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The 2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket is set. Now the only thing left is to play the games and decide a national champion. That process will begin in actuality on Friday, Dec. 20 when (7) Notre Dame hosts (10) Indiana in what will be the initial first-round game in the history of the event, but there will be plenty written and said about the bracket over the ensuing two weeks.
What most want to know, of course, is which team is most likely to win the national title. Will it be (1) Oregon that becomes the first 17-0 team in college football history? Might (6) Penn State rebound from its slim Big Ten Championship Game loss to pick up a string of top-tier wins that have been uncommon historically under coach James Franklin? Could (3) Boise State or (4) Arizona State break through as unexpected teams receiving first-round byes despite some terrific performances throughout the season? Or might we see (2) Georgia, the only recent national title winner in the entire field, run through its three games to claim another crown?
With 134 FBS teams now whittled down to 12, all that’s left to do is actually make picks. Our CBS Sports experts did exactly that below. We’ve spent months on end watching, analyzing and projecting games, and now, we’ve now filled out our brackets using all that accumulated knowledge in an attempt to help guide you through your own picks.
Think of these as cheat sheets, if you will, as you make your own predictions ahead of the first expanded CFP kicking off later this month.
2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket picks
Dennis Dodd
A bit chalky from Dennis with Tennessee over Ohio State as the only real upset in the field. Penn State over Boise State is certainly a seed-level upset, but the Nittany Lions have…
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Author : Adam Silverstein
Publish date : 2024-12-09 19:29:00
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