No one said there'd be math questions: breaking down the CFP bracket

For Oregon fans, Championship Saturday is a menudo of spicy possibilities, best served with a cold beaded beer. It could go one way and then another. The Ducks are likely to play somebody at home, but it could go six different ways, at least.

Geaux Ducks of Sleeper HQ, a college football website, has a handy guide:

In terms of making a run in the playoffs, the best-case scenario for the Ducks would be getting a Group of Six champion in the first round. They'd be three-score favorites versus James Madison or Tulane, though those are scrappy, competitive teams that would come into the game with a chip on their shoulder.

A game with more intrigue but less security would pit them against Notre Dame, Miami or Alabama in Autzen Stadium. That'd be a packed house and an electric atmosphere, big TV ratings, but some problematic matchups.

Irish running back Jerimyah Love is a load to tackle. He bulldozed USC for 228 yards. Ty Simpson and the Alabama passing attack will test any defense, and the Tide defense was No. 2 in the SEC.

In round two, the Ducks have to travel, a long road trip

With some key players battling to come back from injury, it'd be ideal for the Ducks to gradually ramp up in the playoffs, build some momentum. A first-round bye is too long a layoff. They'd benefit from a tuneup game.

Either way their potential quarterfinal game looks like a long road trip to the Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl or Orange Bowl in a stadium packed with opposing fans with a shorter trip to the game. Fortunately the Ducks have been masters of hostile environments over the last two seasons, winning games at Husky Stadium, Beaver Stadium, Camp Randall and the Big House.

The Rose Bowl is off the table. That goes to the Big Ten Champion versus the No. 8-seed, and Oregon isn't likely to fall that far.