16-team Playoff formats have been proposed and discussed as the Big 12 and ACC try to battle off the field with the Big 10 and SEC. The 5 and 11 option is the best one.

On today's episode of Locked On College Football, Spencer McLaughlin and longtime recruiting analyst Brian Smith ('The Portal Podcast') discuss 5-star EDGE Richard Wesley. With Oregon losing his commitment and Texas, Texas A&M, and Ohio State in the fold, is it just about NIL?

Kalen DeBoer was recently asked about his 9-3 Alabama team missing the 12-team Playoff last year, responding with a rhetorical question about how other teams would have faired with their schedule. That's an absurd response.

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