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2024 college football predictions: CFP champion, Heisman, conference title picks and more

It’s a new era of college football with the first season of the 12-team playoff upon us. Who will hoist the trophy in January? (Credit: Amy Monks/Yahoo Sports)

The 2024 college football season is here.

After a tumultuous Week 0 that featured a last-second upset, a wild 17-point comeback and plenty of other madness, a full slate of action lies ahead in Week 1.

We’ve waited years for a bigger and better College Football Playoff system, and now the moment has finally arrived. A new, expanded 12-team postseason awaits at the conclusion of the 2024 regular season, complete with byes for the top four conference champions and on-campus home games for the next four highest-ranked teams. The Group of Five’s top-ranked champion will also have a shot at the title as a member of the field.

So, which teams will make the College Football Playoff field? Which teams will play for the national championship and who will hoist the trophy on Jan. 20? Our experts dish out predictions for conference champions, the Heisman Trophy winner, biggest surprises, disappointments and more.

College football predictions from the Yahoo Sports experts. (Amy Monks/Yahoo Sports)

In what is likely the most anticipated season in college football history — new conference makeups, an expanded playoff — the Buckeyes are my pick to win it all. Ryan Day and Co. completed the offseason with one of the country’s best (and most expensive) transfer portal hauls, nabbing Quinshon Judkins from OIe Miss, QB Will Howard from Kansas State and DB Caleb Downs from Alabama. It’s time for the athlete payroll to produce a ring for Ohio State and, this time, Michigan won’t be in the way.

New postseason, new teams in new places, this should be a wild and exciting season. If QB Will Howard is who Ryan Day believes he will be then the Buckeyes are loaded…


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Author : Yahoo Sports

Publish date : 2024-08-26 14:41:15

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