The 12-team College Football Playoff presents all sorts of new opportunities for the elite FBS college football programs.
Of course, the biggest draw is the larger field compared to the four-team playoff of previous seasons.
The 12-team playoff also begins on campus sits on December 20 and 21, so the No. 5-8 seeds get to host a rare mid-December contest.
With the way the bracket is shaping up, we could see SEC teams forced to travel north to play in below-freezing conditions to earn a spot in the quarterfinals.
The quarterfinals, semifinals and final are all played at neutral sites.