Members of the SEC and Big Ten look to exert their new power to expand college football's playoff system and get auto bids for themselves in the process.

There has been just one season of the 12-team College Football Playoff, yet officials from the most powerful conferences are ready to expand the event.

Even before Knute Rockne began breaking out the forward pass as a secret weapon, college football's biggest advantage was its element of surprise. Its appeal is basic and wonderful -- built on the uncertainty of the outcome.