Any adjustments to the College Football Playoff for next season, including a potential tweak in the way byes are awarded, would have to take place later this year, probably in the spring, the leaders of the playoff said Sunday.

There have been performances throughout the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff that should remind us all that players want to play on the biggest stages and at the biggest moments.  In an age where the prevalent theme of December and January in the sport is complaining about who isn't playing -- opt-outs of the full-game and halftime variety -- it is enlightening to dig into who is and what they have to go through to suit up.

The College Football Playoff board of managers met Sunday to discuss potential changes to the 12-team tournament’s format.  According to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dell

Luck, like most general managers, is largely responsible for securing money and signing players, many of whom announce they wish to change schools by entering the sport’s so-called transfer portal.

Sports' Dan Wolken and Michelle Martinelli discuss who will prevail, Notre Dame and their stout defense or Ohio State and their explosive offense.

Ohio State and Notre Dame bring big brands, with a Midwest mindset, to Monday's national championship game in Atlanta. Not everyone is happy about it.

But evolution is also a choice. The dinosaurs didn't have to walk into the tar pits. And college football programs -- even old-timers such as Ohio State and Notre Dame -- don't have to walk into the quicksand of mediocrity, led there by the blinders of obligation to keep on keeping on the same way that Knute Rockne and Woody Hayes did.

Boise State Broncos star running back Ashton Jeanty talked about the possibility of Deion Sanders leaving Colorado to coach the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL.

Two thousand fans piled into their seats at Stanford University's baseball stadium in Palo Alto, filling the grandstands and setting an attendance record before Tokyo's Waseda University took on their American hosts on April 29,

The longest college football season in history has just one game remaining. 132 teams have seen their seasons come to an end, and now only two remain: Notre Dame and Ohio State.

Leave it be. Enjoy the show. Let a good thing be a good thing. This 12-team College Football Playoff format works beautifully.

In 10 seasons, top-seeded teams in both the AFC and NFC were 14-4 in the postseason, combining for a 28-8 overall record. Top seeds won by an average of 14.1 points per game, and their losses came by an average of 5.8 points per game.