Brackets don't lock until Oklahoma and Alabama kick off the first round of the College Football Playoff on Friday, Dec. 19, but fans are already making their picks for the CFP. There's also still time to make your selections in the krikya18.com College Football Bracket Challenge Game.
Indiana, the No. 1 overall seed and the only undefeated team, is the most popular championship pick in krikya18.com's College Football Bracket Challenge Game. The Hoosiers are the title pick on 28.79% of completed brackets.
But the Hoosiers aren't the runway choice, as both No. 2 Ohio State (24.30%) and No. 3 Georgia (21.52%) are topping the 20 percent mark. That means the top three seeds going all the way on almost 75 percent of brackets.
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Here's the complete rundown, from No. 1 seed Indiana and No. 2 Ohio State through No. 11 Tulane and No. 12 James Madison.
| Team | % picked to win the title |
|---|---|
| No. 1 Indiana | 28.79 |
| No. 2 Ohio State | 24.30 |
| No. 3 Georgia | 21.52 |
| No. 4 Texas Tech | 7.40 |
| No. 5 Oregon | 4.62 |
| No. 9 Alabama | 3.66 |
| No. 7 Texas A&M | 2.90 |
| No. 6 Ole Miss | 1.79 |
| No. 8 Oklahoma | 1.62 |
| No. 10 Miami (Fla.) | 1.57 |
| No. 12 James Madison | 1.29 |
| No. 11 Tulane | 0.54 |
The top four seeds lead the pack, though No. 4 Texas Tech is a distant fourth. Besides being the teams ranked the highest by the selection committee, the other benefit of being ranked Nos. 1-4 is the bye. The Hoosiers, Buckeyes, Bulldogs and Red Raiders need to win only three games to win it all; everyone else has to win four. However, Ohio State did take the title as the No. 8 seed last year.
After the four bye teams, No. 5 Oregon comes in fifth. But the first team out of order from seed is Alabama, which is the sixth-most popular CFP champ pick despite being only the No. 9 seed. All four home teams won in the first round of the inaugural 12-team CFP bracket last year, but 3.66 percent of brackets have the Crimson Tide winning at Oklahoma in the first round and then three more games to add another national championship trophy to Alabama's impressive haul — the Tide have the most appearances (9), wins (9) and titles (3) in CFP history.
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No. 11 Tulane and No. 12 James Madison, which are in the bracket by being the fourth- and fifth-highest ranked conference champions out of the American and Sun Belt, are the least-picked teams.
