Gameday Hosts Give Playoff Predictions

The college football season officially kicked off earlier Saturday as Florida State and Georgia Tech had toe meet leather in Dublin, Ireland. Kick off also brought the first College Gameday of the season on ESPN. During the broadcast, the on-air hosts Nick Saban, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Pat McAfee made their predictions on which teams would make first ever 12 team College Football Playoff.

Here are the predictions from each host/analyst.

Nick Saban

1 – UGA

2 – Ohio State

3 – Florida State

4 – Utah

5 Texas vs 12 Liberty

6 Oregon vs 11 LSU

7 Alabama vs 10 Notre Dame

8 Ole Miss vs 9 Penn State

Desmond Howard

1 – Oregon

2 – UGA

3 – Miami

4 – Utah

5 Texas vs 12 Liberty

6 Ole Miss vs 11 Notre Dame

7 Ohio State vs 10 Clemson

8 Michigan vs 9 Oklahoma

Kirk Herbstreit

1 – UGA

2 – Ohio State

3 – Clemson

4 – Utah

5 Oregon vs 12 Boise State

6 Texas vs 11 Michigan

7 Missouri vs 10 Florida State

8 Penn State vs 9 Notre Dame

Pat McAfee

1 – UGA

2 – Ohio State

3 – West Virginia

4 – Virginia Tech

5 Ole Miss vs 12 Boise State

6 Oregon vs 11 Alabama

7 Texas vs 10 Utah

8 Michigan vs 9 Florida State