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ESPN Model Predicts 2026 College Football Playoff's 12 Teams
Posted on 4/22/25 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 4/22/25 at 12:56 pm
The Spun by Athlon Sports
Top four seeds
Ohio State (Big Ten champion)
Alabama (SEC champion)
Clemson (ACC champion)
Kansas State (Big 12 champion)
The fifth conference champion
Boise State (Mountain West champion)
The next seven highest-ranked teams
Penn State
Georgia
Notre Dame
Oregon
Texas
Tennessee
Ole Miss
The final Top 12 seeds
1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. Clemson
4. Kansas State
5. Penn State
6. Georgia
7. Notre Dame
8. Oregon
9. Texas
10. Tennessee
11. Ole Miss
12. Boise State
Top four seeds
Ohio State (Big Ten champion)
Alabama (SEC champion)
Clemson (ACC champion)
Kansas State (Big 12 champion)
The fifth conference champion
Boise State (Mountain West champion)
The next seven highest-ranked teams
Penn State
Georgia
Notre Dame
Oregon
Texas
Tennessee
Ole Miss
The final Top 12 seeds
1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. Clemson
4. Kansas State
5. Penn State
6. Georgia
7. Notre Dame
8. Oregon
9. Texas
10. Tennessee
11. Ole Miss
12. Boise State
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Posted on 4/22/25 at 12:58 pm to TideSaint
Not terrible looking for preseason. I’d set the over/under at 6 for how many of those teams make it
Posted on 4/22/25 at 1:09 pm to TideSaint
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The final Top 12 seeds
1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. Clemson
4. Kansas State
5. Penn State
6. Georgia
7. Notre Dame
8. Oregon
9. Texas
10. Tennessee
11. Ole Miss
12. Boise State
So 5 of the 12 from the SEC? Impressive.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 1:11 pm to TideSaint
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10. Tennessee
11. Ole Miss
Every year
Posted on 4/22/25 at 2:09 pm to momentoftruth87
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momentoftruth87
Fun fact - Ole Miss largest victory over Arkansas was 63-31 and it occurred last year.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 2:22 pm to TideSaint
No Arkansas?
Posted on 4/22/25 at 2:25 pm to TideSaint
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11. Ole Miss
I have no idea what our defense will look like, so that's being rather generous. Our secondary is worrisome right now.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 2:30 pm to DarthRebel
The game where our qb, rb and linebacker were out? Nice win and congrats on not making the playoff like Arkansas 
Posted on 4/22/25 at 2:34 pm to TideSaint
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Alabama (SEC champion)
Well this will make it entertaining.
I love when people just get so deeply paradigmed they just absolutely cannot fathom or mentally process anything other than their programmed norm.
tDecline. And stuff like this will make me laugh 10 times harder.
Bama will be one tick above mid-tier SEC this year.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 2:41 pm to TideSaint
This will suck donkey balls if 9/12 who made it in '24 make it in '25.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 2:47 pm to MtVernon
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Bama will be one tick above mid-tier SEC this year.
And what do you base this prediction on?
Posted on 4/22/25 at 2:49 pm to momentoftruth87
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The game where our qb, rb and linebacker were out?
Your QBs were great against us that day (21/28, 365 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT).
Y'all just couldn't stop us from scoring.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 2:50 pm to DarthRebel
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Fun fact - Ole Miss largest victory over Arkansas was 63-31 and it occurred last year.
I had people fly in from all over for that game. I let them decide between the Tennessee game and Ole Miss.
They chose…poorly.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 3:26 pm to Sus-Scrofa
Hindsight is 20/20 because, in fairness, we never beat y'all like that and our games with y'all are usually nail-biters.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 3:40 pm to Tornado Alley
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This will suck donkey balls if 9/12 who made it in '24 make it in '25.
These things are absolutely stupid... The top 5 SEC teams all break in new starting QBs? GTFOH....
Posted on 4/22/25 at 3:50 pm to TideSaint
No way Bama is #2, lost too much and new QB and on the road in Athens which they have never done under Kirby
I think they are on the outside looking in once again unfortunately
I think they are on the outside looking in once again unfortunately
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:01 pm to Dawg4Life47
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lost too much
What? 14 returning starters (6 on offense and 8 on defense), which is more than UGA. Plus, a whole bunch of rotational guys are back (e.g., Geno VanDeMark, Justin Jefferson, Olaus Alinen, etc.).
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new QB
Everyone on tRant told us Milroe sucked, so wouldn't that be a positive thing? Plus, UGA has a new QB too.
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and on the road in Athens
Bama did struggle on the road last year, I'll give you that.
So, sure, you could argue there's no way Bama will be ranked #2 going into the CFP, but certainly not because of the reasons you mentioned.
This post was edited on 4/22/25 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:57 pm to TideSaint
No way Alabama wins the SEC.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 5:25 pm to rebeloke
They could be real good this year, but I don't think these people take into account the differences in the difficulty of SEC schedules.
Some teams have such an easy schedule, Bama would have to be great to win the SEC.
Some teams have such an easy schedule, Bama would have to be great to win the SEC.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 6:26 pm to Crimsonians
They put Tenn in there even without Nico? That's bold. Also, that would give us a penn state-boise st rematch from last playoff
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