Welcome to the 2024 college football season, where the playoff is bigger, the (remaining) power conferences are, too, Nick Saban is working for ESPN and just about everybody needs new receivers (and maybe defensive backs and defensive linemen, as well).
After a couple of years of epic change off the field, we'll see some of the fruits of that change on the field this fall, but the early list of national title favorites looks awfully familiar. Georgia leads the way, according to both the metrics and ESPN BET, with Ohio State, Oregon, and last year's semifinalists -- Texas and Alabama -- among the Dawgs' chief competitors.