Here’s how we see things shaking out with the top-fifteen when the third release of the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday. We go twelve deep because the playoff participants are more than likely to come out of that population that includes the top four ranked conference champions receiving byes, then on down from there.

As I've written and said for 12 weeks now, the Heisman winner is in Boulder, and Deion Sanders agrees. "It's supposed to go to the best college player," Coach Prime said. "I think that's been a wrap since Week 2.