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Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff Writer
The defining attribute of the 2024 school soccer season so far? Parity on the prime. We head into the postseason with eight groups separated by simply 3.1 factors atop the SP+ rankings. This 12 months’s prime crew in SP+ would have ranked fourth in 2023 and fifth in 2022.
It’s a hell of a time to increase the College Football Playoff, then! Six of these eight barely separated groups made the first-ever 12-team CFP area, and per SP+ nobody begins out with a greater than 20.4% title probability. With three or 4 video games remaining, this 12 months’s champion nonetheless has time to separate itself from the pack, however for now the 2024 season seems unlikely to provide probably the greatest groups of the CFP period.
All that mentioned, it’s as soon as once more time to rank each playoff crew of the CFP period, a practice we’ll proceed though the variety of groups has tripled and people from this 12 months account for practically one-quarter of the listing. This period has produced some unbelievable groups. Where does 2023 Michigan rank after its undefeated nationwide title run? How excessive can the 2024 champion rise? Let’s dive in.
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CFP matchup: Peach Bowl vs. Texas or Clemson
As late as Week 12, Arizona State’s playoff odds have been 2.9%, in keeping with the Allstate Playoff Predictor. But Kenny Dillingham’s Sun Devils beat three of the Big 12’s 4 finest groups as a part of a six-game profitable streak, charging into and capturing the Big 12 championship sport. With working again Cam Skattebo main the best way, the Sun Devils are bodily and assured, however they are going to be underdogs from right here.
