@@collegefootballwithsam yeah I think they would do better than what most people think but by talent wise we are not as elite from last year, but I think we’re still good enough to make the playoff
@@demetriusevans4139I agree, I love the NCAA tournament and baseball ⚾️ even, but I am counting the days till my Nittany Lions 🦁 open up at W. Virginia buddy!!! College football is the absolute best damn sport on planet earth 🌏!!! WE ARE
Well, you know I was one of the few non- Michigan fans who didn't underestimate them. I truly believe OSU and UM gets in. I think Oregon will lose to OSU and UM. If Ryan Day stays out of Chip Kellys way I think we win the Natty.
People are overrating Michigan. Jim Harbaugh leaving will have a bigger effect than most think. Michigan is not winning Big 10. Missouri is also not making the playoff.
Just a note on the 2022 Rose Bowl between Utah and OSU, Utah did not have more of their starters than OSU. Utah's secondary was decimated, they had an RB playing corner, Cam Rising went out with injury in the second half and their best D-lineman was playing with a broken rib. OSU had more of their production guys than Utah. Even with that legendary performance by N'Jigba and Stroud, they only won by 3 points on a game winning field goal. OSU still probably wins that playoff game but Utah would make it closer than most would imagine.
@@kevinchandler179 bro nobody afraid of Penn State😂 I think Penn State is a good team most years but with what OSU has No shoot they drop a single game
FINALLY someone with some common sense to realize my Longhorns are WAY overhyped this year despite all the losses (both internally and key players) and not a Queen sEwers fan whatsoever! Only thing I would change is we are not making the playoff at all...we are going 9-3 at best! Michigan, Owho and/or Georgia, and a game we always lose that we shouldn't (Florida, Kentucky, or even those damn Gaggies...)
In my updated video I do not have them making the CFP at all. I think the losses at DT are too much to bear, the secondary (while better) will still be bad, and Ewers is not consistent enough to beat elite defenses.
I don’t have any reservations about the 12 team playoff. It’s about time. I do have reservations about a 14 team playoff though. Just make it 16 if you’re going to 14.
16 team is ideal... 12 will work.,. But we'll see .. we will see how this year plays itself out..we will see.. I think an ACC team will win it all... But like I say we will see...we will see
That is an understandable opinion. I am going out on a limb and I am confident I have some evidence to back up my prediction, but we will not know if I am right or not until the end of the season. What are your 12-team CFP picks?
@@BrownieCFB That is a very intriguing bracket. Do you have a discord so we could talk more about how different our brackets are and also for potential channel collaborations?
Utah is a solid pick to win the Big 12 and earn a bye, but I think K-State has a really special player in Avery Johnson. His performance against NC State was impressive. Keep an eye on that team because I think they could make some noise in the postseason. Wouldn’t count Oklahoma State out of a bid, either. Mike Gundy has a habit of churning out solid seasons with some pretty unremarkable players.
You’re very confident in Michigan and I like it, admittedly I’m unsure about the Texas and Oregon games I keep flip flopping on who will win but you’ve convinced me Sam I’m now expecting to win those games lol.
The thing that no one seems to recognize is both Texas and Oregon will be facing better defenses and more of them by joining their new conference. This has not been taken into account as it should. It is one thing how a team looks but by November we could see unexpected injuries and teams getting beaten up.
Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, USC all have new quarterbacks!!!! How do you know all of them will be fine and win and have great success? Lol
UM is not winning the B1G this year, I think it’s 50/50 OSU ORE However I am higher on Michigan than most even as a buckeye, and I think they will easily be in
@@garythegroundhog5967 I agree. I feel OSU at 1 and Oregon at 2, Michigan or Penn State at 3 this year. I could easily see an 8-4 or 9-3 season this year, but have hope for a 10-2 playoff appearance. Michigan loses a ton and it’s just not realistic for them to be competing with other elite programs this year. In my opinion.
All winning one of the P4’s is going to get you is an automatic berth to an NY6 bowl game. Those aren’t home games and I disagree that they shouldn’t get that. Otherwise, what’s the point going forward of conference championship games if winning one means you have to play like a week or so later in a first round game?
They could make it in. I predict their ceiling this season is 10-2. With their schedule and that record, there is a chance. Though admittedly I could see an 8-4 or 9-3 season. Quite a bit of change going on at UM right now.
What bowl games do you project each team to go to? The four quarterfinals this season are the Rose, Fiesta, Sugar, and Peach Bowls. The semis are the Orange and Cotton Bowls. Well, if you have Georgia at #1, you’d think the Bulldogs would choose to play in the Peach Bowl in their home state. Michigan likely would want to save their fans money in case they advance to the semis, so they likely would go to the Sugar Bowl. Florida State likely would go to the Fiesta Bowl, and that would then put Utah in the Rose Bowl. Creating in your projections a Georgia-UND Peach Bowl, a Michigan-PSU Sugar Bowl, a Florida State-Oregon Fiesta Bowl, and a Utah-Ohio State Rose Bowl (a rematch of the 2022 Rose Bowl). The semifinals would prolly be Georgia-OSU in the Orange and Michigan-Oregon in the Cotton.
12 team playoff is 100% better than the 4 team playoff which was better than the BCS which was better than the AP. I have problems with conference champs not getting home playoff games, having a committee choose the at large teams based on whatever they feel like, and now the group of 5 getting an auto birth (with cincy, UCF, Houston, and smu joining the power 4, the group of 5 will have trouble putting up playoff quality teams)
It's fair to have more teams in the Playoffs!! Some Teams have a Much Harder Schedule & Some Teams have a Much Easier Schedule! This is Going to Cause Upsets & That's Fair!
If only we could have had the 12-team CFP last year. If the final CFP rankings stayed the same for both teams they would be in separate brackets and I bet they would have rematched for it all.
I think that for Penn state, it comes down to franklin. If he can prove that he can manage the game as a great coach, PSU can easily break through to the semi or even the final. Penn state is talented enough to win the Natty and the coordinators to. It comes down to Franklin. I love my Lions but I am reaching an area of concern with Franklin. I know we will never fire him. Because of him reaching Joe Pa levels of consistency but we must do something to get over the hump
I have watched Franklin find a way to lose too many games he should have won. When the chips are down, his decision making has cost that team. PS May have the talent, but it isn’t at coaching. My concern this year is at QB. Can Allar play to his potential when it matters?
You have a lot of faith in Drew Allar. In the limited games I watched of him last season I just don’t see it. In fact I think he is a liability. Maybe he has leveled up a ton this offseason. We’ll see.
Damn I’ve watched about 4-5 of your videos over the past 2 days I love college football like everyone else but I’m gonna say it YOU ARE CLEARLY A BIG10 FAN NO DOUBT ABOUT IT YOU HAVE NEBRASKA RANKED AT #13-15 preseason and Rutgers Iowa etc ranked higher than anyone else and you actually BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU’RE SAYING CONTENT CREATING IS WHAT YOU DO JUST A PIECE OF ADVICE DONT BE BIASED IN YOUR OPINION AND YOUR CHANNEL WILL GROW
Nebraska could easy be a 10 win team with a competent qb. If it wasn't for turnovers, poor qb play, and lack of weapons in wr room they would have beat every team besides michigan last year. And all of those issues have been arguably resolved.
@@strangedayz24 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Nebraska hasn’t been relevant since Eric Crouch went out getting folded up like a lawn chair against Miami in the National Championship the ORIGINAL BIG TEN before this season is so far behind offensively outside of OHIO ST PENN ST MICHIGAN its sad honestly
That’s not cool. That’s not what college football is about. Playing another top 5 team in the regular season is supposed to mean something. Conference championships are supposed to mean something
The Big Ten regular season winner should play the highest team in the conference the regular season champion did not beat. If Ohio State beats Michigan, Michigan shouldn’t get a second shot. If Ohio State beats Michigan, Penn State, and Oregon, OSU should play USC, Rutgers, or whoever is best they didn’t beat in the season.
Your thinking is flawed. I do like it, though. LMAO! I would love to see 3 Big Ten teams in the top 4 but... I think this is the year where we see Xichigan lose a game that they really shouldn't have. I also think that Oregon will slip up, too. It is getting about that time for my Buckeyes, too. Georgia may have the better offense against Ohio State... Ohio State may have the better defense. However, it would be very easy for the Bucks to have the better offense. Very easy for Georgia to have the better defense, too. I would love to see my Buckeyes get another shot at Georgia. Awesome stuff, Sam. We might need at least another one of these before the season starts. Things change... lol.
I could see Michigan lose to Texas, USC, Oregon, Northwestern (trap game before OSU), and/or Ohio State. I think Georgia and Ohio State are in their own league this year, but I give Georgia the edge because I think they have a better staff (particularly head coach and strength and conditioning), quarterback, and offensive line. There will certainly be updates to these predictions.
Love your videos Sam. Another great video. But I don’t agree about Michigan. They’re not going to be as dominant without their head coach, defensive coordinator, and starting quarterback from last year. Especially playing Ohio State, Texas, and Oregon they could easily loose two games
What most of you guys are missing is PJ Fleck. After playing Michigan, in a game that Michigan played 74/75 players that traveled to Minnesota: after comparing Michigan to a Boa Constrictor, Fleck said “that’s the best team I’ve seen in 11 years of being a head coach.” They would go on to prove him correct because NO TEAM in history could’ve done what they did. Love them or hate them, no one could go undefeated without their head coach for 6 games, all while dealing with the BS that they were cleared of, and win the Natty in the playoff era. Why? Because no team ever did it before. Because of that, they’ll forever go down in college football lore. Missouri, conversely truly lost everything and even with that soft schedule, it’ll be difficult to make the playoffs, imo for them. osu/Penn St/ Oregon will flex their muscles and show why the B1G is so tough. I think Bama will take a step back and Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and possibly LSU/Oklahoma will lead the SEC.
@@williamtatman2874 dont mind us losing few games as we lost our coach and best players yea you might be right this year we might lose to texas and ohio and possibly Oregon bit thats ok 1 year to figure things out is not a bad thing good thing we won yhe natty to tale pressure off a little
@@Beenman2210 that’s not even true based of numbers the only way a 9-3 team makes it in is if they win their conference championship or beat enough teams that made it in the playoffs to qualify
@@ItsdemontimeDarius what numbers lol? You realize a committee gets to determine the 6-11 seed. If Alabama goes 9-3 all we’ll hear on espn is that they were clearly one of the 12 best teams and had a brutal schedule.
Whoever gets left out is just going to further complain and you're not going to get a natty winner outside of the top 4 anyway. So the expansion is honestly pointless in my opinion.
Georgia wasnt in the top 4 and very easily could have won a natty last year, as could have a healthy FSU team. Ohio state could have won it last year (if UMICH didnt exist)
@@realtalk3567 because im speaking in uncertainties and likewise so are you, how would you know only the top 4 teams could win the natty? Heres how, bc only the top 4 have ever had the chance to. Thats how the CFB worked. Had last year been a 6 year playoff id easily take georgia over everybody outside of maybe UMICH, that includes alabama. Winning a game head to head ≠ being the better team
Damn Sam. If OSU ends up a 5 seed after all of the off-season moves and talent coming back, #fireryanday will pick up steam. Why? Because it probably means we lose to UM again. We'd BETTER make a run and win it all.
It would be frustrating for some. But that win over Michigan in the regular season will release a ton of pressure and a trip to the semifinals or National Championship Game will help prove that Ryan Day is the guy as well.
@@collegefootballwithsam Maybe a trip to the Natty game, but anything less than that and we're hunting him down. I live in Columbus and know the pulse. Those off-season moves and talent coming back was for a Natty. If he cannot win it with this much talent and motivation then he never will and we know it.
@@demetriusevans4139 That's good to know. Do you think Day should leave if he doesn't win it all this year, or is that just the sentiment you feel from your fellow Buckeye fans?
@@collegefootballwithsam in my opinion, if Ryan Day can learn to adapt to his CEO position we should Keep him 100%. Ik people say he's soft, especially during the Notre Dame and Lou Holtz ordeal but Sharon Moore literally burst into tears after the Penn State game but he got hardly any flack for that. Coaches showing emotion doesn't mean there soft in my opinion so I say keep Day!
I agree with you on Quin Ewers...disagree...Penn State could but won't beat Texas...agree Oregon beats MIichigan...my only issue with Ohio State is Ryan Day
The other thing with Michigan is it was a senior laden team last year. Way too many new, inexperienced players plus too many questions linger about the coaching staff. A new QB doesn’t help.
What is so good about OSU defense? They literally have stopped Michigan in the second half over the last 3 games, ONCE! How is that better than Georgia???
Lol. If 2023 Oregon's exact team was playing this season I would pick them to win the National Championship. I think this is going to be a down year in college football and a deep and experienced team like Oregon will be able to benefit from the chaos.
Sam Keaton Ellis ran out of eligibility, but it doesn't matter because he didn't matter, but K.J. Winston and J. Reed are the absolute best damn safety tandem in the nation!!!! WE ARE
So Liberty is going 🤔 to the Playoff. I like the Flames. Still they don't have a chance. Maybe they can beat an unprepared Power 5 team with opt outs in a Bowl Game. They can ruin undefeated season hopes for Coastal Carolina. Yet in a playoff Liberty is overmatched. I was thinking movie 🎬 rif a double digit seed wins the Playoff. If Liberty wins it all a miniseries could be spawned.
Liberty has the best shot, but they better hope they are the only undefeated team. If anyone from the AAC or MWC goes undefeated they will lose the spot as their SOS wont be even remotely close.
You forget that Utah LOST CAM RISING TO INJURY IN THAT GAME. Utah’s ENTIRE SECONDARY also was absent in that game, which lead to the insane games by C.J. Stroud and Jaxon Smith Njigba. Even with all of that, Ohio State needed a game winning drive and a game winning field goal at the end to win 48-45. Utah is going to be INSANELY talented on offense and defense this season. Don’t go back to some game 3 seasons ago as your benchmark for what will happen THIS YEAR. Seems a bit lazy to me. You have no idea how good either team is going to be.
Wait. Isn't Utah in the Pac-12? Lol. It is going to take me a while to get used to this. Of course I know about the Big Ten. The Big 12 will be a mess for me next year and I honestly don't know who joins those couple of Pac-12 teams that are still there.
Oregon State and Washington State have a schedule alliance with the MWC. They may try to poach the MWC teams in the future, but the MWC arguably now has more stability than the PAC and ACC. Their media contracts dont end until 2025, and a lot of the MWC teams have a hate relationship with the PAC in general. Unless the PAC can somehow garuntee like a 3-5 increase on media deals long term Im not sure those teams join the PAC2 (especially considering even with how weak the PAC is they still are trying power moves on the MWC). For this next season I really dont see OSU or WSU winning more than 8 games. They are gonna go positive in records vs the MWC, but they play the hardest teams in the MWC all on the road, which even at a neutral or home site it wouldnt be easy to play the best of the MWC. I think Fresno State and Wyoming both sweep the PAC, Boise State, UNLV and Air Force Split them, and SDSU takes out WSU in a surprise. it will be an interesting year to see if the PAC has better records than the MWC champ. I dont think they survive the MWC conference record, but a lot of MWC teams play (yet again) ridiculous OOC schedules. If by some miracle a MWC team actually goes undefeated they are undeniably the G5 seed, and they really should be like a 6th seed at worst. That conference has OOC road games against Michigan, Oregon, Texas, Wisconsin, NC State, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Iowa, UNC, Louisville, UCLA, USC, Washington, and KState.
@collegefootballwithsam We gotta keep the lights on while you go to.... that.... school. Lol. I could be a Heisman member but I would still throw money at you here and then I'd be eating ramen. Lol. Love your stuff, Sam.
Predictions are like assholes, everyone has one!!! Lol 😂 It's not even close to the fall and everyone thinks they know what is going to happen!!! What about injuries, underachieving or super tough schedules??? WE ARE
This is exactly why you get rid of auto bids.. the big 12 champ will be worse than every team in the playoffs more years than not. Yet they get there participation trophy
I cannot trust someone who refuses to use the portal yet has average roster retention. We will know in Week 1 whether Clemson is a contender or not. Currently, I am more inclined to say that Georgia will use Clemson as a sounding board than Clemson will compete with Georgia.
@@armandhammer3782one time I joked with him last season and said it was going to be Iowa vs clemson in the anti and he went off in a changant about clemson and usc 😂
@@sfsinverted5175 Clemson Derangement Syndrome (CDS). It's common in people with the B1G bloodtype. It's particularly concentrated in certain regions of Ohio and Michigan.
Im wondering how Michigan wins the B1G when they are eplacijg coaches, players, and a head coach whose personality was bigger than life. Flip OSU and Michigan, and I can agree with your ranking. But that's why they play the games.
The same people screaming Michigan is overrated are the same people that said Michigan had no chance of winning a Natty when Sam called the 2023 season almost perfectly. Go Blue! Love the content Sam.
These are not comparable teams, the 2023 team is so much better than this current team, the ONLY way UMICH is a comparable team compared to last year is if alex orji is a stud and considering he hasnt even thrown a pass theres reason to be skeptical. The entire offense is a question mark
They might treat them like the Liberty plus they're also playing The Mountain West Conference so they can potentially be that other team that gets in instead of Liberty
Memphis will take that G5 spot! Who is on liberty schedule that has you penciling them in? And if Boise wins the mountain west and gets 2 out of 3 vs the beavers, wazzou, and at Oregon they will get in!
Ohio state is now looking like they have 3! Good QBs and Sayin is looking to be a stud, the kid lost his stripe super early. If your not a osu fan it means sayin popped off in practice and is doin the work, this kid wants to start he threads the ball to smith another insane freshman between Burke and SEC best Caleb downs. I’d be scared asf lol Ohio state easily has the best roster and they want to win.
lol Michigan is losing to Oregon’s and OSU. They will be a 10-12 seed. Ain’t no damn way they even sniff The big championship. Cmon now you can’t believe they will win the big 🤦♂️🤦♂️
I expect everything to play out like this expect for osu playing uga I think texas vs Utah then a 2nd rematch for uga and Texas with uga taking 2 out of the 3
Your Michigan biased is embarrassing! I get being a fan but come on. Every reason you said for Texas and Oregon being lower Michigan is WAY worse. New coaches lost their entire starting offensive line. Laughable
Every reason? So Texas is just automatically going to get better on defense despite losing a plethora of starters and depth pieces, and also not have a great defensive staff? And Oregon's defense is totally going to withstand physical offenses this year like they did with Washington's last year? Michigan has a ton of questions on offense and on parts of their staff, no doubt, but they are not worse in most categories compared to those two schools because their defense returns All-American players and several great second stringers, I cannot say the same for Oregon and Texas' defense.
@@collegefootballwithsam no but to assume Texas won’t be very good because of losing key pieces and not recognizing Michigan lost more is confusing. You brought up Texas’s wide receivers as a concern and I’d take them over Michigans any day. There are rumors of will jonson playing wide receiver done because of how mid Michigans wide receivers are.
Aren’t as good as their seed indicates IN YOUR BIASED OPINION. Guess what? Those teams can prove you wrong and prove that they were good enough by WINNING THEIR QUARTERFINAL GAMES, also known as the New Year’s FOUR. The concept of NY6 games is no longer really accurate because two of those former six aren’t going to be around New Year’s but a week after that.
Since first engaging with Michigan fans 20 years ago it was always entertaining to listen to their annual lunacy. I'm a UGA fan, through and through and I thought it would be fun to listen to a bit more but I have my limits. What sport are you talking about where you provide no proof, examples or logic to your thoughts? I know weed-smoking when I hear it and you've got a problem pal
Here is the updated of this video: th-cam.com/video/I9wotDWoI3Y/w-d-xo.html
Exactly, this guy show.. unreal . Putting Texas and Oregon low is insane . You can tell he is only a Michigan fan.
Absolutely the worst picks I've ever seen.
He's got Oregon beating Michigan & going to The Natty.
I really love your honest opinions on here even being a Michigan fan . But Michigan is wayyy to high ..Thanks Sam
You're welcome. I very well could be overrating Michigan, but I think this team will do better than most think.
@@collegefootballwithsam yeah I think they would do better than what most people think but by talent wise we are not as elite from last year, but I think we’re still good enough to make the playoff
They won't make it past Texas, Ohio State, or Oregon..
@@williamtatman2874 on paper yes. But I watch college football for more of the wow crazy things that can happen factor just like in baseball ⚾
He’s an um homer. Always elevate um. Thus skip his videos, he always elevates um.
Every day is a day closer to kickoff.
Amen. I am so excited for Georgia Tech vs Florida State and then we get Big Ten Football a few days after that.
Yes! Opening day is like a holiday to me. I ain't going to work, weddings, nothing lol
Amen.
@@demetriusevans4139I agree, I love the NCAA tournament and baseball ⚾️ even, but I am counting the days till my Nittany Lions 🦁 open up at W. Virginia buddy!!! College football is the absolute best damn sport on planet earth 🌏!!! WE ARE
What are your College Football Playoff predictions? Is there any controversy about the last teams in and the first teams out?
Well, you know I was one of the few non- Michigan fans who didn't underestimate them. I truly believe OSU and UM gets in. I think Oregon will lose to OSU and UM. If Ryan Day stays out of Chip Kellys way I think we win the Natty.
@@demetriusevans4139 Ohio State's biggest question is the OL. If they can field an elite OL this year, they will win it all.
@@collegefootballwithsam Well that bodes well because I think they'll be better. But I've already started crossing my fingers. Literally.
I'm thinking it will be OSU and the dawgs in the end
@@samuelpancake4084 That's a good prediction.
What features/information would you like to see in my summer prediction videos (Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12, and list ranking videos)?
People are overrating Michigan. Jim Harbaugh leaving will have a bigger effect than most think. Michigan is not winning Big 10. Missouri is also not making the playoff.
Saying with confidence mizzou wont make it is crazy, why u think that?
That’s a bold statement
Probably an Ohio State fan.
3 teams will finish above ttun
As a Michigan fan i know we lost alot but we can sneak in you never know my man
Just a note on the 2022 Rose Bowl between Utah and OSU, Utah did not have more of their starters than OSU. Utah's secondary was decimated, they had an RB playing corner, Cam Rising went out with injury in the second half and their best D-lineman was playing with a broken rib. OSU had more of their production guys than Utah. Even with that legendary performance by N'Jigba and Stroud, they only won by 3 points on a game winning field goal. OSU still probably wins that playoff game but Utah would make it closer than most would imagine.
OSU will be ranked 1 or 2😂 Michigan has zero chance to win the big😂😂 where you getting your info from….
Well, Ohio State comes to Happy Valley, so as a die hard Nittany Lions 🦁 fan, don't be too confident buddy!!! WE ARE
@@kevinchandler179 bro nobody afraid of Penn State😂 I think Penn State is a good team most years but with what OSU has No shoot they drop a single game
@OSU2010 OK, keep thinking that buddy!!! WE ARE
@@kevinchandler179Ohio states ugly step brother
FINALLY someone with some common sense to realize my Longhorns are WAY overhyped this year despite all the losses (both internally and key players) and not a Queen sEwers fan whatsoever! Only thing I would change is we are not making the playoff at all...we are going 9-3 at best! Michigan, Owho and/or Georgia, and a game we always lose that we shouldn't (Florida, Kentucky, or even those damn Gaggies...)
In my updated video I do not have them making the CFP at all. I think the losses at DT are too much to bear, the secondary (while better) will still be bad, and Ewers is not consistent enough to beat elite defenses.
I don’t have any reservations about the 12 team playoff. It’s about time.
I do have reservations about a 14 team playoff though. Just make it 16 if you’re going to 14.
Agree. The 14-team model is excessively complicated and too biased towards the Big Ten and SEC.
16 team is ideal... 12 will work.,. But we'll see
.. we will see how this year plays itself out..we will see.. I think an ACC team will win it all... But like I say we will see...we will see
Sorry Sam, but I don’t think Michigan makes the playoffs next year.
I think they will make the 12 team one but lose first round as a OSU fan
That is an understandable opinion. I am going out on a limb and I am confident I have some evidence to back up my prediction, but we will not know if I am right or not until the end of the season. What are your 12-team CFP picks?
@samuelpankonien4084 I think this outcome is more likely.
@@collegefootballwithsam Rigth now;
1. Oregon
2. Georgia
3. Clemson
4. Arizona
5. Ohio State
6. Texas
7. Ole Miss
8. Florida State
9. Penn State
10. Alabama
11. LSU
12. Tulane
@@BrownieCFB That is a very intriguing bracket. Do you have a discord so we could talk more about how different our brackets are and also for potential channel collaborations?
Utah is a solid pick to win the Big 12 and earn a bye, but I think K-State has a really special player in Avery Johnson. His performance against NC State was impressive. Keep an eye on that team because I think they could make some noise in the postseason.
Wouldn’t count Oklahoma State out of a bid, either. Mike Gundy has a habit of churning out solid seasons with some pretty unremarkable players.
1) Georgia
2) Ohio state
3) Miami
4) Utah
5) Oregon
6) Texas
7) ole miss
8) Penn state
9) notre dame
10) Alabama
11) Clemson
12) Memphis
I like that line up..but we will see..
You’re very confident in Michigan and I like it, admittedly I’m unsure about the Texas and Oregon games I keep flip flopping on who will win but you’ve convinced me Sam I’m now expecting to win those games lol.
The thing that no one seems to recognize is both Texas and Oregon will be facing better defenses and more of them by joining their new conference. This has not been taken into account as it should. It is one thing how a team looks but by November we could see unexpected injuries and teams getting beaten up.
Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, USC all have new quarterbacks!!!! How do you know all of them will be fine and win and have great success? Lol
Great take I’ll say the same thing
Not to mention new coaches at Washington, Michigan and Alabama
Good thing this is make believe Michigan will be lucky to make the playoffs
Don't really agree with the Osu ranking but I see your point. I would put Osu somewhere in the top 4 but again I'm biased 😉
I have Ohio State power rated ahead of Michigan, but I know that because of Michigan's Big Ten Championship the CFP committee will rank them higher.
UM is not winning the B1G this year, I think it’s 50/50 OSU ORE
However I am higher on Michigan than most even as a buckeye, and I think they will easily be in
@@garythegroundhog5967 I agree. I feel OSU at 1 and Oregon at 2, Michigan or Penn State at 3 this year.
I could easily see an 8-4 or 9-3 season this year, but have hope for a 10-2 playoff appearance. Michigan loses a ton and it’s just not realistic for them to be competing with other elite programs this year. In my opinion.
That's not bias.. Ohio State best team in big 10.. ahead of Oregon
All winning one of the P4’s is going to get you is an automatic berth to an NY6 bowl game. Those aren’t home games and I disagree that they shouldn’t get that. Otherwise, what’s the point going forward of conference championship games if winning one means you have to play like a week or so later in a first round game?
You’re so wrong !!!
Ok can you tell us why you think he’s wrong and what you think how it will go?
Move Michigan to 11, Oregon to 5, and OSU to 2
0 chance Michigan is in lol
For real!
They could make it in. I predict their ceiling this season is 10-2. With their schedule and that record, there is a chance.
Though admittedly I could see an 8-4 or 9-3 season. Quite a bit of change going on at UM right now.
Huh? Why Ohio state has no culture they are garbage
Osu lost to the national champs by 6, at their house. And osu (minus mhj) has gotten so much better this offseason. #5 is crazyyyyy
Yeah. We are gonna have some fun. Go, Bucks!
Go Buckeyes! Thank you for the $2, Chris.
You are WILDLY big ten biased.... U realize your prediction has 3 big ten teams in the final 4??? Your way to blind to have a prediction show. 😂😂😂
Maybe you should have done your playoff predictions after second portal window closes.
If Michigan can find a real starting QB in portal I can see them possibly as high as 2 seed now they probably not top 12 playoff team.
I will release an updated version of this video in the summer for sure, and earlier if I make changes.
How can u leave ole miss out of this
He gots liberty in there
Michigan at #2
Are you out of your mind
Too many changes at coaches and key positions
Does this guy sound like he knows the game of football?
And also I feel like Ohio State shouldn't be the number five seed
Michigan is loaded 🤡 clown
What bowl games do you project each team to go to? The four quarterfinals this season are the Rose, Fiesta, Sugar, and Peach Bowls. The semis are the Orange and Cotton Bowls. Well, if you have Georgia at #1, you’d think the Bulldogs would choose to play in the Peach Bowl in their home state. Michigan likely would want to save their fans money in case they advance to the semis, so they likely would go to the Sugar Bowl. Florida State likely would go to the Fiesta Bowl, and that would then put Utah in the Rose Bowl. Creating in your projections a Georgia-UND Peach Bowl, a Michigan-PSU Sugar Bowl, a Florida State-Oregon Fiesta Bowl, and a Utah-Ohio State Rose Bowl (a rematch of the 2022 Rose Bowl). The semifinals would prolly be Georgia-OSU in the Orange and Michigan-Oregon in the Cotton.
12 team playoff is 100% better than the 4 team playoff which was better than the BCS which was better than the AP. I have problems with conference champs not getting home playoff games, having a committee choose the at large teams based on whatever they feel like, and now the group of 5 getting an auto birth (with cincy, UCF, Houston, and smu joining the power 4, the group of 5 will have trouble putting up playoff quality teams)
It's fair to have more teams in the Playoffs!! Some Teams have a Much Harder Schedule & Some Teams have a Much Easier Schedule! This is Going to Cause Upsets & That's Fair!
The first time OSU and Michigan meet in the natty is gonnaaa be epic.
If only we could have had the 12-team CFP last year. If the final CFP rankings stayed the same for both teams they would be in separate brackets and I bet they would have rematched for it all.
I think that for Penn state, it comes down to franklin. If he can prove that he can manage the game as a great coach, PSU can easily break through to the semi or even the final. Penn state is talented enough to win the Natty and the coordinators to. It comes down to Franklin. I love my Lions but I am reaching an area of concern with Franklin. I know we will never fire him. Because of him reaching Joe Pa levels of consistency but we must do something to get over the hump
As a die hard Nittany Lions 🦁 fan, everything you said is spot on buddy 👌!!! WE ARE
I have watched Franklin find a way to lose too many games he should have won. When the chips are down, his decision making has cost that team. PS May have the talent, but it isn’t at coaching. My concern this year is at QB. Can Allar play to his potential when it matters?
You have a lot of faith in Drew Allar. In the limited games I watched of him last season I just don’t see it. In fact I think he is a liability. Maybe he has leveled up a ton this offseason. We’ll see.
My main beef is there is no reseeding. If somehow Team 12 upsets Team 5, they should be playing the #1 seed in the next round.
Damn I’ve watched about 4-5 of your videos over the past 2 days I love college football like everyone else but I’m gonna say it YOU ARE CLEARLY A BIG10 FAN NO DOUBT ABOUT IT YOU HAVE NEBRASKA RANKED AT #13-15 preseason and Rutgers Iowa etc ranked higher than anyone else and you actually BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU’RE SAYING CONTENT CREATING IS WHAT YOU DO JUST A PIECE OF ADVICE DONT BE BIASED IN YOUR OPINION AND YOUR CHANNEL WILL GROW
Nebraska could easy be a 10 win team with a competent qb. If it wasn't for turnovers, poor qb play, and lack of weapons in wr room they would have beat every team besides michigan last year. And all of those issues have been arguably resolved.
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Nebraska hasn’t been relevant since Eric Crouch went out getting folded up like a lawn chair against Miami in the National Championship the ORIGINAL BIG TEN before this season is so far behind offensively outside of OHIO ST PENN ST MICHIGAN its sad honestly
New coaches at Washington Michigan and Alabama must mean something is in the works out of the ordinary ….
Excited for this video!!
Yeah. I think he did well. Don't ever like hearing about my Buckeyes losing twice in the same video, though.
Oops. 2 times twice.
I think you a little optimistic for Michigan with an unproven QB with so many new coaches and pending NCAA penalties. But who knows, we will see.
It would be crazy but having Georgia vs Alabama and Ohio State vs Michigan happen 3 times all in the same year would be pretty cool
Will determine who is truly the best team …
That’s not cool. That’s not what college football is about. Playing another top 5 team in the regular season is supposed to mean something. Conference championships are supposed to mean something
3 big 10 teams in semis vs j other feels crazy to me
The Big Ten regular season winner should play the highest team in the conference the regular season champion did not beat. If Ohio State beats Michigan, Michigan shouldn’t get a second shot. If Ohio State beats Michigan, Penn State, and Oregon, OSU should play USC, Rutgers, or whoever is best they didn’t beat in the season.
Your thinking is flawed. I do like it, though. LMAO! I would love to see 3 Big Ten teams in the top 4 but... I think this is the year where we see Xichigan lose a game that they really shouldn't have. I also think that Oregon will slip up, too. It is getting about that time for my Buckeyes, too.
Georgia may have the better offense against Ohio State... Ohio State may have the better defense. However, it would be very easy for the Bucks to have the better offense. Very easy for Georgia to have the better defense, too. I would love to see my Buckeyes get another shot at Georgia.
Awesome stuff, Sam. We might need at least another one of these before the season starts. Things change... lol.
I could see Michigan lose to Texas, USC, Oregon, Northwestern (trap game before OSU), and/or Ohio State. I think Georgia and Ohio State are in their own league this year, but I give Georgia the edge because I think they have a better staff (particularly head coach and strength and conditioning), quarterback, and offensive line. There will certainly be updates to these predictions.
@@collegefootballwithsam Yeah... but you see that things are gonna be tough. I can't wait. Gonna be a good year.
sam i love your site and i respect your opinion
Love your videos Sam. Another great video. But I don’t agree about Michigan. They’re not going to be as dominant without their head coach, defensive coordinator, and starting quarterback from last year. Especially playing Ohio State, Texas, and Oregon they could easily loose two games
TEXAS AT #10 IS WILD
Texas is at least making the final four and most likely might dominate in the NATTY 🤣🤣🤣
The more teams in the playoffs the better they’ve needed to do it
What most of you guys are missing is PJ Fleck. After playing Michigan, in a game that Michigan played 74/75 players that traveled to Minnesota: after comparing Michigan to a Boa Constrictor, Fleck said “that’s the best team I’ve seen in 11 years of being a head coach.”
They would go on to prove him correct because NO TEAM in history could’ve done what they did. Love them or hate them, no one could go undefeated without their head coach for 6 games, all while dealing with the BS that they were cleared of, and win the Natty in the playoff era. Why? Because no team ever did it before. Because of that, they’ll forever go down in college football lore.
Missouri, conversely truly lost everything and even with that soft schedule, it’ll be difficult to make the playoffs, imo for them. osu/Penn St/ Oregon will flex their muscles and show why the B1G is so tough. I think Bama will take a step back and Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and possibly LSU/Oklahoma will lead the SEC.
As a Michigan fan hello we have to figure out our qb situation
We absolutely do, but I think that we can win without elite QB play just like we have in most of our games over the past three seasons.
They won't make it past Texas in week 2 much less OSU and Oregon
@@williamtatman2874 dont mind us losing few games as we lost our coach and best players yea you might be right this year we might lose to texas and ohio and possibly Oregon bit thats ok
1 year to figure things out is not a bad thing good thing we won yhe natty to tale pressure off a little
@@williamtatman2874those teams play no good defense you are absolutely delusional
Is 9-3 good enough to get in annually? 🤔
Probably not every season!!! WE shall see 👀? Lol
Probably not every year may have 1 maybe 2 at most in a weird year.
If Alabama or Georgia goes 9-3 they’ll be in, if ole miss or Missouri goes 9-3 they’re out.
@@Beenman2210 that’s not even true based of numbers the only way a 9-3 team makes it in is if they win their conference championship or beat enough teams that made it in the playoffs to qualify
@@ItsdemontimeDarius what numbers lol? You realize a committee gets to determine the 6-11 seed. If Alabama goes 9-3 all we’ll hear on espn is that they were clearly one of the 12 best teams and had a brutal schedule.
This playoff model was needed and about time They’ve done it in D II, and D Iii for years. So this is not rocket science.
Oregon 🦆 💪 at 11 is criminal my guy 😂
Completely agree
Whoever gets left out is just going to further complain and you're not going to get a natty winner outside of the top 4 anyway. So the expansion is honestly pointless in my opinion.
Georgia wasnt in the top 4 and very easily could have won a natty last year, as could have a healthy FSU team. Ohio state could have won it last year (if UMICH didnt exist)
@@billnyedoesminecraftjoseph8379 Remind me why Georgia didn't "easily win" the natty last year as well as FSU.
@@realtalk3567 because im speaking in uncertainties and likewise so are you, how would you know only the top 4 teams could win the natty? Heres how, bc only the top 4 have ever had the chance to. Thats how the CFB worked. Had last year been a 6 year playoff id easily take georgia over everybody outside of maybe UMICH, that includes alabama. Winning a game head to head ≠ being the better team
@@billnyedoesminecraftjoseph8379 Losing a game head to head will lose you a natty though.
@@realtalk3567 bama won head to head v georgia 2021 then lost the natty to them
Damn Sam. If OSU ends up a 5 seed after all of the off-season moves and talent coming back, #fireryanday will pick up steam. Why? Because it probably means we lose to UM again. We'd BETTER make a run and win it all.
It would be frustrating for some. But that win over Michigan in the regular season will release a ton of pressure and a trip to the semifinals or National Championship Game will help prove that Ryan Day is the guy as well.
@@collegefootballwithsam Maybe a trip to the Natty game, but anything less than that and we're hunting him down. I live in Columbus and know the pulse. Those off-season moves and talent coming back was for a Natty. If he cannot win it with this much talent and motivation then he never will and we know it.
@@demetriusevans4139 That's good to know. Do you think Day should leave if he doesn't win it all this year, or is that just the sentiment you feel from your fellow Buckeye fans?
@@collegefootballwithsam in my opinion, if Ryan Day can learn to adapt to his CEO position we should
Keep him 100%. Ik people say he's soft, especially during the Notre Dame and Lou Holtz ordeal but Sharon Moore literally burst into tears after the Penn State game but he got hardly any flack for that. Coaches showing emotion doesn't mean there soft in my opinion so I say keep Day!
I agree with you on Quin Ewers...disagree...Penn State could but won't beat Texas...agree Oregon beats MIichigan...my only issue with Ohio State is Ryan Day
Michigan doesn't nearly have enough to win the big 10 if they make the playoffs they will be a low seed like 12th or 11th seed
The other thing with Michigan is it was a senior laden team last year. Way too many new, inexperienced players plus too many questions linger about the coaching staff. A new QB doesn’t help.
@@GBU61michigan doesn't have any new qb alex orgy has been in the system 2-3 years
Why does no mention how good the playoff flim will be for furture NFL drafts when talking about the playoffs
If the quarter final really is SEC v B1G then the whole thing looks rigged by the 'conference realignment ' gods.
I see 3 SEC teams in the Simi finals.. Texas Georgia and Alabama..
How is Michigan going to get a bye, when they are going 8-4? Lol
Win a conference but if it's 8-4 that doesn't win it
Michigan isn't going 8-4 oregon isn't beating them usc isn't beating them texas isn't beating them and Ohio state softies aren't beating them
Stopped listening when he said Texas lost Isiah Neyhor. Dude played 5 snaps at the most. GTFOH
Go IU! IU 12 seed cinderella run to CFP semi final Cignetti first season!
What is so good about OSU defense? They literally have stopped Michigan in the second half over the last 3 games, ONCE! How is that better than Georgia???
It’s the best d in the nation from last year plus Caleb downs. Thats what’s so inpressive
@@garythegroundhog5967 paper impressive on field joke. 2023 best defense by points allowed was Michigan not suckeyes
OSU lives rent free in your head. SMH
@@cryptopropertiesthis isn’t about 2023 is it……
Shocker. Sam is all over Michigan again. NO WAY........i cant believe it...
It should be 16 teams in the playoffs. No byes. if you're such a good top seed that #16 seed shouldn't be tough.
predicting dan to play kalen the first round in tuscaloosa is just dirty work sam i dont approve lmao
Lol. If 2023 Oregon's exact team was playing this season I would pick them to win the National Championship. I think this is going to be a down year in college football and a deep and experienced team like Oregon will be able to benefit from the chaos.
Memphis gonna make you put some respect on their name!
Sam Keaton Ellis ran out of eligibility, but it doesn't matter because he didn't matter, but K.J. Winston and J. Reed are the absolute best damn safety tandem in the nation!!!! WE ARE
I still think Larry Culpepper's model is the best.
So Liberty is going 🤔 to the Playoff. I like the Flames. Still they don't have a chance. Maybe they can beat an unprepared Power 5 team with opt outs in a Bowl Game. They can ruin undefeated season hopes for Coastal Carolina. Yet in a playoff Liberty is overmatched. I was thinking movie 🎬 rif a double digit seed wins the Playoff. If Liberty wins it all a miniseries could be spawned.
Liberty has the best shot, but they better hope they are the only undefeated team. If anyone from the AAC or MWC goes undefeated they will lose the spot as their SOS wont be even remotely close.
Memphis or Boise will get that spot!
You forget that Utah LOST CAM RISING TO INJURY IN THAT GAME. Utah’s ENTIRE SECONDARY also was absent in that game, which lead to the insane games by C.J. Stroud and Jaxon Smith Njigba. Even with all of that, Ohio State needed a game winning drive and a game winning field goal at the end to win 48-45. Utah is going to be INSANELY talented on offense and defense this season. Don’t go back to some game 3 seasons ago as your benchmark for what will happen THIS YEAR. Seems a bit lazy to me. You have no idea how good either team is going to be.
Wait. Isn't Utah in the Pac-12? Lol. It is going to take me a while to get used to this. Of course I know about the Big Ten. The Big 12 will be a mess for me next year and I honestly don't know who joins those couple of Pac-12 teams that are still there.
Oregon State and Washington State have a schedule alliance with the MWC. They may try to poach the MWC teams in the future, but the MWC arguably now has more stability than the PAC and ACC. Their media contracts dont end until 2025, and a lot of the MWC teams have a hate relationship with the PAC in general. Unless the PAC can somehow garuntee like a 3-5 increase on media deals long term Im not sure those teams join the PAC2 (especially considering even with how weak the PAC is they still are trying power moves on the MWC).
For this next season I really dont see OSU or WSU winning more than 8 games. They are gonna go positive in records vs the MWC, but they play the hardest teams in the MWC all on the road, which even at a neutral or home site it wouldnt be easy to play the best of the MWC. I think Fresno State and Wyoming both sweep the PAC, Boise State, UNLV and Air Force Split them, and SDSU takes out WSU in a surprise.
it will be an interesting year to see if the PAC has better records than the MWC champ. I dont think they survive the MWC conference record, but a lot of MWC teams play (yet again) ridiculous OOC schedules.
If by some miracle a MWC team actually goes undefeated they are undeniably the G5 seed, and they really should be like a 6th seed at worst. That conference has OOC road games against Michigan, Oregon, Texas, Wisconsin, NC State, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Iowa, UNC, Louisville, UCLA, USC, Washington, and KState.
This was kinda pretty ok. Lol. Go, Bucks!
Thanks again for your support. I appreciate it a lot.
@collegefootballwithsam We gotta keep the lights on while you go to.... that.... school. Lol. I could be a Heisman member but I would still throw money at you here and then I'd be eating ramen. Lol. Love your stuff, Sam.
I got news for you. DJ is not going to do much for FSU.
It's not that hard to fugue out, fella ! You're just making a mountain ⛰️ out of a mole hill ! Jamie
I think they should start drug testing before having a podcast? Lol 🤣 😆 😂
Predictions are like assholes, everyone has one!!! Lol 😂
It's not even close to the fall and everyone thinks they know what is going to happen!!! What about injuries, underachieving or super tough schedules??? WE ARE
This is exactly why you get rid of auto bids.. the big 12 champ will be worse than every team in the playoffs more years than not. Yet they get there participation trophy
I'm bullish on Boise state I think they'll be better than Liberty
Here we go. Wonder where/if Clemson makes your list? 🤔
I cannot trust someone who refuses to use the portal yet has average roster retention. We will know in Week 1 whether Clemson is a contender or not. Currently, I am more inclined to say that Georgia will use Clemson as a sounding board than Clemson will compete with Georgia.
@@collegefootballwithsam Tell us how you really feel! 😛
@@armandhammer3782one time I joked with him last season and said it was going to be Iowa vs clemson in the anti and he went off in a changant about clemson and usc 😂
@@sfsinverted5175 Clemson Derangement Syndrome (CDS). It's common in people with the B1G bloodtype. It's particularly concentrated in certain regions of Ohio and Michigan.
Im wondering how Michigan wins the B1G when they are eplacijg coaches, players, and a head coach whose personality was bigger than life. Flip OSU and Michigan, and I can agree with your ranking. But that's why they play the games.
The same people screaming Michigan is overrated are the same people that said Michigan had no chance of winning a Natty when Sam called the 2023 season almost perfectly.
Go Blue! Love the content Sam.
These are not comparable teams, the 2023 team is so much better than this current team, the ONLY way UMICH is a comparable team compared to last year is if alex orji is a stud and considering he hasnt even thrown a pass theres reason to be skeptical. The entire offense is a question mark
My sleeper team is Syracuse with Cyle Mcord.
3 BT teams in finals? Apparently you did not
Get approval from SEC Comish Greg Stanley
And his Assistant Paul Finebaum
My question is how can Washington st and Oregon st make the playoffs since there conference is gone
They might treat them like the Liberty plus they're also playing The Mountain West Conference so they can potentially be that other team that gets in instead of Liberty
Memphis will take that G5 spot! Who is on liberty schedule that has you penciling them in? And if Boise wins the mountain west and gets 2 out of 3 vs the beavers, wazzou, and at Oregon they will get in!
I’m getting sick of “The big-12” talk, there’s 16 teams in that conference! Call it how it is. Please!
Ohio state is now looking like they have 3! Good QBs and Sayin is looking to be a stud, the kid lost his stripe super early. If your not a osu fan it means sayin popped off in practice and is doin the work, this kid wants to start he threads the ball to smith another insane freshman between Burke and SEC best Caleb downs. I’d be scared asf lol Ohio state easily has the best roster and they want to win.
Such clarity Sam although half your projections are off ….
Michigan, Penn State, Alabama overrated. Ohio State being underrated and Ole Miss not even being included downrates this list.
lol Michigan is losing to Oregon’s and OSU. They will be a 10-12 seed. Ain’t no damn way they even sniff The big championship. Cmon now you can’t believe they will win the big 🤦♂️🤦♂️
you probably thought something similar this time last year lol.
You’ve proven you know NOTHING about SEC
Do you really have Michigan at number 2? 🤔
Lol 🤦♂️
You don’t know very much, do you!
I don't have any concerns jamie
Oregon is NOT a Cinderella story dude! They are a powerhouse nearly every year!
I expect everything to play out like this expect for osu playing uga I think texas vs Utah then a 2nd rematch for uga and Texas with uga taking 2 out of the 3
We can read and figure out your bracket... just get on with it!!
Your Michigan biased is embarrassing! I get being a fan but come on. Every reason you said for Texas and Oregon being lower Michigan is WAY worse. New coaches lost their entire starting offensive line. Laughable
Every reason? So Texas is just automatically going to get better on defense despite losing a plethora of starters and depth pieces, and also not have a great defensive staff? And Oregon's defense is totally going to withstand physical offenses this year like they did with Washington's last year? Michigan has a ton of questions on offense and on parts of their staff, no doubt, but they are not worse in most categories compared to those two schools because their defense returns All-American players and several great second stringers, I cannot say the same for Oregon and Texas' defense.
@@collegefootballwithsam no but to assume Texas won’t be very good because of losing key pieces and not recognizing Michigan lost more is confusing. You brought up Texas’s wide receivers as a concern and I’d take them over Michigans any day. There are rumors of will jonson playing wide receiver done because of how mid Michigans wide receivers are.
Aren’t as good as their seed indicates IN YOUR BIASED OPINION. Guess what? Those teams can prove you wrong and prove that they were good enough by WINNING THEIR QUARTERFINAL GAMES, also known as the New Year’s FOUR. The concept of NY6 games is no longer really accurate because two of those former six aren’t going to be around New Year’s but a week after that.
3 Big 10 teams in the final four? I don't think so
Since first engaging with Michigan fans 20 years ago it was always entertaining to listen to their annual lunacy. I'm a UGA fan, through and through and I thought it would be fun to listen to a bit more but I have my limits. What sport are you talking about where you provide no proof, examples or logic to your thoughts?
I know weed-smoking when I hear it and you've got a problem pal