Jalen Milroe and the Alabama Crimson Tide won the SEC Championship. Photo: Todd Kirkland/Getty ImagesATLANTA—Heading into this week’s conference championship matchups, the College Football Playoff Selection Committee looked like it could take the weekend off. The top four teams in the nation—Georgia, Michigan, Washington and Florida State—were all Power 5 schools with perfect records. Win one more game, and the final four would pick itself. Then Nick Saban’s Alabama marched into Atlanta and plunged the entire sport into chaos.

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Persons: Jalen Milroe, Todd Kirkland, Nick Saban’s Alabama Organizations: Alabama Crimson Tide, SEC, Getty, College, Florida State Locations: ATLANTA, Georgia, Michigan, Washington, Florida, Atlanta