ESPN recently released a list of the 32 teams that "can make the College Football Playoff," and despite the Duke football program entering a season with high expectations, the Blue Devils are nowhere to be seen on the list.
The list is generated by listing every team in the nation with at least a 10% chance of making the CFP, and Duke doesn't meet those qualifications according to the Allstate Playoff Predictor. The 32 teams are comprised of schools from each of the Power 4 conferences, the Mountain West, and the American Conference.
Only four ACC programs made the cut here, with Clemson, Miami, SMU, and Virginia Tech all calculated to have at least a 10% chance to make the CFP.