2024 College Football Playoff Shakeup: Which Surprising Teams Could Crash the 12-Team Field?
The Hoosiers’ 99.6 playoff potential score reflects that Opta computers feel the same way: Based on past committee behavior, an 11-1 Big Ten team missing a 12-team field would be bizarre. (Is that me insisting there’s no way the bureaucrats screw IU in favor of, say, a 10-2 Alabama No.)

10. Tennessee (8-1)
- Current committee rank: No. 7
- TRACR: 32.3 (No. 5)
- Playoff potential: 97.3 (No. 6)
A loss to Georgia this weekend could doom the Vols but probably would not, given a head-to-head win against Alabama and the likelihood that the committee will show a lot of deference to 10-2 SEC teams. Tennessee has a talented roster and should do well in the more “beauty contest”-centric parts of committee evaluation.
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