We’re down to the last weekend of college football before the conference championship games and College Football Playoff selection. And since last week, there’s a newcomer among the top-4 teams with the best chances to make the playoff.
While Georgia, Ohio State and Michigan all won in Week 12, Tennessee — which previously had the fourth-best chance to make the playoff, according to ESPN’s Playoff Predictor formula — got destroyed by South Carolina and saw its playoff hopes vanish.
The Volunteers fell in the latest playoff rankings and dropped out of the top-4 teams with the best playoff chances. Undefeated TCU replaced them on this list in the No. 4 spot, and things are looking pretty good for the Horned Frogs right now.
So going into Week 13’s games, here’s a look at the top-10 teams with the best chances to make the College Football Playoff, along with their chances of advancing to the title game and winning it all, according to ESPN’s Playoff Predictor, as of Wednesday. The Playoff Predictor utilizes an algorithm that factors in the same considerations as the selection committee, such as strength of record, number of losses and conference championships (or independent status), along with the FPI.