Who will be in the College Football Playoffs and Win National Championship?

College football is on the way and stopped to see the cream rises to the top and as usual Alabama is starting the season 3-0. The Alabama Crimson Tide of now 24 consecutive regular-season games. Alabama has gone 23 games where they've won by double digits and only one time have they won by single digits. Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide are cruising right now behind Jalen Hurtz and we fully expect them to be back in the college playoffs and probably the championship game again. We would not be surprised to see another Alabama Clemson rematch.

Speaking about Clemson Debo Swinney’s squad they have also started 3-0 and are coming off of a tremendous game at Louisville where they dominated. The Clemson defense did give up almost 450 total yards to Lamar Jackson and Louisville but most of that came with big plays in garbage time. The Clemson defense and defense of line in particular look like the gold standard in college football this season.

The Oklahoma Sooners continue to put up big numbers as Baker Mayfield is just dominating and averaging almost 440 yards per game passing. The 5th year senior is making his mark dominating college football this season and obviously looking to up his draft status in the upcoming NFL football draft. Mayfield is being highlighted big time this season by new HC Lincoln Riley. Mayfield is making his mark dominating in college football this season and obviously looking to up his draft status in the upcoming NFL football draft. Hayfields talents are being highlighted but will probably be the fifth or sixth quarterback chosen in the draft regardless of how great of the season he has.

Speaking of big-time quarterbacks were talking about Sam Donaldson and USC. The Trojans are off to a 3-0 start despite him already having four pics in 3 games and not playing particularly Heisman like. The Trojans kept their record perfect by slipping past the Texas Longhorns with the game-winning field goal in double OT to keep the USC Trojans record at 3-0 and their playoff chances alive and well. This Trojans squad is lucky to be 3-1 because their defense has ben suspect and they have yet to play up to their potential offensively. We're looking for big things over the next several weeks out Sam Darnold and USC.

James Franklin's Penn State squad is also also off to a 3-0 start and is looking very impressive. I'm willing to go out on a limb here and say that Penn State Nittany Lions are back and with a quarterback with a heart of a lion like Trace McSorley and the best running back in the country Saquon Barkley. Barkley is my odds on favorite this year to win the Heisman Trophy as well andPenn State should definitely stay in contention for the playoffs and national championship this year. We do like Penn State to keep winning and improving barring any major injuries.

Washington continues to stay in its top 10 ranking with a 3-0 record even though they have beaten teams like Rutgers, Montana and Fresno State. Such an easy schedule that we think maybe a good high school team could've competed with any of the three. Obviously when making the AP rankings winning is what's important even if you win against pathetic competition that shouldn't even be on the same field as you. Chris Peterson has always been known to create the hardest possible non conference schedules possible going back to his Boise St days. Washington has already passed all of the easy tests with the non conference walkovers and now Washington soon starts PAC 12 play so we will see what Washington has in the near future and what they are made of.

The Michigan Wolverines on the Jim Harbaugh are also 3-0 and a top 10 team right now in the polls. It looks like Michigan is going to be offensively challenged enough this season to keep them out of any playoff talk. We're not really sure with the Michigan lack of offense that at the end of the season were confident Michigan will not be in the playoffs or if they are even going to stay in the top 10 in the polls.. The Wolverines do have a stingy defense that can score but as we all know in college football thats not enough to get it done against big time programs. Wilton Speight is a quality player but is not the answer when looking to win national championships which is the only acceptable result in Ann Arbor.

The Florida State Seminoles on the head coach Jimbo Fisher are still 0-1 after missing a couple games due to the real Hurricanes. Florida State started the season as a possible playoff team being number three in the country and lost on opening day to Alabama. They lost star duel threat QB Deandre Francois for the season with a knee injury and will be starting true freshman James Blackman for remainder of season. It's gonna be 3 full weeks off for the Florida State Seminoles between games so we are looking forward to seeing how they bounce back with plenty of rest and time to coach up a young QB. Unless new QB James Blackmon is the second coming than its painfully obvious to all FSU supporters they are going to be out of the playoffs and will not be winning a national championship this year. Florida State does not have enough juice offensively to compete with Alabama, Clemson, USC, Oklahoma or the Penn States of the world. It looks pretty clear somone will have to really step up for it not to be another Clemson vs Alabama championship game.

So right now after a few weeks of play think Ohio State, Michigan and Florida State have as of now fallen out of contention for the playoffs. We don't think any of the three have the kind of play needed at quarterback to be national champions. As of right now it looks like Alabama, Clemson, Penn State and either Oklahoma or USC competing for the fourth spot. The remainder of the NCAA college football season should be great and it will be exciting to see what Washington does against good competition and how Ohio State plays the rest of the way. Our free college football picks and NCAA football winners are free daily at proviewpicks so check us out and get the best bang for your buck anywhere in the handicapping/sports information industry. We have better winning percentages than unsavory companies guaranteeing winners and leaving players broke in Las Vegas with nothing but a good story to tell. Don't be one of those poor guys who gets involved like that when we can truly be trusted. Log in and get the plays, just remember Best Bets are the ones to wager bigger on.