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The beauty of a postseason tournament is that anyone can win — at least in theory. The College Football Playoff embarks into its first year with an expanded, 12-team format this week following one of the more chaotic regular seasons in recent memory. The question now is whether that chaos will trickle into the postseason.
The lowest-rated team in the CFP has won only twice — No. 4 Ohio State (2015) and No. 4 Alabama (2018) 00 but the No. 1 team has only four titles in the 10-year era of the four-team CFP, including three of the last four. Parity, however, has grabbed hold of the sport as the transfer portal and NIL money has helped spread talent more evenly across the country.
Now, with on-campus games in the first round for the first time in FBS history and the top four seeds (conference champions) sitting at home on a bye, the new-look CFP wipes the slate clean of expectations. The season starts anew Friday night with No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame.
The 2024-25 iteration of the playoff features the nation’s four best defenses and four of the top six offenses. It’s legitimately the best of the best with only some questioning whether ACC runner-up SMU deserved a spot over Alabama in the field, and three-loss Clemson jumping the pecking order from No. 16 to No. 12 thanks to an ACC title.
Who can win? Well, everyone has a shot. Let’s examines how and why each of the 12 participants can advance to Atlanta and win the national title on Jan. 20, 2025.
(1) Oregon: Perfectly balanced like a champion
Oregon has the…
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Author : Brandon Marcello
Publish date : 2024-12-17 14:26:00
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