NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea lobbied all week and offered to add a 13th game to the schedule, “in the parking lot” if they had to, for one more shot at impressing the College Football Playoff selection committee.

He said Sunday the idea was no joke. His school's chancellor and athletic director already were working behind the scenes trying to schedule a last-ditch effort for Vanderbilt's most successful football team in school history.

“There were too many hurdles to clear to actually have it happen," Lea said after the 12-team bracket reveal , which had the Commodores on the outside looking in at No. 14. "I think it would have been one of the great stories in the history of our sport to be able to do something like that.”

Vanderbilt (10-2) was one of multiple

See Full Page