Utes #17 in College Football Playoff Top 25

It's a new era in major college football. Gone is the BCS, and in is the College Football Playoff (CFP). Now selected by a committee of former coaches, athletic directors, and even politicians like Condoleeza Rice - the CFP committee ranks their own top 25. The committee takes into consideration for their rankings: strength of schedule, conference championships, head-to-head matchups, and much more. The national championship is now determined by a "Final Four," which is something we've all been wanting for a long time. The top four teams in the CFP poll at the end of the season play in the semifinal games that will be held in the Rose and Sugar Bowl, this season. The semifinal games will rotate each year, and the national title game will be bid out, like the Super Bowl; this season the title game is in Cowboys Stadium.

Today, the inaugural CFP Poll was released, and our Utes are in that poll. One spot higher than the AP or Coaches Poll, the Utes check in at No. 17, right behind our old pal Urban Meyer. Utah will be taking on Arizona State this Saturday, who checks in at No. 14.

If Utah continues on the track they're on, who knows what may happen. But for the first time, it appears we'll have a championship determined on the field... and not by computers.