College Football Playoff projections after Week 2: Texas joins group of top contenders

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Texas' big win in Alabama shook up the list of national title favorites. Here are the top 25 contenders according to a projection model.

says hello to the national college football landscape. The Longhorns won in Alabama and led most of the game. The Texas is back jokes are easy, but just how back are the Longhorns?

My College Football Playoff projection model has unsurprisingly put Texas into the top tier of contenders. This week’s projections give eight teams a greater than 20 percent chance to make the CFP so it’s still wide open this early in the season.If you’re new to this, here’s some background on the model: I have developed a season simulator that produces odds for winning the national title, making the College Football Playoff, and winning conference and division titles.

Let’s take a look at what the numbers say after Week 2. Here are the top 25 national title contenders according to my model.

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