Tuesdays with Gorney: Prediction for next season’s College Football Playoff

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With Ohio State winning the national championship over Notre Dame on Monday night, it’s now time to focus on the 12-team playoff for next season.

In today’s Tuesdays With Gorney, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney takes his shot to seed the 12 teams that will fill the College Football Playoff bracket next season.

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1. TEXAS

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It’s Arch Manning time in Texas as the former No. 1 overall prospect has patiently waited for two seasons behind Quinn Ewers to finally take over the Longhorns. Texas will need to rebuild its offensive line but the Longhorns have some elite players to plug the holes, a stable of phenomenal running backs that will take some pressure off Manning and while the Longhorns need to find some new receivers, there are some good ones coming back and great ones coming in this recruiting class.

The defense should be phenomenal with five-stars Colin Simmons and Anthony Hill and high four-star CB Malik Muhammad leading the way.

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2. OHIO STATE

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Will Howard is off to the NFL but it feels like Ohio State might actually be upgrading at quarterback because former five-star Julian Sayin is expected to take over. Sayin is so mature and talented at the position.

There might be some bumps in the road but bringing in transfer RB CJ Donaldson and having five-star receivers Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate along with…


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