The 2024 College Football Playoffs are set to kick off on Jan. 1 of the new year and it feels like we have the strongest field we’ve had to date.
The final four includes the Alabama Crimson Tide who make their eighth appearance in the 10 seasons of the playoffs as well as Michigan, Texas and Washington. Of the four teams, they have a combined total of two losses, one of which was Alabama’s, which came against Texas in Week 2.
The Michigan Wolverines are the odds-on favorite to win the national championship as they enter the playoffs undefeated and coming off of a 26-0 victory over Iowa in the Big Ten Championship and a 30-24 victory over Ohio State. However, Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide thrive in underdog moments like this.
A large reason that all four of these teams find themselves in the thick of the playoffs is because of the guy they have lined behind center. The margins shrink in the playoffs and it becomes imperative that you have a quarterback who isn’t going to be overwhelmed by the stage and make crucial mistakes, and I don’t think any of these guys will.