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Ohio State is in, Notre Dame is out of College Football Playoff after Week 2

By: Michelle R. Martinelli | September 11, 2018 11:33 am Follow @MMartinelli4 Yes, yes, we know is still way too early to try and guess which four teams will advance to the College Football Playoff this year. But that didn’t stop us from writing about it in the preseason or after Week 1, so we’re carrying on after Week 2. Going into a relatively underwhelming schedule of games for the second week of college football, Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Oklahoma had the top four chances, respectively, to make it into the playoff. All four teams won their Week 2 matchups, but there’s a different group at the top with the best chances, according to ESPN’s Playoff Predictor. With a formula created by ESPN’s Sports Analytics, here are the four (but really five) teams with the best chances of making the College Football Playoff after the second week. 1. Alabama…

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