It’s the first week of college football post CFP rankings and things are really starting to heat up. The first 12-team playoff has gone from a vague idea, to a plan, to now a stark reality. Now that we have the committee’s official rankings the plan for each of the nation’s top teams has come into focus and what they need to do in these last few weeks has become clear.
The expanded playoff’s purpose wasn’t just to open up the bracket to more teams deserving of a shot, but to make the final weeks of the regular season more exciting and meaningful.