“The three independents are perfectly happy being independent,” Bill Hancock, executive director of the CFP said of the Irish, BYU and Army. “They have the ability to craft their schedules to fit their needs,” Hancock told ESPN. If their need and goal is to be in the playoff, then they’re in the same boat as everybody else. You better play a good schedule if you want to be in the playoff.”
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