Washington football has doubters, but they can win the College Football Playoff.
The College Football Playoff is just a few days away and we have one of the most intriguing fields of the four team playoff era. The four teams that are still alive and competing for a national championship are #1 Michigan football, #2 Washington football, #3 Texas football and #4 Alabama football. However, we didn’t get here without a little bit of drama and controversy. For the first time in the four team playoff era, we saw an undefeated power five conference champion get left out of the playoff. Florida State finished 13-0 and won the ACC, but because of an injury to quarterback Jordan Travis, the Seminoles were left out, and one-loss conference champs Alabama and Texas got in instead. Michigan and Washington are also undefeated conference champions, and they were the two trams that were locks to make it heading into selection Sunday.
So, that’s how we got here, and now it’s almost time to play the games. Everything will get kicked off on Monday (New Year’s Day) and then the national championship will be one week later on January 8th.
The stage is set for the College Football Playoff, but who will end up hoisting the national title trophy on January 8th? According to the odds, it will be Michigan. The Wolverines have the best odds to come out on top and win the national title, which makes sense, they are the #1 team in the country and they are an undefeated power five conference champion. However, the other undefeated power five conference champion, Washington, has the worst odds to win the national title. Alabama isn’t too far behind the Wolverines as they have the second best odds, and Texas is behind them for the Huskies round out the group. It’s a bit surprising to see, but that’s how it is.
