The regular season has ended, but the arguments are nowhere near over.

With the release of Tuesday’s fifth College Football Playoff rankings, we have a clearer picture of what teams must do in their conference championship games this weekend — or, for one team left out of this weekend’s action, what must happen to help that team get in.

Clemson sits atop the new rankings, with Auburn second (the highest spot for a two-loss team in the CFP’s four seasons), then Oklahoma and unbeaten Wisconsin.

So, which teams have a right to be angry, nervous, or any of the feels with just one more CFP committee meeting left?

No. 5 Alabama (11-1)

If Auburn is the hottest team in the country, and the Crimson Tide only lost to the Tigers by 26-14 on the road, could the Tide argue that it should be ahead of Wisconsin and its weak schedule, or even an Oklahoma team that lost to Iowa State? One could make the case, arguing that recency bias is more of a factor that it should be.

But let’s look ahead for the real argument.

How scarlet and gray can Crimson country get? First, of course, every Bama fan should root for Ohio State to win the Big Ten championship over Wisconsin to get the Badgers out of the way. Then Tide fans should turn right around and use the Ohio State argument against Ohio State. To wit: Last year a one-loss OSU team got into the Playoffs ahead of a two-loss Penn State team that won the B1G title (and beat the Buckeyes along the way).

Bama is the only to make the playoffs in all three CFP seasons.

So this year, if the committee has to choose between a two-loss Ohio State that wins a conference title and a one-loss Alabama team that does not, Bama can and should argue that the same standard should apply in 2017 as it did in 2016. Of course, Tide fans could root for Ohio State and TCU to both win their conferences, which would likely mean Bama would wind up No. 3 at worst, and at that point Tide fans wouldn’t much care what happens at No. 4.

No. 6 Georgia (11-1)

The chaos on Saturday did not help the Bulldogs much. Yes, they moved up one spot but remained behind Alabama. It could be argued that, because Alabama’s loss to Auburn was closer than Georgia’s and the SEC East is weaker than the West, the rankings are as they should be.

Still, the Bulldogs won their division. It might not matter — if Georgia wins on Saturday against Auburn, a CFP invitation will be sent to Athens posthaste. This might matter more for seeding if Georgia gains revenge on Auburn. Would the Bulldogs be sent to the Sugar Bowl or the Rose? The team might not much care as long as a Playoff bid awaits, but fans might prefer a much faster and more affordable trip to New Orleans than a long haul to Pasadena, Calif.

No. 11 TCU (10-2)

Arguments have been popping up in favor of No. 8 Ohio State to get in the CFP should the Buckeyes win the Big Ten championship. A few even lob No. 10 USC out there should the two-loss Trojans win the Pac-12 title over Stanford (oh, please). So why does it seem nobody is arguing for the Horned Frogs? What if TCU routs Oklahoma on Saturday in the Big 12 title game?

Let’s say the five conference champions are a one-loss ACC champ (the Clemson-Miami winner has to be in, one would think), the Auburn-Georgia winner and two-loss teams in Ohio State, TCU and USC. Alabama would have to jump into the semifinals under this scenario. Now, Ohio State lost at home to Oklahoma and got blown out by Iowa. USC lost to Washington State and got blown out by Notre Dame.

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TCU? It would own a split against Oklahoma, with the loss on the road and the win at a neutral site, so its best win would be better than either USC’s or OSU’s best win. And its worst loss would be to Iowa State, but that was on the road and only by seven points. … Hmmm.

The ACC title game loser (if it’s Clemson)

OK, this is a hypothetical, and only really makes sense if Clemson loses to Miami on Saturday. And yes, I know I have argued that Clemson might be rated a spot or two too high, but the Tigers do have an impressive resume outside of their inexplicable loss to Syracuse. But let’s take another look at the scenario laid out in the TCU entry.

Let’s say the Auburn/Georgia winner, Alabama and Miami are the top three in some order. Add Clemson to that mix with USC, Ohio State and TCU for the No. 4 spot. Clemson, which of course owns an early-season win over Auburn, is No. 1 right now. Let’s say the Tigers lose a really close one to Miami. Clemson would, of course, lack the conference title that the other candidates would own. But which of those four is actually the best team, over the entire season, especially with a healthy Kelly Bryant? It’s Clemson, isn’t it? Unless maybe …

The Big 12 title game loser (if it’s Oklahoma)

Again, same scenario.

The CFP has yet to have a two-loss team; it could have two this year.

Miami, TCU, Ohio State and USC win their conference title games (and the Auburn-Georgia winner, of course). Oklahoma would have two losses, one to Big 12 champ TCU, which the Sooners beat earlier this season in Norman. The other loss would be to Iowa State — an odd case, in that the loss looked bad at the time, then looked forgivable when the Cyclones got red hot in October, and now looks kind of bad again. One could still argue that the Sooners’ worst loss is not as bad as the worst loss for other candidates.

But the Sooners would own a double-digit win over Ohio State in Columbus, and have the best total offense in the country at 594 yards per game behind probable Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield.

If all of that chaos happens, I don’t envy the CFP committee at all.