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Future Playoff Watch: What a 12-Team Bracket Would Look Like After Week 3

We are all dreaming of playoff expansion. So, let’s turn fantasy into reality.

And by reality, we mean a fake 12-team playoff bracket composed here each week during the college football season, based on the sport’s current standings and abiding by the rules stipulated in the 12-team model proposed over the summer by a collection of College Football Playoff executives.

Each week, we’ll ask ourselves a simple question.

If an expanded playoff were to happen today, how would it look?

We’ll get there by heavily using the latest rankings, a dash of future prognostications and a sprinkle of common sense.