The feasibility of a MAC team securing a College Football Playoff spot under the current 4-team format is borderline impossible. In order for 2021 AAC champion Cincinnati to secure the No. 4 spot, it required consecutive undefeated regular seasons, multi-loss champions in the ACC, Big 12, and Pac-12, as well a convenient win over a Notre Dame team that happened to finish the regular season at No. 5 — sporting an 11-1 record with its lone defeat coming at the hands of Cincinnati.
But there is one goal that is difficult for the MAC to attain that is feasible.