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What if I told you the Big 12 could get two teams in this season’s College Football Playoff without the charitable offer of two auto bids from the Big Ten and SEC? I know, it sounds odd given the national view of the conference, but I’m here to tell you it’s more likely than you think.
The Big 12 is a fascinating case study in college football fandom. It’s everything a lot of fans tell you they want from college football. There’s no “big brand bias” in the league because now that Texas and Oklahoma are gone, there are no big brands in the league to be biased toward. It’s also a league of tremendous parity.
If you look at projected win totals for the Big 12 in 2025, no team in the league has a projected win total higher than 8.5 or lower than 5.5. You can’t find anything remotely close to that congestion in a Group of Five league let alone the other Power Four leagues.
The congestion has a downside, though. If you head to your local sportsbook and scroll down the list of national title futures, you’ll see at least 20 schools before you come across a single Big 12 school — and one of them is SMU!
I won’t pretend there aren’t good reasons for this. If you want to win the national title, you need great players, and any look at recent NFL Drafts will tell you that when it comes to talent, the Big 12 lags a bit behind the Big Ten and SEC. However, I’m not here to explain how the Big 12 can win a national title; I’m here to tell you how it could get multiple teams into the College Football Playoff.
How Big 12 can earn more College Football Playoff bids
QB depth is key
The first part of it is simple. Quarterback remains the most important position in the sport, and the Big 12 has an argument that it’s the deepest league in the country at the…
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Author : Tom Fornelli
Publish date : 2025-05-19 14:48:00
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