This is August and no game has been played, but it is not preventing ESPN’s college football reporters from predicting 12 schools that will start the college football playoffs in December.
Ohio State won the 12-Team bracket inaugurated last season, despite starting as number 8 seeds, showing that the playoff really gives new life to any team that attains entry.
There is a slight change in the format this year. The tournament will still join the top five conference champions and seven-big schools. But the top four seeds-and the first round to come with those seeds will not go to the four-ranked conference champions (last season Ooregan, Georgia, Bois State and Arizona State). This season the committee has gone directly into a seeding model, so four highest ranked schools in the final top 12 of the committee will get the top four seeds.
Next to the week, who chose our reporters here. Let the chase start:
Andrea Edelson: 1. Claimson 2. Pen State 3. Texas 4. LSU 5. Georgia 6. Ohio State 7. Notre Dame 8. Miami 9. Alabama 10. Iowa State 11. Nebraska 12. Bois State State State State.
Kyle Bonagura: 1. Texas 2. Pen State 3. Ohio State 4. Claimson 5. Georgia 6. Notre Dame 7. Alabama 8. Oregon 9. LSU 10. Arizona State 11. Miami 12. Bois State.
Bill Conline: 1. Pen State 2. Alabama 3. Texas 4. Ohio State 5. Georgia 6. Notre Dame 7. Texas A&M8. Cla with 9. Oregon 10. Bois State 11. Miami 12. Kansas State.
Heath Dinich: 1. Pen State, 2. Claimson, 3. Texas 4. LSU 5. Georgia 6. Ohio State 7. Notre Dame 8. Alabama 9. Miami 10. Oregon 11. K-STET 12. Bois State.
David Hell: 1. Ohio State 2. Texas 3. Claimson 4. Pen State 5. Notre Dame 6. Georgia 7. Oregon 8. LSU9. Texas A&M10. Kansas State 11. Miami 12. Toledo. Toledo.
Ellie Laderman: 1. Pen State 2. Texas 3. Claimson 4. Ohio State 5. Notre Dame 6. Alabama 7. Oregon 8. Georgia 9. Arizona State 10. LSU 11. Miami 12. Bois State.
Max Olson: 1. Texas. 2. Pen State. 3. Notre Dame. 4. Claimson. 5. Alabama. 6. Oregon. 7. Georgia. 8. Ohio State. 9. Texas Tech. 10. LSU. 11. Utah. 12. Bois state
Adam Ritenberg: 1. Texas 2. Pen State 3. Claimson 4. Georgia 5. Alabama 6. Ohio State 7. Notre Dame 8. Oregon 9. Miami 10. Iowa State 11. Bois State 12. Illinois.
Mark Shlabach: 1. Texas 2. Claimson 3. Pen State 4. Georgia 5. Ohio State 6. Alabama 7. Notre Dame 8. Oregon 9. Miami 10. LSU 11. Arizona State 12. Bois State.
Jake Trotter: 1. Texas, 2. Claimson, 3. Pen State, 4. LSU, 5. Ohio State, 6. Notre Dame, 7. Georgia, 8. Oregon, 9. Illinois, 10. South Carolina, 11. Texas Tech, 12. Balan. Lalan.
Paolo uggetti: 1. Ohio State, 2. Georgia, 3. Texas 4. Pen State 5. Notre Dame 6. Cla with 7. Oregon 8. LSU9. Arizona State 10. Miami 11. South Carolina 12. Bois State.
Dave Wilson: 1. Texas 2. Pen State 3. Claimson 4. Ohio State 5. Georgia 6. Notre Dame 7. Alabama 8. Oregon 9. LSU 10. Arizona State 11. Miami 12. Bois State.
