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Earlier this offseason, I made way-too-early predictions for the 2015-16 College Football Playoff.

My predictions veered from chalk—how many people have Clemson over Florida State?—but were still, for the most part, conservative. Baylor won the Big 12. Ohio State won the Big Ten. The Buckeyes repeated as national champions, and Auburn, for the second time in three years, became the national runner-up.

In the following set of projections, I have slightly tweaked the boldness setting. I haven't dialed the meter up to 10—sorry, Indiana fans—but rather to a cool six or seven. These aren't wild, crazy, hell-raising projections; they are bold but realistic scenarios.

Will they happen? Probably not.

But can they? You'd better believe it.

This is still, after all, college football.