CFP forecasts: The race to the leading 4 is taking

Nov 17, 2023, 09:00 AM ET The College Football Playoff race stays reasonably open– eight teams have at least a 23% chance to reach the playoff, according to the Allstate Playoff Predictor– however things are beginning to come into focus as the design leans more greatly on the choice committee’s midweek rankings.There are now five groups with at least a 50 %possibility to reach the CFP: Georgia, Florida State, Ohio State, Michigan and Oregon. Alabama, Texas and Washington all have between a 20% and 30% opportunity to get in. ESPN Is Week 12 a needs to win for the Huskies?Pac -12 leader Washington(10-0, 7-0) has a crucial game this week on the road at Oregon State (8-2, 5-2). Here are the Huskies’chances to reach the CFP depending on Saturday’s outcome: Washington with a win:

32%Washington with a loss: 14% Washington has the

fifth-hardest remaining strength of schedule.Georgia’s Tennessee test Opportunity to send out teams to

CFP Conference 1 group 2 teams Huge 10 98 %33% SEC 87 %9 %Pac-12 75%ACC 71

%Huge 12 26%The Allstate Playoff Predictor has actually finally started to come around

on Georgia, but the Bulldogs do still have one significant regular-season test left : at Tennessee

this week.Here are the Bulldogs ‘chances to reach the CFP depending

on Saturday’s result

: Georgia with a win: 79%Georgia with a loss: 45%If Georgia were to win out in the regular season but lose to Alabama in the conference championship game, the Bulldogs would still have a 64 %opportunity to reach the CFP.Good, however not excellent, in part because Alabama

might remove Georgia’s spot. Georgia has the hardest remaining strength of schedule in part because of that championship game match.