The rules changed back in 2014, when things switched from the Top 2 ranked teams in the nation facing off for the championship, to the Top 4 ranked teams -- decided on by a different committee -- competing in a 1-4, 2-3 bracket to decide who faces off fo the National Title.

Right off the bat, pick Alabama to make the CFP no matter what the odds are. The Crimson Tide have made the Playoff in seven of the eight years that the Playoff has existed.