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    College Football Playoff Top 25 Final Rankings Preseason Prediction: Projecting the Top 12

    By Pete Fiutak,

    1 day ago

    And you thought people got into a twist over Florida State being left out of the top four in last year's final of College Football Playoff final rankings, wait until you get a load of this season.

    What will the final College Football Playoff top 25 rankings be this season? More importantly, what will the top 12 be? To drill down even further, what will the top 11 be, and who'll be that 12th team from the Group of Five champion pool - if it doesn't already make the top 12, and ...

    Lost yet? REALLY fast ...

    The top five ranked conference champions are automatically in with the top four out of that group being 1-4. Here's the problem - a champion doesn't have to be ranked in the top four to get a top four seed and a first round bye.

    Notre Dame can't get a top four seed, but it can finish anywhere in the final College Football Playoff rankings.

    A fifth champion could be ranked low, or not at all, and get that 12 seed. With all of that said ...

    These are the predicted final College Football Playoff rankings and NOT the 12 seeds for the actual CFP.

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    Nov 25, 2023; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Utah Utes run onto the field against the Colorado Buffaloes at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

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    College Football Playoff Final Rankings Prediction

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    101-134 | 76-100 | 51-75 | 26-50
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    25 Arizona

    Predicted Final Record: 8-4
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    24 Louisville

    Predicted Final Record: 8-4
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    23 Missouri

    Predicted Final Record: 8-4
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    22 Washington

    Predicted Final Record: 8-4
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    21 Oklahoma State

    Predicted Final Record: 9-3
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    20 NC State

    Predicted Final Record: 9-3
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    19 USC

    Predicted Final Record: 9-3
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    18 LSU

    Predicted Final Record: 9-3
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    17 Boise State

    Predicted Final Record: 11-2
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    16 Memphis

    Predicted Final Record: 11-2
    Predicted Final CFP Seed: 12
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    15 Clemson

    Predicted Final Record: 9-4
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    14 Kansas State

    Predicted Final Record: 9-4
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    13 Oregon

    Predicted Final Record: 9-3
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    12 Tennessee

    Predicted Final Record: 9-3
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    11 Texas A&M

    Predicted Final Record: 9-3
    Predicted Final CFP Seed: 11
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    10 Penn State

    Predicted Final Record: 10-2
    Predicted Final CFP Seed: 10
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    9 Ole Miss

    Predicted Final Record: 10-2
    Predicted Final CFP Seed: 9
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    8 Michigan

    Predicted Final Record: 10-3
    Predicted Final CFP Seed: 8
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    7 Texas

    Predicted Final Record: 10-2
    Predicted Final CFP Seed: 7

    6 Alabama

    Predicted Final Record: 10-3
    Predicted Final CFP Seed: 6
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    5 Florida State

    Predicted Final Record: 11-2
    Predicted Final CFP Seed: 4
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    4 Notre Dame

    Predicted Final Record: 10-2
    Predicted Final CFP Seed: 5
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    3 Utah

    Predicted Final Record: 11-2
    Predicted Final CFP Seed: 3
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    2 Ohio State

    Predicted Final Record: 13-0
    Predicted Final CFP Seed: 2
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    1 Georgia

    Predicted Final Record: 13-0
    Predicted Final CFP Seed: 1
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    CFN Preview 2024 Rankings
    101-134 | 76-100 | 51-75 | 26-50
    11-25 | Top 10 | @ColFootballNews
    CFN Preview of All 134 Teams

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