Could the Big 12 Conference put two teams in the College Football Playoffs?
In the history of the College Football Playoffs that dates back to the 2014 season, the Big 12 Conference has only put one team into the tournament. That team is the Oklahoma Sooners. In the seven seasons, the Sooners have been among the top four teams on four separate occasions. During the 2015-16 season, OU was ranked No. 4 and lost to the top-seeded Clemson Tigers. They would finish the following season as the No. 7 team and miss the CFP. From the 2017-2019 campaigns, the Sooners would return to the playoff under new head coach Lincoln Riley. The Sooners seeds per season:  2015: No. 4  2016: No. 7 (missed the CFP)  2017: No. 2  2018: No. 4  2019: No. 4  2020: No. 6 (missed the CFP)  Going into the 2021 season, the Oklahoma Sooners are expected to return to the College Football Playoffs under the guidance of Riley. Spencer Rattler returns with a full season under his belt. In seasons under Riley with a quarterback that has at least one season of playing time, they have competed in the CFP. Hard to believe that wont be the case. The SEC did it in 2017 when Georgia and Alabama faced off in the CFP National Championship game. Technically the ACC Conference did last season with Clemson and Notre Dame, who joined the conference in the pandemic season for scheduling purposes. Heather Dinich of ESPN said that the Big 12 will get two teams in this year with Iowa State joining Oklahoma. . @CFBHeather says the Big 12, not the SEC, will get two teams in the CFP this year: Oklahoma and Iowa State  pic.twitter.com/8sjfBW58kr  Get Up (@GetUpESPN) June 30, 2021  Last year Iowa State took down Oklahoma in Ames, Iowa, in the early part of the season. Many thought that the Sooners reign over the conference would be put to the test in 2020. OU fixed their issues and went on a run through the rest of the schedule and ultimately throttled the Florida Gators in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl classic. Iowa State challenged the Sooners but Oklahoma was too much for Matt Campbells squad. They would play in a New Years Six bowl game against the Oregon Ducks. It seems unlikely the Big 12 Conference could get both teams in but at this point, anything is possible. It just seems more like wishful thinking than a realistic scenario.