Thirty-six bids have been handed out for the College Football Playoff in the format’s nine years of existence. They've been handed out to just 14 programs. Last season, TCU came out of nowhere and became the latest to join the club.
TCU was in its first season under new head coach Sonny Dykes but became one of the biggest stories of the season by going a perfect 12-0 in the regular season. The Horned Frogs dropped a heartbreaker to Kansas State in the Big 12 title game but rebounded by upsetting Michigan in the CFP semifinals. The national title game loss to Georgia wasn’t pretty, but it did not diminish what was an incredible — and improbable — season for the Horned Frogs.