But before we get into the stretch run of the season and that inaugural 12-team bracket, Rushing The Field co-hosts and college football experts Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry got together to make their midseason CFP picks and select their midseason award winners.

The same Pac-12 schools that competed in the conference for years will participate in the same collection of bowls as in the past.

Ohio State football's loss at Oregon was heartbreaking. It may not matter much in the College Football Playoff race.