We're now one-third of the way through the 2017 season and it's still not clear whether the Big Ten will have a team earn a College Football Playoff berth.
Because Alabama, Clemson and Oklahoma all boast marquee non-conference wins over top-10 foes, they figure to be locks if they win out and claim their respective league championships. In that scenario, the final spot would figure to come down to the Pac-12 champion and the Big Ten champion.
For now, USC and Penn State appear to the be favorites.