Last week we filed away a few Alabama-specific predictions to be tested at a later date. Now, we move on to the bigger picture and how the Crimson Tide fits into it.
This is about the College Football Playoff and projections for this season's four-team field. As you'll see below, various national experts independently made picks that roughly followed a theme.
Almost everyone picked Alabama to make the playoff and a large number sees the Tide playing Clemson for the national championship. It's worth noting there wasn't a standardized format for making these picks. Some just had the semifinal pairings, others went on to the championship game with some picking a winner.