The Six Pack: Picks for USC vs. Indiana, Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State and Tom Fornelli’s Week 11 lock

The College Football Playoff is dominating the conversation around college football right now. It's a combination of the CFP formally announcing it will expand to 24 teams next season and the rankings now being released every Tuesday night.

As you'd expect, the talk is rarely about how everybody thinks expansion is great and that the committee is doing a wonderful job. No, expansion is destroying the sport, and the committee is rigged and is just a puppet for the SEC and unseen corporate overlords.

I understand where it's coming from, even if I find it all a bit silly. When the committee has a bunch of SEC teams ranked ahead of teams from other leagues with similar records, it's easy to yell SEC bias. Particularly after we've seen the Big Ten win three straight national titles.

But the explanation for it is pretty simple. The last three seasons don't matter. The 2026 season does. Here's a look at how every conference has performed this season in nonconference play when we remove FCS opponents, as well as how they've performed in nonconference play against Power Four competition.

When the committee releases its rankings and judges team strength, those nonconference data points…

Original source: https://www.cbssports.com/