ESPN Playoff Predictor projects the four teams in the CFP based on results Saturday

Well, it’s going to be a very interesting Sunday when the College Football Playoff committee unveils the four teams that will be a part of the journey to a national championship. Why? Because it’s the most chaos we’ve seen since the start of the playoff and there’s going to be some legitimate concerns and some very reasonable arguments against at least two of the teams that get in no matter what is announced on Sunday.

Michigan and Washington are almost assuredly in as No. 1 and No. 2, but beyond that, the committee will have to choose between Florida State, Texas, Alabama, and Georgia. The Seminoles are undefeated but are hobbled on offense by starting quarterback Jordan Travis being out with injury.

The other three teams all have one-loss, but two of them — Texas and Alabama — hold conference championships as a tie-breaker with all things being equal. Georgia was the clear No. 1 team for a few weeks prior to this. Will the Bulldogs really fall below No. 4 after the nailbiter in Atlanta vs. Alabama in the SEC Championship game?

It’s going to be messy and one of the reasons most folks can’t wait for the start of a 12-team playoff beginning next season. We even got in on the act and tried to predict the final College Football Playoff rankings and which four teams will be a part of the journey to confetti. We also predicted and projected all of the Big Ten bowl games including the New Year’s Six games and the CFP semifinal games.

But we’re not the only ones. All season long, ESPN has been plugging data to spit out bleeps and bloops with a dash of unknown algo rhythms to give us percentage chances of teams making the College Football Playoff. And … now that we know the results on the field, here’s what the “Playoff Predictor” says about the four teams that have the best chance of making the…

Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/espn-playoff-predictor-projects-four-065743926.html

Author : Buckeyes Wire

Publish date : 2023-12-03 06:57:43

Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.