The four-team College Football Playoff decade is done.
The 2024 NFL Draft marked the last class before a new era takes over in college football.
Conference realignment coincides with the expansion to 12 playoff teams, and with that the definition is going to change.
Take the four-team CFP era, for example. Six schools combined for 29 of 40 (72.5%) of those appearances.
That certainly was the benchmark for success, and those schools make up half of our list.
Sporting News ranked the top 12 programs of the CFP era.
These are the schools that will likely be the regulars in the 12-team playoff, and the list We used a formula that judges programs through eight categories:
Take the four-team CFP era, for example. Six schools combined for 29 of 40 (72.5%) of those appearances.
That certainly was the benchmark for success, and those schools make up half of our list.
Sporting News ranked the top 12 programs of the CFP era.
These are the schools that will likely be the regulars in the 12-team playoff, and the list We used a formula that judges programs through eight categories.
There is not much of a debate here.
The Crimson Tide had three national championships and eight playoff appearances in 10 seasons under Nick Saban.
The Crimson Tide were 127-14 – the only FBS program that won more than 90% of its games in the CFP era.
Alabama also produced the most NFL Draft picks (91) and Consensus All-Americans (27).
Derrick Henry, DeVonta Smith and Bryce Young won the Heisman Trophy from three different skill positions.
Saban retired after the 2023 season, which leaves a lofty standard for Kalen DeBoer to follow in the 12-team CFP era.
