Being left at home during the first College Football Playoff last season wasn't much fun for the Big 12. Even though the CFP title game took place in the heart of the conference's footprint in Arlington, the league wasn't represented in the inaugural four-team tournament. And no matter how the conference tried to spin the snub, it hurt. Despite 11-1 regular-season records by Baylor and TCU, the 13-member CFP committee decided that conference championship game victors Ohio State, Oregon, Alabama and Florida State were more worthy choices to play in the first tournament. "This year has been interesting, challenging," Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said.

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