The College Football Playoff selection committee will begin meeting on Monday, Oct. 30, at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas. The committee will release its first official rankings of the season the following day. The committee's 13 members will continue to meet in Grapevine every week until Dec. 3, when they will select the top four teams for the playoff and assign them to semifinal sites.
There are three new members on the committee this season: Frank Beamer, Chris Howard and Gene Smith.
If you're not familiar with the selection committee, this will help:
Hocutt is in his third season on the committee, and this is his second year serving as its chairman.