The most compelling aspect of the College Football Playoff race at the moment may not be who will get into the 12-team field but who will be left out.
A logjam of two-loss SEC teams, including Tennessee, which joined the club after falling at Georgia on Saturday night, is presenting plenty of intrigue. How many of those two-loss SEC teams will make the cut? And how does a two-loss team in what is clearly the deepest conference in the country match up with a one-loss team from the top-heavy Big Ten, where signature wins are harder to come by?