Maybe the games would’ve been more competitive had the powers that be not given unearned first-round byes to conference champions Arizona State and Boise State.

But the overwhelming sentiment after the first round of the new-look College Football Playoff is that 12 teams is too many.  If anything, this past weekend's slate expanded the current gulf between the haves and the have-nots.

Arizona State earned a first-round bye in the playoff after winning the Big 12 championship. That is the same Big 12 title that Texas won last year.