NJDuck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted April 5 Our CBS Sports experts project who they think will be the last four teams standing in the College Football Playoff The NCAA Tournament will hit its climax this weekend with the Final Four, pitting the best teams in the nation against each other with a national championship on the line. Though it isn't quite as expansive as its basketball counterpart, the College Football Playoff is expanding to 12 teams for the 2024 season. So, though making the "Final Four" was once a given for teams that earned a berth in the previous format, a trip to the semifinals moving forward will involve playing through at least a couple of rounds. That creates an air of unpredictability around the College Football Playoff that we haven't yet seen. Predicting the final four College Football Playoff teams in 2024 season as postseason field expands - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Our CBS Sports experts project who they think will be the last four teams standing in the College Football Playoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph No. 2 Share Posted April 6 Chip, Shehan, Cam, and Will, to go along with your Mensa memberships, here's your super secret passcode to OBD. Picking Puddles for the CFB Final 4 evidences your profound intelligence and OBD is where you will find Puddles flying around and doing B1G things. Tom Fornelli - 3 SEC teams in the Final 4. There's always one guy who doesn't get the memo. Tom, CBS is no longer the SEC's broadcast buddy. Mickey Mouse has stepped into that role. One of Texas or LSU will have to be selected for the field after losing to UGA in the SEC champ game, right? Texas plays UGA in the regular season. Do you expect TX to win in Austin but lose to UGA in the champ game? How does LSU fit in as part of the SEC triumvirate? LSU misses both TX and UGA in the regular season. At least one of the 3 SEC teams will have at least 2 losses. Tom assumes that the loser of the SEC champ game will get the 5 seed. Why? The SEC champ will have a first-round bye. But will two 2 loss SEC teams be seeded in the top 8 and play first-round home games? Does LSU defeat Ole Miss, Bama at home, and A+M and Florida on the road? Also defeats USC and UCLA OOC and then loses the SEC champ game to UGA to go 12-1, right? After the Heisman winner leaves town? I think LSU is underrated and has a good shot at making the playoffs. But the final 4 along with UGA and Texas? BTW, Tom, you may be sure of 2024's best QB in CFB. I'm not sure. Are you handing it to Carson Beck, Quinn Ewers, or LSU's Nussmeier? BTW, 2, Tom. The SEC gets 3 spots in the Final 4 and you think an 8 conference game schedule might be put under a B1G microscope. Tom, it's not just you but I'm not feeling all of the love for a Texas team that lost a lot of production on offense, Are you certain that all of the portal WRs are going to cut it in Austin? Certain that the close wins in the B12 in 2023 will not be losses in the SEC? David Cobb, if Notre Dame makes the playoff field with a 12-game schedule when the conference champs and runner-ups will play 13 games; please see the 8 conference game remark above. These 4 predictions from these 6 guys are as good a guess as anyone will make. But if Oregon and Ohio State are both going to be in the field one of the two without a first-round bye will have a tough road, especially if not the 5 seed playing the G5 opponent at home in the first round. Last year based on the Committee's final ranking, if CFB had a 12-team playoff Oregon would have hosted Missouri in the first round. That would have been a tough game to win and also a very physical game. And the next game would not have been a piece of cake. Friend NJ, thanks for the post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph No. 3 Share Posted April 6 I think CFN's take on the teams that will make The Delightful Dozen and the seeding of said teams while not a Final 4 prediction will prove to be more accurate than any of the CBS writers boiling down the Final 4. As in the regular season 'scheduling' will matter in the 12-team playoff. Do you have a first-round bye? If not, do you host a first-round game or go on the road against a difficult opponent? Are you the No. 5 seed which means that you will likely play the G5 representative on your home field? As a No. 5 seed in 2023-24, you would have played Liberty. As a lower seed last season, Oregon would have hosted a hot Missouri team that defeated (an undermanned on O) Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. Win or lose, the Ducks would have been in a very physical first-round game. If you advance to the second round do you play one of the top two seeds, likely the B1G and SEC conference champions, or a 3 or 4 seed, ACC or B12 champ, likely to be seeded higher than as ranked by the Committee in its final rankings? IMO, preseason rankings that do not pay attention to a team's schedule are worthless. Tom Fornelli of CBS has 3 SEC teams in his Final 4, UGA, Texas, and LSU. Looking at the 2024 schedule these 3 play, one will have a first-round bye. The other two if both make the field will have a tough first-round game unless one captures the No. 5 seed and could play one another in the first-round. Until you know the makeup of The Delightful Dozen and the playoff seeding predicting a Final 4 is fun but it is a complete shot in the dark. https://collegefootballnews.com/rankings/college-football-playoff-top-25-rankings-prediction-2024-spring-what-will-expanded-cfp-be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
