ATLANTA – College Football Playoff director Bill Hancock knows the landscape.

Big Ten champion Ohio State was left out of the College Football Playoff. UCF is the only undefeated team left in the FBS after winning the Chick-Fil-A Bowl against Auburn. Alabama, which didn't win the Iron Bowl or the SEC West, faces Georgia in an all-SEC College Football Playoff championship game on Monday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Despite all that, the four-team playoff is here to stay until at least 2025, which is when the current 12-year agreement expires.

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"It would take a unanimous vote from all the conferences for that kind of movement to start," Hancock told a group or reporters at the Atlanta Sheraton Hotel on Friday. "Right now, that's not in the cards."

Hancock touched on that and a multitude of other topics as the fourth year of the College Football Playoff cycle gets set to conclude with Alabama vs. Georgia. Hancock hit the Alabama-Ohio State debate again and maintained that the bowl season – in which the Big Ten finished 7-1 – did not lead to any second-guessing of that decision. One factor that resonated with the committee was the Buckeyes' 55-24 loss at Iowa on Nov. 4.

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"The Iowa game was puzzling to the committee," he said. "It was hard for everyone to figure out."

Hancock, who was the director of the NCAA men's basketball tournament for 13 years, also does not see any regional bias with the championship game, which he said was the result of a "four-team tournament." He compared it to Duke-North Carolina in men's basketball and also answered the question of whether Alabama's bid diminished the regular season.

"That's a fair question," Hancock said. "Alabama lost its margin for error when it lost. They needed help, as we all would say, and they got that help. … The committee felt strongly that they were the better team."

The CFP director also addressed UCF, which finished unbeaten and will reportedly claim a national championship.

"They had a great season and great experience," he said. "I'm enjoying their exuberance."

When asked if the Knights' undefeated season should have been given more playoff consideration, Hancock gave a concise answer: "It has to come down to who you play."

Hancock touched on a few other topics leading up to the championship game.

-- He urged fans to use the city's public transportation (MARTA), arrive early and enter the stadium early, given President Donald Trump's attendance, which will create a few logistical hurdles. "We're happy to have the President attend the College Football Playoff championship," Hancock said.

-- He said the Alabama-Georgia game will have Big Ten officials.

-- He said six new committee members will be announced in January.

-- He said the playoff is monitoring the bowl-skipping trend, which included Ohio State's Denzel Ward sitting out the Cotton Bowl Classic against USC, but he doesn't envision a player sitting out of the College Football Playoff. "I would be shocked if that happened," he said.