The 12-team College Football Playoff was supposed to eliminate chaos. Whoops.

When the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings are released Tuesday night, only one thing is for certain: People are going to be angry

When the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings are released Tuesday night, only one thing is for certain: People are going to be angry.

Since its inception in 2014, the CFP was meant to bring order and stability after the nebulous Bowl Championship System relied on a stew of polls and computer rankings to determine a national championship game. The playoff was supposed to bring a more traditional championship structure to college football, beginning with the four-team bracket in 2014 before it switched to the current 12-team format last season.

Except ... even with the expanded field, the decisions of the rotating 13-member committee have created a new set of problems — most notably, schools every year complaining vociferously about their exclusion.

This season is shaping up to be no different. With only the conference championship games left, Tuesday’s rankings should reveal where the playoff is headed before the 12-team field is set on Sunday. Here are the biggest issues headed into the second-to-last rankings.

The rivalry affectionately (and, uh, problematically) referred to as "Catholics vs. Convicts" has been as hot off the field as on it this season. In Week 1, the Hurricanes beat the Fighting Irish 27-24 on a late field goal. Miami had built a 21-7 lead before a furious comeback by Notre Dame.