Around CFB: Big Ten outcomes now a key focus for playoff race

Alabama is a virtual lock for the four-team College Football playoff.

The other three teams in the field will likely come from a pool of a half dozen “power five” teams that currently have one loss — Louisville, Clemson, West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio State and Washington.

For all the CFP committee talks about teams passing the “eye” test, it’s seems unlikely that a team with two losses gets in.

Unless …

There is the Penn State factor.