We are on the doorstep of a couple of very important weeks in the 2023 college football season. There’s just two weeks of regular-season games and then the conference championship games before we get some tasty bowl and College Football Playoff matchups.
And while we are one week away from a very big week, there’s still five Power Five teams unbeaten. Ohio State, Georgia, Michigan, Florida State and Washington who seemingly have the inside track on making that four-team playoff. Behind them, Oregon, Texas and Alabama are ready to pounce should any above them stumble.
But that’s bound to change as we head down the stretch with some head-to-head matchups and quality opponents coming up.
We like to follow ESPN to see what its playoff predictor” says about the teams that have the best change to get into all of the fun, and that model has been updated heading into Week 12. Of course, we’re interested in where Ohio State lands, but we’ve also got our attention focused on the other teams that could impact the Buckeyes’ chances of making the very last, four-team version of the College Football Playoff.
Here’s a look at the teams that have the best chance of making the CFP and where Ohio State lands as we enter the home stretch in Week 12. We count down the top 10 teams from the least to greatest chance of heading to New Orleans or Pasadena.