than they, the Big 12 and the PAC-12 could pressure the ACC and the SEC to adopt a 9-game conference schedule.

The Big 12 model, if OU gets in, will prove to be a wise choice. If they continue to place teams in the CFP, other conferrnces may reconsider holding CC games.

But as Bowlsby said after the NC game, one year does not a tend make. No one is going to panic because their conference was left out.