Entering the final week of the regular season, the College Football Playoff rankings show Ohio State, LSU, Clemson and Georgia slotted in the four playoff spots.
That leaves one-loss Power Five conference teams Alabama, Utah, Oklahoma, Minnesota and Baylor on the outside looking in. That list will inevitably be trimmed during the final week of the season and in conference championship games, but it has nonetheless fanned the flames of expansion talk.
Earlier this month, I laid out the top five reasons for an expanded College Football Playoff format.
Now it's time to look at the other end of the spectrum.