Tennessee is 2-0 at the festival and just knocked off the No. 3 team in the country. But it awaits its fate for the championship round, thanks to a convoluted tiebreaker format at the 18-team event.
Eight power conference gigs are open — four of them are considered championship programs in LSU, Florida, Auburn and Penn State. And the decisions made at those schools will ripple throughout the sport.
Between the current automatic bids and bloated conferences, the current playoff needs another overhaul. But with the SEC and Big Ten still spatting about its future, what's the best step forward to a playoff that actually makes sense?