The Football Four Podcast: What is the Big 12's best Playoff bet?

Could the College Football Playoff selection committee leave out an unbeaten Oklahoma State team? Which team between the Cowboys and Oklahoma, does the Big 12 think gives it its best Playoff candidate?

Paste BN Sports national college football reporters George Schroeder and Dan Wolken discuss those questions and more on the latest episode of The Football Four Podcast.

They also touch on the Playoff outlooks for Iowa and North Carolina, among others, and what would the podcast be without a turn on the coaching carousel?

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The complete rundown:

1:20 Breaking down Oklahoma's win against Baylor

4:00 Oklahoma in the Playoff?

6:00 Big 12 Playoff representative

7:30 TCU, Baylor struggle with injuries

8:30 Oklahoma State deserving or not?

9:00 Brand names in Playoff

14:32 Wolken: Committee could leave out undefeated Cowboys

19:15 Clemson-Syracuse

20:48 Mississippi State's mistakes

23:11 Florida

23:32 Tide is in

24:00 Dan defends his Alabama column

25:20 Second-best SEC team

28:15 Moving to an 8-team playoff

29:44 Pac-12 would love 8-team playoff, but who do you trust this year?

34:30 George's Playoff conspiracy theories

39:45 Iowa's Playoff hopes

40:10 Missouri's coaching opening, what's next for the Tigers?