The College Football Playoff selection committee has yet to truly sweat it out in the fourth quarter.
There was little dispute last season, and Clemson and Alabama proved to be the top two teams in the country. In 2014, Ohio State made the committee's decision easier with a 59-0 rout of Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game, then proved the committee right - at least outside the state of Texas - by going on to win the national title after sneaking into the top four for the very first time when it mattered most - in the final ranking.