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Which Teams Will Make The College Football Playoff?
Ralph Russo, formerly of the Associated Press and now at The Athletic, researched how many teams from the preseason AP Top 25 would have made the College Football Playoff in each of the 10 years before the playoff expanded in 2024. Here's what he found. On average, the CFP field would have consisted of:
4 of the top-5 teams in the preseason AP Poll
2 of the teams ranked from 6-10 in the preseason AP Poll
2 of the teams ranked from 11-20 in the preseason AP Poll
1 of the teams ranked from 21-25 in the preseason AP Poll
3 teams not ranked at all in the preseason AP Poll
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