Re: College Football 2019-20: It'll Just Be Alabama vs. Clemson AGAIN.
No, that’s the way it WILL go.
The only way an undefeated Minnesota doesn't make it in, would be a scenario like this...
Alabama wins out, crushing the competition, finishing 11-1.
Georgia and LSU win out and meet in the SEC title game. In a game for the ages, Georgia narrowly nips LSU to capture the SEC Title.
Clemson wins out, finishing an unbeaten 13-0 and ACC Champions.
Minnesota wins out, but gets "hand of God" treatment from the officials. They knock off Iowa 24-23, after two blown PI calls and then the officials mistakenly calling the game winning field goal good, although video evidence shows the ball actually sailed wide left. The Gophers then eek out a win over Northwestern, thanks in part to Minnesota paying off the Wildcats to take a safety in the waning seconds of a tie game to give Minnesota the two point win. The Gophers then steal a win over Wisconsin after consecutive "Colorado-Missouri 5th Down" mistakes permit Minnesota extra downs to score the game winning touchdown. Finally, the B1G Championship, coming after each of the Ohio State starters were injured for the rest of the season in the Michigan-Ohio State game, sees Minnesota edging the depleted Buckeyes by a field goal.
Then yeah, I suppose it is possible that an unbeaten Minnesota team would not make the Playoff.