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Predicting the College Football Playoff committee's top-12 teams in the first rankings of 2024
Predicting the College Football Playoff Committee's Top-12 Teams in the First Rankings of 2024
2023 was a wild college football season so it's time to look ahead to 2024
The 2023 college football season is in the books, and it was a wild one. TCU and Michigan made surprising runs to the College Football Playoff, while traditional powerhouses like Alabama and Ohio State stumbled down the stretch.
With the 2024 season just around the corner, it's time to start looking ahead and predicting which teams will make the College Football Playoff.
Here are 12 teams that could be in the mix for a playoff spot in 2024:
- Alabama: The Crimson Tide are always a contender, and they'll be looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2023 season.
- Georgia: The Bulldogs are the defending national champions.
- Ohio State: The Buckeyes are always a threat to win the national championship.
- Michigan: The Wolverines made a surprising run to the College Football Playoff in 2023, and they'll be looking to build on that success in 2024.
- TCU: The Horned Frogs made a Cinderella run to the College Football Playoff in 2023, and they'll be looking to prove that they're not a one-year wonder.
- Penn State: The Nittany Lions are a rising program, and they'll be looking to make a statement in 2024.
- Utah: The Utes are a consistent contender in the Pac-12, and they'll be looking to make a run at the College Football Playoff in 2024.
- USC: The Trojans are back on the rise, and they'll be looking to make a statement in the Pac-12 in 2024.
- Oklahoma: The Sooners are a traditional powerhouse
- Texas: The Longhorns are a sleeping giant, and they'll be looking to make a statement in the Big 12 in 2024.
- Clemson: The Tigers are a perennial contender, and they'll be looking to get back to the College Football Playoff in 2024.
- Florida: The Gators are a traditional powerhouse, and they'll be looking to make a statement in the SEC in 2024.
These are just 12 teams that could be in the mix for a playoff spot in 2024. The college football landscape is always changing, so it's impossible to say for sure which teams will make the playoff. However, these are the teams that are most likely to be in the conversation when the College Football Playoff committee releases its first rankings of 2024.