It's a new era for college football. This season has brought plenty of change already as teams adjust to new conference alignments. The next big change coming into view is the College Football Playoff format which will grow from four teams to 12 teams.

With Boise State making the field as the fifth-highest-ranked conference champion, Indiana would be the No. 9 seed in the CFP today, which means it would have to travel to Tennessee rather than host a first-round playoff game. That's quite the gut punch for a team that is undefeated and yet sits behind four one-loss teams.

The first College Football Playoff rankings finally dropped on Tuesday night, giving teams and fans a rough road map through the final month of the season. Unsurprisingly, Oregon’s status as the (current) No. 1 team in the country was confirmed by the selection committee.