For the second consecutive season, it looks as if the College Football Playoff committee has done a fine job of sending four deserving teams to the tournament that will decide the national champion. Also for the second consecutive season, it appears as though at least one team that could have won it all was left out.
As great as the College Football Playoff is, the players, coaches and fans deserve better.
I write a different version of this article every season, and I likely won't stop doing so until the idea contained within comes to fruition: We need a 16-team College Football Playoff.