After Alabama and Georgia advanced to the national championship game from Friday's College Football Playoff semifinals, we can look ahead to the 2022 season.
No matter how excited we are about a Crimson Tide-Bulldogs rematch, it's always fun to take a glimpse into the future.
The 2021 CFP brought us all some new, welcome blood with the Group of Five powerhouse Cincinnati Bearcats running the table, dominating Notre Dame, Indiana and an American Athletic Conference schedule and waltzing into the final four. Though that was their ceiling, it still made for a terrific story.
Same goes for Jim Harbaugh's Michigan Wolverines, who surprised everybody by living up to the perennial elite expectations the season after the much-maligned coach restructured his contract.