College Football Playoff picks after Week 1
It’s just Week 1, but it’s never too early to start forecasting who we’ll see in the College Football Playoff.Allstate Playoff Predictor How will Saturday’s leading games affect
the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current chances for the top 4? The Allstate Playoff Predictor has the responses. Examine back each week as the odds are upgraded following that week’s games. Playoff Picks Teams(Record )Votes Georgia(1-0)
15/15 Michigan
| ( 1-0) | 13/15 |
|---|---|
| Florida State | (1-0) |
| 13/15 Alabama(1-0)11/15 USC(2-0)3/15 Ohio | |
| State (1-0) | 3/15 |
| Oklahoma (1-0) | 1/15 |
| Washington(1-0 | )1/15 No team made a larger declaration in Week |
| 1 than the Florida State Seminoles, who turned a halftime deficit versus No. 5 LSU |
into a laugher. Quarterback Jordan Travis became the very first FSU player to toss for 4 goals and run for another because Jameis Winston in 2013. Travis’3 scoring connections with transfer pass receiver Keon Coleman have the eighth-ranked Seminoles appearing like a major playoff competitor in the eyes of the ESPN voters.Georgia began its run at the first college football three-peat since the 1930s by cruising past UT Martin 48-7. It was the Bulldogs’13th win by at least 30 points considering that the start of the 2021 season, the most in the FBS.Michigan’s run-heavy offense has actually earned it two consecutive wins over Ohio State, two straight Big Ten titles and two straight trips to the CFP. The Wolverines opened the season tossing against East Carolina, however.
Quarterback J.J. McCarthy passed for 280 lawns and ended up with an 86.7 %conclusion rate, the greatest in Michigan history (minimum 25 pass attempts ). Alabama is seeking to go back to the playoff after an unusual lack in 2015, and the Crimson Tide left to the ideal start. Jalen Milroe became the first quarterback in school history to toss for 3 goals and rush for 2 more in a single game.Ohio State’s
offense left to a bumpy start in the post-C.J. Stroud era. The Buckeyes, preferred by 30 points at Indiana, handled just 23 total points, and quarterbacks Kyle McCord and Devin Brown did not throw a touchdown pass. The defense did not have any such issues, allowing just a second quarter field goal.Here’s who ESPN’s college football authors would enact if the four-team playoff were held today.Andrea Adelson: Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, Alabama Blake Baumgartner: Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, Alabama Kyle Bonagura: Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, Alabama Costs Connelly: Florida State, Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma Heather Dinich: Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, Alabama David Hale: Georgia, Florida State, Ohio State, Michigan Chris Low:
Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, Alabama
Harry Lyles Jr.: Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, Alabama
Ryan McGee: Georgia, Ohio State, Alabama
, Washington Adam Rittenberg: Georgia, Michigan, Florida
State, Alabama Alex Scarborough: Georgia, Michigan, Florida State, Alabama Mark Schlabach: Georgia, Michigan, Florida State, USC Paolo Uggetti: Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, USC Tom VanHaaren: Georgia, Michigan, Florida State, Alabama Dave Wilson: Georgia, Michigan, USC, Florida State