College Football Playoff scenarios for 2019

#9 My prediction

If Ohio State wins their matchup, this would also be the first national title game to feature two undefeated teams

1. Ohio State (13-0)

2. LSU (13-0)

3. Clemson (13-0)

4. Utah (12-1)

Yes, I know – a little boring after talking about all these different scenarios. As always, I think Alabama-Auburn will be a close game and while the Crimson Tide do have a case with how they have looked for most of the season, I just don’t think the committee wants to see Mac Jones in the playoff. That means Utah would be jumping ahead of them if they win the Pac-12. Among my top three I don’t see any changes, because they are now clearly the best teams in their respective conferences and should enter the playoff undefeated.

Those matchups would be pretty fun, since we’d have the number-one scoring offense of Ohio State going up against maybe the best defense out there in Utah. Clemson going up against LSU would also be very interesting, since we have seen the Tigers play Alabama in each of the last four years and now we can see how the Crimson Tide’s SEC rivals will do against Dabo Swinney’s troops, who have given them more trouble than anybody in college football through the year.

If Ohio State wins their matchup, this would also be the first national title game to feature two undefeated teams.