{"id":436541,"date":"2026-09-15T11:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436541\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:30:16","slug":"college-football-playoff-predictions-whos-most-likely-to-make-the-field-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436541\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Playoff predictions: Who’s most likely to make the field"},"content":{"rendered":"


Week 2<\/a> was supposed to be about the high-profile SEC-Big Ten games: Oklahoma<\/a>–Michigan<\/a>and Ohio State<\/a>–Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While those two games proved entertaining in their own ways — the Wolverines won<\/a> a defensive battle with the Sooners and the Longhorns came back<\/a> from a 20-point deficit — the most impactful might be the Big Ten-Big 12 game: Oregon<\/a>–Oklahoma State<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Ducks, who routed the Pokes last season, were 23.5-point favorites. But behind 554 total yards<\/a> of offense from Drew Mestemaker<\/a> and the Cowboys’ offense, OSU pulled off the 39-31 win<\/a>. Oregon’s loss has knocked the Ducks out of the playoff projections.<\/p>\n

There is a long way to go until the College Football Playoff<\/a> selections, but these games will certainly be factors.<\/p>\n

Here are our experts’ top 12 College Football Playoff picks:<\/p>\n

Andrea Adelson: 1. Notre Dame 2. Texas 3. LSU 4. Miami 5. Texas A&M 6. Georgia 7. Indiana 8. Alabama 9. BYU 10. Ohio State 11. Ole Miss 12. Boise State<\/p>\n

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Notre Dame 2. Indiana 3. Texas 4. Georgia 5. Ohio State 6. LSU 7. Miami 8. Alabama 9. Texas A&M 10. Texas Tech 11. BYU 12. Boise State<\/p>\n

Bill Connelly: 1. Texas 2. Notre Dame 3. Georgia 4. LSU 5. Miami 6. Florida 7. Indiana 8. Alabama 9. BYU 10. Texas A&M 11. Mississippi State 12. Tulsa<\/p>\n

David Hale: 1. Notre Dame 2. Miami 3. LSU 4. Georgia 5. Texas 6. Ohio State 7. Indiana 8. Texas A&M 9. Ole Miss 10. BYU 11. USC 12. Boise State<\/p>\n

Eli Lederman: 1. Notre Dame 2. Miami 3. Georgia 4. Texas 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. Texas A&M 8. BYU 9. LSU 10. Oregon 11. SMU 12. Boise State<\/p>\n

Max Olson: 1. Texas 2. Miami 3. Notre Dame 4. Ohio State 5. Georgia 6. LSU 7. Indiana 8. Texas A&M 9. BYU 10. Alabama 11. USC 12. North Dakota State<\/p>\n

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Texas 2. Notre Dame 3. Georgia 4. Miami 5. LSU 6. Indiana 7. Ohio State 8. BYU. 9. Ole Miss 10. USC 11. Alabama 12. Boise State<\/p>\n

Alex Scarborough: 1. Notre Dame 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Georgia 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. LSU 8. Ole Miss 9. USC 10. BYU 11. Texas A&M 12. Boise State<\/p>\n

Mark Schlabach: 1. Texas 2. Georgia 3. Notre Dame 4. Indiana 5. Miami 6. LSU 7. Ohio State 8. BYU 9. Ole Miss 10. Texas Tech 11. Texas A&M 12. Boise State<\/p>\n

Jake Trotter: 1. Texas 2. Notre Dame 3. Miami 4. Georgia 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. LSU 8. BYU 9. Alabama 10. Ole Miss 11. Oklahoma State 12. Boise State<\/p>\n

Paolo Uggetti: 1.Texas 2. Georgia 3. Miami 4. Notre Dame 5. Indiana 6. LSU 7. Ohio State 8. BYU 9. USC 10. Ole Miss 11. Texas A&M 12. Boise State<\/p>\n

Dave Wilson: 1. Notre Dame 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Georgia 5. Indiana 6. Ohio State 7. LSU 8. BYU 9. USC 10. Texas A&M 11. Ole Miss 12. Boise Statebr\/]<\/p>\n

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