During the last month of the 2024 college football regular season, there was real worry that the Big 12, one of the four power leagues at the FBS level, could see its conference champion miss out on a top-four seed in the new 12-team College Football Playoff.

The league’s parity has led to several teams being in contention for the conference title, but no one who stood out as a real playoff challenger as the calendar churned into mid-November.

Ultimately, Arizona State came on strong, won the Big 12 championship and earned a top-four seed in the CFP, which also gave the Sun Devils a first-round bye.

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