I know that the Illinois football team hasn’t done enough to make the coveted 12-team College Football Playoff.
The College Football Playoff only takes the 12, or I guess the 11 best teams, plus the top group of five program, to compete for the top spot in the game. The Illini are highly unlikely to make the playoffs unless complete chaos happens in college football.
Even if Illinois doesn’t make the College Football Playoff bracket, that doesn’t mean we can’t be ranked in the College Football Playoff rankings
Last season, the Orange and Blue cracked the College Football Playoff rankings, getting as high as No.