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.

Boise State received the fourth and final bye in this week's College Football Playoff rankings, leaving BYU out of that mix and the Big 12 on the list of power conferences with a gripe