Baylor football altered the College Football Playoff landscape Thursday — through Mack Rhoades' decision. The athletic director is taking a leave of absence from his post at Baylor . Yet his move impacted the CFP committee, as Rhoades serves as the chair.

Now the CFP committee moved swiftly to address Rhoades' sudden move, per NBC Sports college football insider Nicole Auerbach Thursday.

“The College Football Playoff Management Committee has appointed University of Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek as selection committee chair for the remainder of the 2025 football season,” Auerbach posted on the social media website X, formerly Twitter.

Yurachek currently is overseeing his own big change on his campus: Arkansas football's head coaching opening. Sam Pittman got fired during the seaso

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