A close game with Kansas in 2014 did nothing to help TCU’s prospects for the College Football Playoff.
The Frogs left Lawrence, Kan., with only a four-point victory that year. The ball bounced funny, and it was bitterly cold.
Yet for a fifth-ranked team, a 34-30 win against the next-to-last team in the league that season didn’t stack up. The Frogs dropped a spot in the CFP committee rankings, and despite 48-10 and 55-3 victories the next two weeks to close the regular season, they were left out of the four-team playoff field.