The first College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings will be released on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. ET. These rankings will obviously change drastically over the last month of the season, but the inaugural rankings give us a great glimpse into the minds of the committee. The way the season has shaken out makes it seem like the CFP field will be loaded with SEC teams.

Could the SEC have twice as many bids as the Big Ten?

Let’s start with a refresher on the rules. The 12-team field will consist of the five highest ranked conference champions and seven at-large bids. The auto-bids are widely regarded to be the conference champions of each of the Power Four conferences as well as the highest ranking Group of Five team. That would only not be the case if a second Group of Five conference champion

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