CFP selection committee chairman Mack Rhoades has been replaced by Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek following an announcement Thursday that Rhoades had stepped down from the role and taken a leave of absence as the athletic director at Baylor while the school investigates unspecified allegations against him.

The College Football Playoff committee has a new chairman who lives in Fayetteville. Arkansas athletics director Hunter Yuracheck

Yes, the man who should be heavily involved in the search is the chancellor, a man who knows the importance of balance between athletics and education who has been on the campus since 1998. This will be the most important football hire in the school’s history. It should be all hands on deck.