Top-4 teams with best preseason College Football Playoff chances will not surprise you... but No. 1 might

We’re less than 48 hours away from the first kickoff of the 2022 college football season and about a week away from Labor Day Weekend’s full slate of games.

Obviously, the College Football Playoff and its selection day are still several months away, but that’s not stopping us from taking a way-too-early look at what teams have the best shot at making the final four.

Who knows who will actually make the playoff come December, and nothing is a sure thing in this chaotic and unpredictable sport. But at this late stage of the preseason, the teams with the best playoff chances right now are some pretty familiar CFP regulars.

So ahead of Week 0, here’s a look at the top-10 teams with the best chances to make the College Football Playoff, along with their chances of advancing to the title game and winning it all, according to ESPN’s Playoff Predictor, as of Thursday. The Playoff Predictor utilizes an algorithm that factors in the same considerations as the selection committee, such as strength of record, number of losses and conference championships (or independent status), along with the FPI.