Welcome to Before The Snap, For The Win’s college football series where we’ll break down the sport’s trending storylines, examine each week’s biggest matchups and track the College Football Playoff and Heisman Trophy races.
It’s still September, so it’s still way too early to have a clear idea of which teams have the best shot at making the College Football Playoff come selection day in December. There’s a whole lot of football still to be played.
But going into Week 4, USC has a 20.0 percent chance to make the playoff, while Oklahoma has an 18.1 percent chance, according to ESPN’s Playoff Predictor formula. The Trojans and Sooners are comfortably out of the top four for now — those spots are occupied by Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State and Clemson, respectively — but those numbers are still some of the best in the country.
