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The 68-team CFB bracket project: Sweet 16, Elite 8 picks

What would a 68-team college football playoff bracket look like?

Last week, using the 2016 Way-Too-Early Top 25 and the initial Football Power Index ratings, we set up a bracket, then played the first 48 games of our imaginary expanded playoff with picks from Mark Schlabach's crystal ball and Sharon Katz's FPI wisdom.

This week, we projected the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 and, well, the chalk started to fade a bit.

Yes, it's a far-fetched concept. But it's also a lot of fun, and ripe with debate possibilities.

So let the debating begin .