More teams than ever have national title dreams in the second week of December.
The first 12-team playoff is less than two weeks away, as Indiana and Notre Dame will kick off the postseason on Friday, Dec. 20. A day later, the three other first-round games will take place ahead of the quarterfinals on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.
At the moment, there are six teams that can legitimately call themselves contenders and six teams that are long shots. At least according to the betting odds. But you can make a case for any of the 12 teams in the postseason to win the College Football Playoff.