If we are going to make a run, this is the year to do it.
Still not a true number one team in the top 12…. It is a year that no team has shown the ability to dominate. It seems every game is a potential upset waiting to happen.
NIL/Transfers causing more talent concentration in top 10% (Approximately the top 12-15 teams), but less in the top 5%. The Leonards and Mensahs of the world transfer to start on teams that otherwise would be a QB away from contending.
The juggernauts of the aughts (UGA/Bama/OSU) still have incredible starters, but the no longer have as many 5*s and P4-caliber bench depth, especially for veterans.
About 1.5% of all college players make it to the NFL. They are concentrating now significantly more in the Top 15-20 programs.
That creates a contradiction called stratified parity. There is more parity in the upper echelons, but less outside that top 15 to 20 teams year-over-year (even with NIL/transfers, injuries and some inertia makes changes take 1-2 years)
I want the CFP committee to try and sell how the other eight and eventually twenty have the chops to make it to the title game, let alone win it. None of this matters. It's all about the green.
And shouldn't remain a positive data point for Aabama, Texas, or Tennessee as they will end up a .500 disaster.
