College Football Playoff Predictions Week 13 – Who is most likely to make the playoffs

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With a few weeks left until the College Football Playoff field is set, there are only a few undefeated teams left. Week 13 knocked off two more undefeated teams, a few more messy conference races.

Indiana Hoosiers, No. 5 in last week’s rankings, played just their second AP top-five game in school history, against the Ohio State Buckeyes, No. 2 on the ranking list. The Buckeyes handled the Hoosiers thoroughly, limiting them to just 151 total yards. A win next week against the Michigan Wolverines would put Ohio State in the Big Ten title for a rematch with No. 1 Oregon Ducks.

In the Big 12, the BYU Cougars and Colorado Buffaloes could clinch spots with wins and some help. Neither kept their end of the bargain. BYU lost to the Arizona State Sun Devils and Colorado was run over by Devin Neal and the Kansas Jayhawks.

The Army Black Knights were the other undefeated team to fall in Week 13. They were handily beaten by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who are one win over the USC Trojans away from likely making the playoffs. Two teams working for at-large bids at best — the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Ole Miss Rebels — suffered road upsets that could knock them out of contention.

Here are our experts’ top 12 picks from the College Football Playoff:

Andrea Adelson: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Tennessee 10. SMU 11. Indiana 12. Boise State

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee 11. SMU 12. Arizona State

Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Indiana 10. SMU 11. Tennessee 12. Boise State

David Hale: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Miami 9. Tennessee 10. Penn State 11. Clemson 12. Arizona State

Eli Lederman: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Arizona State 12. SMU

Chris Low: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Tennessee 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Arizona State 12. Miami

Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Indiana 10. Miami 11. Tennessee 12. Boise State

Max Olsen: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Georgia 9. Indiana 10. SMU 11. Tennessee 12 Boise State

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. SMU 12. Arizona State

Mark Schlabach: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Penn State 7. Georgia 8. Notre Dame 9. Tennessee 10. SMU 11. Indiana 12. Boise State

Jake Trotter: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Penn State 8. Georgia 9. Miami 10. Tennessee 11. Indiana 12. Arizona State

Paolo Uggetti: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Penn State 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee 11. SMU 12. Arizona State

Dave Wilson: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. Miami 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. SMU 11. Indiana 12. Arizona State