It's a dreary week for the College Football Playoff race. And it has us wondering: What if it were 2026 already?
Throughout the entirety of college football there is not a single game on this week's slate in which both teams have at least one percentage point of playoff leverage, according to the Allstate Playoff Predictor. In other words: There's no game where a win or loss matters for both teams in terms of the playoff race.
Would it be better with a 12-team playoff? Well, by that measure, yes. There would be eight games where both teams cleared the admittedly low bar of one percentage point of playoff leverage.