2024 NCAA bracket, college football edition: Projecting who would win March Madness from the 68-team field

The release of the 2024 NCAA Tournament matchups gives fans everywhere several different ways to participate in our national pastime of filling out a bracket. You could pick teams according to their color, which mascot would win in a fight or any other range of nonsensical parameters to game out all 63 selections needed to crown a champion. 

For us college football experts on the Cover 3 Podcast, an annual tradition during the Monday after Selection Sunday is to play the bracket out with a simple premise: What if these were the college football teams of each school?

We go through each game and determine who would win if the college football teams from each school were battling it out instead of the basketball squads. It’s generally done through the lens of the upcoming season, but with such an abstract activity, we try not to get too scientific. There’s more vibes than depth charts with these picks as well as plenty of conversation reacting to the unique and perhaps unexpected matchups as teams advance deeper in the tournament. 

It’s not March without brackets. Get your bracket pools ready now and join our men’s and women’s challenges for the chance to win big-time prizes! 

We’ve detailed the results of this year’s bracket with analysis from beginning to end. Be sure to listen to the full episode below where the Cover 3 Podcast crew breaks down the following projections. 

East Region

The Fighting Jim Moras were able to represent the success of UConn’s men’s basketball team well in the first round with a win over FCS Stetson but saw their tournament run come to an end at the hands of Northwestern in the second round. Other intriguing early matchups included San Diego State, now led by Sean Lewis, clashing with Trent Dilfer’s UAB and…

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Author : Chip Patterson

Publish date : 2024-03-19 18:49:41

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