ESPN's Computer Model Has Changed Its National Title Pick
09/08/2024 08:32 AM
ESPN's computer model, the Football Power Index, has changed its national title prediction after Week 2 of the 2024 college football regular season.
Georgia was viewed as a unanimous No. 1 team and national title favorite heading into the 2024 regular season. The Bulldogs returned a lot of talent on both sides of the football, including quarterback Carson Beck. Every poll had Georgia at No. 1 and the Football Power Index had the Bulldogs as the favorite to win it all.
But things have changed.
Week 2 of the 2024 college football regular season has brought us a new College Football Playoff national championship favorite.
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According to ESPN's Football Power Index, the Texas Longhorns are the new favorite to win the national championship. Texas has a 19.6 percent chance to win the national title. That's the best percentage of anyone in the country.
- Texas - 19.6 percent
- Ohio State - 17.5 percent
- Georgia - 16.9 percent
- Alabama - 15.6 percent
- Tennessee - 6.6 percent
As you can see, the computer model really likes four teams - Texas, Ohio State, Georgia and Alabama.
Texas is coming off a College Football Playoff loss to Washington. The Longhorns feel they belong on the big stage, though. Texas blew out Michigan in Ann Arbor on Saturday.
"I reminded the guys about how we've gone into Tuscaloosa [last year] and played and won," Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said. "We've played in a Big 12 championship game. We've played in the College Football Playoff, and so none of the moments should feel too big for us anymore. That's just what I commended them for in the locker room. This is who we are. This is how we know how to play."
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