If the Big Ten and SEC get most or all of the at-large bids, there will be plenty of complaining. But it won't be the committee's fault.

SMU’s slim chance of making the 12-team field as a second ACC team pretty much evaporated when the previously undefeated Hurricanes lost to unranked Georgia Tech, dropping Miami from fourth to ninth in the committee’s second round of rankings.

Following its 10-0 start, the Indiana football team was ranked No. 5 in the updated College Football Playoff Rankings, released Tuesday night.