We are a few weeks away from the first College Football Playoff rankings, and the fourth-ranked team in the AP poll has been all but eliminated.
Tough break for 6-0 TCU, which as a result of this unfortunate distinction must now prepare to play in the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl. Think of the swag for that game — spark plugs and a riding lawn mower.
TCU has moved up to No. 4 in the AP poll and is one of six Power 5 teams to be undefeated. And it gets zero love.
After Oklahoma defeated Texas on Saturday in the Red River Don’t-Call-It-A-Shootout at the now-domed Cotton Bowl, a headline in The Dallas Morning News atop columnist Kevin Sherrington’s column from the game read, “The Sooners kept the Big 12’s CFP hopes alive by defeating Longhorns in epic fashion.