ESPN's analysts make College Football Playoff predictions after Week 9
As each passing week goes by, we get closer to seeing which four schools are going to be in the college football playoff for this year.
ESPN has just updated their analysts’ picks for the playoff after this week and there’s not too many big surprises on it.
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All 14 analysts that made predictions have Alabama in their top four, and 11 of them actually have them at No. 1. The analysts also unanimously have Clemson and Ohio State in their top four as well.
After that, Notre Dame is in 11/14 top fours and they’re as high as No. 3 in Chris Low’s rankings.
In the rankings that didn’t have Notre Dame, Bill Connelly has Cincinnati at No. 4, David Hale with Texas A&M at No. 4, and Mark Schlabach with Georgia at No. 4.
We’ll have to see what these look like next week as Clemson travels to play Notre Dame. There’s surely going to be a shakeup from that game. Here’s the complete look:
Andrea Adelson: 1. Alabama, 2. Clemson, 3. Ohio State, 4. Notre Dame
Kyle Bonagura: 1. Alabama, 2. Clemson, 3. Ohio State, 4. Notre Dame
Bill Connelly: 1. Alabama, 2. Ohio State, 3. Clemson, 4. Cincinnati
Heather Dinich: 1. Alabama, 2. Clemson, 3. Ohio State, 4. Notre Dame
David M. Hale: 1. Alabama, 2. Ohio State, 3. Clemson, 4. Texas A&M
Sam Khan Jr.: 1. Clemson, 2. Alabama, 3. Ohio State, 4. Notre Dame
Chris Low: 1. Alabama, 2. Ohio State, 3. Notre Dame, 4. Clemson
Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Clemson, 2. Alabama, 3. Ohio State, 4. Notre Dame
Ivan Maisel: 1. Alabama, 2. Clemson, 3. Ohio State, 4. Notre Dame
Adam Rittenberg: 1. Alabama, 2. Clemson, 3. Ohio State, 4. Notre Dame
Alex Scarborough: 1. Clemson, 2. Alabama, 3. Ohio State, 4. Notre Dame
Mark Schlabach: 1. Alabama 2. Clemson 3. Ohio State 4. Georgia
Tom VanHaaren: 1. Alabama, 2. Clemson, 3. Ohio State, 4. Notre Dame
Dave Wilson: 1. Alabama, 2. Clemson, 3. Ohio State, 4. Notre Dame