Only one of the four playoff teams from last year made the 12-team field. Michigan and Washington lost most of their good players to the NFL, and Alabama turned into a chaos team that beat Georgia and wrecked some other good teams but also ate it against Vandy and got blown out by the worst Oklahoma team in years.
You wound up being remarkably spot on - pleasantly surprised a so-so Alabama didn’t get in just on name brand
Only one of the four playoff teams from last year made the 12-team field. Michigan and Washington lost most of their good players to the NFL, and Alabama turned into a chaos team that beat Georgia and wrecked some other good teams but also ate it against Vandy and got blown out by the worst Oklahoma team in years.