Frogs won a 37-33 home thriller over No. 4 Oklahoma to officially announce they were going to be major players for the season.

5. Oregon at Michigan State, Sept. 12: This is the top non-conference game of the season. The Spartans went to Oregon last September and led 27-18 deep into the third quarter before Ducks quarterback and 2014 Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota led Oregon to 28 unanswered points. An early loss here could be devastating to whichever side loses, as both face major conference challenges later in the season.

4. Florida State at Clemson, Nov. 7: Either the Seminoles or Tigers have won the ACC Atlantic Division each of the last six seasons, and the winner in Death Valley here probably takes that division’s spot in the 2015 conference title game. For once, Clemson has the better quarterback this year in preseason ACC Player of the Year Deshaun Watson, a legitimate Heisman candidate.

3. Southern Cal at Oregon, Nov. 21: This is the game of the year in the Pac-12 regular season, although the teams could easily have a rematch in the conference title game. USC is the favorite in the South Division and the Ducks are the favorites in the North. The Pac-12 is very deep in 2015 so a loss here for either team could be No. 2 on the season and knock it out of the playoff.

2. Michigan State at Ohio State, Nov. 21: This was the Big Ten game of the year in 2014 and should be again this season. The Buckeyes went into East Lansing as underdogs last November but rolled Sparty, 49-37, to all but wrap up the Big Ten East Division and a spot in the conference title game. It would be an upset if the Buckeyes enter this game with a loss. Michigan State could be unbeaten as well, but has a tougher prior schedule.

1. Baylor at TCU, Nov. 27: Arguably the most entertaining quarter of the 2014 season was the fourth between these two in Waco on Oct. 11, 2014. The Horned Frogs led 58-37 with just under 11 minutes remaining, but Bears QB Bryce Petty (now with the New York Jets) led an incredible comeback in a 61-58 win. Essentially, that win cost the Big 12 a spot in the playoff because Baylor and TCU finished tied for first in the conference at 11-1. The Big 12 wouldn’t declare “one true champion” — it will this season should there be a similar scenario. It’s quite possible both Baylor and TCU are unbeaten entering this matchup.