College football, at its highest levels, can be a highly unforgiving game. The combination of only 12 regular-season games and ever-increasing amounts of television dollars and attention create an environment where winning, winning big and winning quickly are paramount. The pressure is intense, and there is little margin for error.

The College Football Playoff has created an exclusive club that only four teams can join per year. It also fosters intense scrutiny that centers around the weekly CFP Top 25 polls that begin midway through the season and run through the national title game. A loss makes the road to the playoff difficult but not impossible to traverse. In its brief two-year history, only t...

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