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Halfway through the college football season, preseason No. 1 Georgia has yet to put together a complete game and perennial power Alabama is still looking to get back on track from stunning loss to Vanderbilt under first-year coach Kalen DeBoer.
Preseason No. 7 team Notre Dame suffered an inexplicable home loss to Northern Illinois, and a much-anticipated season for Ole Miss has been derailed by a pair of SEC losses. Preseason top-10 teams such as Michigan and Florida State have taken a step (or several steps) back, and predicted Big 12 champion Utah has hit the skids.
Meanwhile, schools such as Iowa State, Indiana, BYU and Pitt are unbeaten, as are both Army and Navy. It’s been both chaotic and cathartic. Amid the mayhem of conference realignment, college football’s on-field product is delivering with unexpected storylines and a level of parity that has infused drama and uncertainty into how the field will look for the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff.
CBS Sports opens each season with our staff breaking down its picks for the College Football Playoff, national champion, Coach of the Year and Heisman Trophy winner. But we are human, and even we can get things wrong. There was even a shakeup in our All-America selections on our midseason team.
That’s why we’re back at the halfway point of the season with a handful of second-chance expert picks. Here’s how we believe the rest of the 2024 college football season will play out.
College Football Playoff predictions
Top four conference champions (first-round byes)
Rest of field (Nos. 5-12)
2024 national champion
Ohio State: Competitive depth and coaching are key to surviving the gauntlet that will be the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes…
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Author : Chip Patterson
Publish date : 2024-10-16 15:34:08
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