For years, the Eleven Warriors staff has always compiled a yearly preseason Heisman and College Football Playoff prediction piece.
But the inaugural 12-team expanded playoff has thrown a fun wrinkle into things, making our staff think a little harder and have to pick eight more teams that will fight their way into a playoff berth.
Each staff member was tasked with picking a conference champion from the Power Four conferences, a Group of Five representative, seven at-large selections, a CFP darkhorse and the eventual national championship for the playoff prediction portion of the article.
Unfortunately, Dan was all too accurate in his predictions last season, where he predicted Michigan to win the national championship and Washington to make the four-team field.