ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 28: Oklahoma Sooners animal mascots Boomer and Sooner pulling Sooner Schooner Conestoga wagon on the field before the game against the LSU Tigers in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 28, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
Oklahoma football is one of only four teams that has made at least four trips to the College Football Player under the current four-team format.
Now that a proposal to expand the playoff to 12 teams appears to be favorably moving forward through the College Football Playoff management structure to an almost certain reality, the true benefits are obviously greater for some than others.