COLUMBUS, OH - NOVEMBER 09: Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day reacts from the sideline during a game against the Maryland Terrapins at Ohio Stadium on November 9, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State defeated Maryland 73-14. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)There’s only one week left for teams to make their case for the College Football Playoff: Conference Championship Weekend.
Heading into this weekend, it looks like there are only a handful of teams remaining with a realistic shot at the national title.
ESPN’s Playoff Predictor has analyzed the College Football Playoff odds of every team and found that only three teams appear to be locks: Ohio State, Clemson and LSU. Outside of them, there’s a four-way race between Georgia, Utah, Oklahoma and Baylor.
Here are the teams with the best College Football Playoff odds, ranked by ESPN’s Playoff Predictor:
- Ohio State: 98% chance to make playoff, 39% chance to win title
- Clemson: 94% chance to make playoff, 29% chance to win title
- LSU: 92% chance to make playoff, 19% chance to win title
- Georgia: 53% chance to make playoff, 8% chance to win title
- Oklahoma: 37% chance to make playoff, 3% chance to win title
- Utah: 9% chance to make playoff, <1% chance to win title
- Baylor: 8% chance to make playoff, <1% chance to win title
- Wisconsin: 5% chance to make playoff, <1% chance to win title
- Florida: 3% chance to make playoff, <1% chance to win title
- Alabama: <1% chance to make playoff, <1% chance to win title
Of the 10 teams on the list, only eight of them are playing on Championship Weekend.
Florida and Alabama will have a tough time getting in even with the most chaotic of all possible results.
Who do you think will make the College Football Playoff?
