Which current three-loss team would be the most dangerous in this year's College Football Playoff?
Two weeks from Saturday, the 2026 season will come to a bittersweet end, followed by conference championship weekend and then, finally, Selection Sunday for the College Football Playoff the very next day.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.With that in mind, and reading the tea leaves from the first few CFP ranking reveals, it seems as though this year may be the year we finally see a three-loss team making an appearance in the Big Dance.CFP REACTION: ALABAMA FEELS THE LOVE, INDIANA GETS THE SHAFT AND BIG 12 GETS RELIEF AS COMMITTEE CONFUSES USCFP trophy during the College Football Playoff press conference and media roundtable on November 19, 2022, at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, CA.(Photo by Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)That sight will be much more commonplace after next year when the field expands to 24 teams, but a three-loss playoff team in the 12-team era is certainly unprecedented.But who has the best shot of going on a run out of all of the three-loss teams logjammed in the middle of the CFP rankings?To my eye, there are five teams sitting between 16 and 21 that have three losses as well as a legitimate shot at making the cut: Oregon, South Carolina, Ohio State, Ole Miss and LSU.I realize there is a good chance more teams join this list, but as of right now, these seem to be the most likely candidates from the pool of three-loss teams.I considered adding Missouri to the mix, but the Tigers have Georgia and Kentucky lurking these next two weeks, and 1-1 in that two-game stretch feels optimistic at best.Plus, their best win is over a reeling Florida team, so I'm not sure they would have much of an argument unless they took down the Bulldogs this Saturday.Ole Miss and LSU are both interesting cases.The Rebe...