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Lack of uniform schedule leads to problems for College Football Playoff committee

On what was arguably the defining week of the 2015 regular season, when conference championship games were being played and playoff spots were at stake, Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield went home to Austin, and coach Bob Stoops was enjoying his Saturday as if it were a typical day at the office.

Because, for the Sooners, it was.

"I wasn't glued to the TV at all," Stoops said. " ... I felt strongly that we would be in and was just really going about our business, probably hosting recruits and doing what we always do."