The new 12 team College Football Playoff begins this season. The teams selected will be the five highest ranked conference champions and seven at large slots. The top four will almost certainly come from the P4 leagues with the last automatic bid coming from the G5. The top four teams will get a 1st round bye. The seven at large will be strictly resume based, and can come from any team in any conference. It's assumed that most, if not all, at large slots will come from the 35 teams in the 'Power 2', the SEC, Big Ten + Notre Dame. The 'Longshots' category means a team can either still win their conference, or still play their way into an at-large bid. These are record based only, I'm still working on a model for a resume profile that includes SOS and best wins.
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Alabama Crimson Tide (0-0)
Arkansas Razorbacks (0-0)
Auburn Tigers (0-0)
Florida Gators (0-0)
Georgia Bulldogs (0-0)
Illinois Fighting Illini (0-0)
Indiana Hoosiers (0-0)
Iowa Hawkeyes (0-0)
Kentucky Wildcats (0-0)
LSU Tigers (0-0)
Maryland Terrapins (0-0)
Michigan Wolverines (0-0)
Michigan State Spartans (0-0)
Minnesota Golden Gophers (0-0)
Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0)
Missouri Tigers (0-0)
Nebraska Cornhuskers (0-0)
Northwestern Wildcats (0-0)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0-0)
Ohio State Buckeyes (0-0)
Oklahoma Sooners (0-0)
Ole Miss Rebels (0-0)
Oregon Ducks (0-0)
Penn State Nittany Lions (0-0)
Purdue Boilermakers (0-0)
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (0-0)
South Carolina Gamecocks (0-0)
Tennessee Volunteers (0-0)
Texas Longhorns (0-0)
Texas A&M Aggies (0-0)
UCLA Bruins (0-0)
USC Trojans (0-0)
Vanderbilt Commodores (0-0)
Washington Huskies (0-0)
Wisconsin Badgers (0-0)
Arizona Wildcats (0-0)
Arizona State Sun Devils (0-0)
BYU Cougars (0-0)
Baylor Bears (0-0)
Boston College Eagles (0-0)
California Golden Bears (0-0)
Cincinnati Bearcats (0-0)
Clemson Tigers (0-0)
Colorado Buffaloes (0-0)
Duke Blue Devils (0-0)
Florida State Seminoles (0-0)
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (0-0)
Houston Cougars (0-0)
Iowa State Cyclones (0-0)
Kansas Jayhawks (0-0)
Kansas State Wildcats (0-0)
Louisville Cardinals (0-0)
Miami Hurricanes (0-0)
NC State Wolfpack (0-0)
North Carolina Tar Heels (0-0)
Oklahoma State Cowboys (0-0)
Pittsburgh Panthers (0-0)
SMU Mustangs (0-0)
Stanford Cardinal (0-0)
Syracuse Orange (0-0)
TCU Horned Frogs (0-0)
Texas Tech Red Raiders (0-0)
UCF Knights (0-0)
Utah Utes (0-0)
Virginia Cavaliers (0-0)
Virginia Tech Hokies (0-0)
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (0-0)
Washington Huskies (0-0)
West Virginia Mountaineers (0-0)
Wisconsin Badgers (0-0)
Air Force Falcons (0-0)
Akron Zips (0-0)
App State Mountaineers (0-0)
Arkansas State Red Wolves (0-0)
Army Black Knights (0-0)
Ball State Cardinals (0-0)
Boise State Broncos (0-0)
Bowling Green Falcons (0-0)
Buffalo Bulls (0-0)
Central Michigan Chippewas (0-0)
Charlotte 49ers (0-0)
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (0-0)
Colorado State Rams (0-0)
Delaware Blue Hens (0-0)
East Carolina Pirates (0-0)
Eastern Michigan Eagles (0-0)
Florida Atlantic Owls (0-0)
Florida International Golden Panthers (0-0)
Fresno State Bulldogs (0-0)
Georgia Southern Eagles (0-0)
Georgia State Panthers (0-0)
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (0-0)
Jacksonville State Gamecocks (0-0)
James Madison Dukes (0-0)
Kennesaw State Owls (0-0)
Kent State Golden Flashes (0-0)
Liberty Flames (0-0)
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (0-0)
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (0-0)
Marshall Thundering Herd (0-0)
Massachusetts Minutemen (0-0)
Memphis Tigers (0-0)
Miami (OH) RedHawks (0-0)
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (0-0)
Missouri State Bears (0-0)
Navy Midshipmen (0-0)
Nevada Wolf Pack (0-0)
New Mexico Lobos (0-0)
New Mexico State Aggies (0-0)
North Dakota State Bison (0-0)
North Texas Mean Green (0-0)
Northern Illinois Huskies (0-0)
Ohio Bobcats (0-0)
Old Dominion Monarchs (0-0)
Oregon State Beavers (0-0)
Rice Owls (0-0)
Sacramento State Hornets (0-0)
Sam Houston Bearkats (0-0)
San Diego State Aztecs (0-0)
San José State Spartans (0-0)
South Alabama Jaguars (0-0)
South Florida Bulls (0-0)
Southern Miss Golden Eagles (0-0)
Temple Owls (0-0)
Texas State Bobcats (0-0)
Toledo Rockets (0-0)
Troy Trojans (0-0)
Tulane Green Wave (0-0)
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (0-0)
UAB Blazers (0-0)
UConn Huskies (0-0)
UL Monroe Warhawks (0-0)
UNLV Rebels (0-0)
UTEP Miners (0-0)
UTSA Roadrunners (0-0)
Utah State Aggies (0-0)
Washington State Cougars (0-0)
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (0-0)
Western Michigan Broncos (0-0)
Wyoming Cowboys (0-0)
There are currently 70 Group of Five contenders for the G5 CFP Bid.
Power Four teams in the last column still could technically win their conference so we can't quite rule them out yet.
As of week 1, 0 teams have already been eliminated, 0 Power Four teams and 0 Group of five teams.
Power 5 Teams contenders by Conference - ACC: 17 Big Ten: 18 Big 12: 16 SEC: 16
Group of 5 contenders by Conference - AAC: 14 MWC: 10 Conf USA: 10 MAC: 13 Pac 12: 8 Sun Belt: 14 Independents: 1
Power 5 Teams Longshots by Conference - ACC: 0 Big Ten: 0 Big 12: 0 SEC: 0
