1. Brigham Young
No team was treated more unfairly by the College Football Playoff selection committee than the Cougars, who should have been in the middle of the at-large discussion. That won’t be a problem next season when they win the conference title and receive the automatic berth. BYU has a strong core of returnees led by quarterback Jake Retzlaff, but the biggest advantage is psychological: The players will be ravenous to right a wrong — and good enough to do it — without the emotional burden that comes with trying to repeat.