The College Football Playoff's final four, the Miami Hurricanes, Ole Miss Rebels, Indiana Hoosiers, and Oregon Ducks, are a popular remaining field that has many excited about the quality of the remaining three games. There seems to be parity. Folks love the broken monotony of the Alabama Crimson Tide, Georgia Bulldogs, and Ohio State Buckeyes being eliminated.
The trend of top-seeded teams losing their first matchups, with Indiana being the only one of eight top-four seeds that have not lost their first game over the past two years, could force massive changes to the sport for the 2026/2027 postseason, however.