Previous iterations of the College Football Playoff delivered their share of controversies, most notably in 2023 when an undefeated power conference champion in Florida State missed the four-team field altogether. The 12-team era promises to alleviate some of the past gripes with the selection committee, but there will always be a bubble for at-large selections, and the addition of automatic bids to the mix also creates potential chaos scenarios.
What if dark-horse conference title candidates pull off upsets in their respective leagues and secure first-round playoff byes? What if a one-loss power conference team misses the cut in favor of a two-loss squad? All of these havoc-wreaking possibilities could come to reality before long.
Using the most popular dark-horse conference championship picks to create the playoff’s top four seeds, the potential 2024 CFP bracket becomes one riddled with chaos, where UCF earns a better seed than Ohio State.
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Here is an example of just how chaotic the College Football Playoff could be if the 2024 season goes awry: