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Predicting Power Five teams to make College Football Playoff in 2024

Does Texas make it in our 2024 College Football Playoff predictions?

The College Football Playoff semifinal games were decided on Monday. Regardless of which team you support, it was perhaps the most entertaining semifinal round since the first one in 2014.

The Texas Longhorns participated in the four-team playoff for the first time this season. It was the final four team tournament before it expands to 12 teams in 2024.

We feel good about the Longhorns’ chances of making it into a 12-team playoff next season. Texas has a strong proof of concept after going 12-2, winning the Big 12 title and shellacking Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Even so, the task ahead is daunting: Its first SEC schedule with a trip to face the Michigan Wolverines in nonconference play.

Let’s predict which 10 teams from the Power Five will be included in the 12-team playoff.

Texas Football: Bowl season proves playoff expansion is necessary

The BCS could never give a postseason like this.

TCU is going to the National Championship. After many argued the Horned Frogs were undeserving of a playoff spot, Sonny Dykes’ team defeated the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines.

Michigan dominated all season, including their regular season finale against No. 4 Ohio State. Many thought Saturday’s game would bring more of the same for Jim Harbaugh’s team. TCU shocked the college football world.

In the following game, Georgia had to come from behind after being shredded for most of the game. If not for a missed field goal, the No. 1 Bulldogs would be watching the championship with No. 2 Michigan in front of a television at home.

Bowl season produced more impressive finishes. No. 5 Alabama looked like a national championship contender against No. 9 Kansas State. The Crimson Tide was not afforded the opportunity to compete for a title.

No. 16 Tulane upset the No. 10 USC Trojans, once again illustrating teams have to show up and play each game.

We’ll never know who would eventually be crowned champions if the 2022 playoff had more than four teams. The issue needs to be remedied moving forward.

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