Projecting the 2026 College Football Playoff bracket

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One cycle ends, the next one begins. The circle of life and whatnot. With the 2025 college football season in the books, we now move on to 2026. Mark Schlabach's Way-Too-Early Top 25 is out, so it's time for the next step in the predictions process: Let's talk about who will make the College Football Playoff.

Granted, we incredibly don't know for sure what next year's CFP will look like for sure -- hey, you can't rush these things, we might only need another three or four years of debates in fancy hotel ballrooms before reaching an obvious answer. Since, however, a 12-team playoff has turned out to be a lot of fun,…