After College Football Playoff committee chairman and Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades took a leave of absence for “personal reasons,” the CFP selection committee has an open slot to fill with less than a month to go until the final selection show.

According to ESPN , Baylor “received allegations involving Rhoades on Monday.”

With Rhoades’ sudden absence from the CFP committee, a replacement has to be found quickly with a new set of rankings coming out Tuesday.

Since Rhoades was an athletic director of a Big 12 school, the conference gets to recommend a replacement. View Comments

The Big 12 today recommended Utah athletic director Mark Harlan to fill an empty seat — there are two empty spots on the 13-member committee, one vacated by Rhoades and one vacated by former NFL playe

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