CBS Sports hoops experts know all about how to pick a bracket, so let's see how they do now that it's football pickin' time

Each reporter picked every winner in the bracket and eventual national championship matchup, plus why each thinks the winning program will hoist the trophy on Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

As for conference representation, the SEC leads the way with 10 teams in the projected tourney lineup, with the Big 12 and Big Ten right behind them at nine schools each. The ACC has eight, and then after that the participation drops, with the Big East netting four while the West Coast Conference and Mountain West both sport a pair each.

Who will make the College Football Playoff? USA TODAY Sports offers its final predictions on the final bracket after Championship Week.

With the expansion of the College Football Playoff era, that means there are hopes of seeing Cinderella-type runs we're used to getting during March Madness. Sure, the bracket is only 12 teams for the CFP compared with 68 for basketball, but there are ...

Three Final Four hopefuls. Eight more tournament potentials. Could the ACC's era of mediocrity end this season?

Ohio State won the first 12-team College Football Playoff last year. Who will prevail in the bracket this time? Brett Davis / Imagn Imagse Who will win the second 12-team College Football Playoff? We’ll be publishing The Athletic’s full staff ...

Buchanan, Jayse Creavalle and Jecorey Jones were all co-MVPs of the DEL. For fun we had them fill out an NCAA bracket as a tie-breaker