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College football Week 7 winners and losers: How would a 12-team playoff look this season with parity abound?

Is it too late to expand the College Football Playoff to 12 teams for the 2023 season?

As we’re now halfway through the final season of the four-team format, it’s becoming very clear that the playoff is expanding a year too late. There are at least 10 teams who look capable of winning the national title through the first seven weeks of the season. If there were a 12-team playoff this season, here’s what the field would look like at the moment, in our opinion. The four quarterfinal games would be exceptional.

1. Michigan Wolverines (7-0)

The Wolverines have been the most dominant team in college football so far this season and are likely to be atop the first set of College Football Playoff rankings on Oct.