One of the more fascinating subplots in the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff is how all of these realigned and suddenly crowded conference races are factoring into that Playoff picture.

It is very unlikely that the Big 12 will be able to sneak two teams into the College Football Playoff. There is also a chance that the Big 12 conference champion might not get a first-round bye. BYU survived a scare with Utah to remain unbeaten,