ESPN’s panel of college football experts has updated their Playoff predictions for the 2024 season.

The 2024 college football season will be a whole new world when it comes to the College Football Playoff, which for the 1st time will feature 12 teams instead of the 4-team format that the sport has had for the past decade.

Rankings by the CFP selection committee will determine the bids that go to the 5 highest-ranked conference champions and the 7 highest-ranked remaining at-large teams. The top 4 conference champions will automatically be seeded 1-4 and receive first-round byes. Seeds 5-12 will play on-campus, first-round games (No. 12 at No. 5, No. 11 at No. 6, etc).

With so many at-large bids up for grabs, the SEC is expected to be well-represented in the 1st season of the 12-team Playoff. ESPN’s college football experts shared their picks for the Playoff after Week 4.

Going into Week 4, 6 of the top 7 teams in the AP Poll were from the SEC, so it’s no surprise that the perennial powerhouse football conference is all over ESPN’s Playoff picks. Top-ranked Texas took apart Louisiana-Monroe, 51-3, while No. 2 Georgia had a bye week in preparation for next Saturday night’s titanic showdown at No. 4 Alabama.

While No. 5 Ole Miss cruised to a 52-13 victory over Georgia Southern and No. 7 Missouri barely survived in overtime against Vanderbilt, it was No. 6 Tennessee that made the headlines in the SEC on Saturday with a 25-15 victory at No. 15 Oklahoma. So, it’s no surprise that the Volunteers actually appeared as a No. 1 seed in the Playoff for 1 of the 11 experts.

Meanwhile, Texas was a No. 1 seed for 6 of the experts, and Georgia took the No. 1 spot for 3 of the experts.

That means only 1 of the 11 ESPN experts did not have an SEC team as its top-seeded team, with Ohio State getting the No. 1 spot for that particular expert.

Here are the latest Playoff picks from ESPN’s 11 experts:

Andrea Adelson: 1. Tennessee. 2. Ohio State. 3. Miami. 4. Utah. 5. Texas. 6. Alabama. 7. Georgia. 8. Ole Miss. 9. Oregon. 10. Penn State. 11. Clemson. 12. Boise State.

Bill Connelly: 1. Texas. 2. Ohio State. 3. Miami. 4. Utah. 5. Tennessee. 6. Georgia. 7. Alabama. 8. Ole Miss. 9. Penn State. 10. Louisville. 11. Indiana. 12. UNLV.

David Hale: 1. Georgia. 2. Ohio State. 3. Miami. 4. Iowa State. 5. Tennessee. 6. Texas. 7. Alabama. 8. Ole Miss. 9. Clemson. 10. Oregon. 11. Penn State. 12. UNLV.

Eli Lederman: 1. Texas. 2. Ohio State. 3. Miami. 4. Utah. 5. Georgia. 6. Oregon. 7. Ole Miss. 8. Alabama. 9. Tennessee. 10. Penn State. 11. Clemson. 12. Boise State.

Chris Low: 1. Texas. 2. Ohio State. 3. Miami. 4. Utah. 5. Georgia. 6. Tennessee. 7. Alabama. 8. Ole Miss. 9. Penn State. 10. Oregon. 11. Clemson. 12. UNLV.

Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Texas. 2. Ohio State. 3. Miami. 4. Utah. 5. Tennessee. 6. Georgia. 7. Alabama. 8. Penn State. 9. Ole Miss. 10. Louisville. 11. Indiana. 12. UNLV.

Max Olson: 1. Georgia. 2. Ohio State. 3. Miami. 4. Iowa State. 5. Texas. 6. Alabama. 7. Tennessee. 8. Oregon. 9. Penn State. 10. Ole Miss. 11. Clemson. 12. Boise State.

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Texas 2. Ohio State 3. Miami 4. Utah 5. Georgia. 6. Tennessee. 7. Alabama. 8. Ole Miss. 9. Penn State. 10. Oregon. 11. Clemson. 12. UNLV.

Jake Trotter: 1. Georgia. 2. Ohio State. 3. Miami. 4. Utah. 5. Texas. 6. Tennessee. 7. Alabama. 8. Oregon. 9. Penn State. 10. Ole Miss. 11. Louisville. 12. Boise State.

Paolo Uggetti: 1. Ohio State. 2. Georgia. 3. Miami. 4. Utah. 5. Tennessee. 6. Texas. 7. Oregon. 8. Alabama. 9. Ole Miss. 10. Penn State. 11. Clemson. 12. Boise State.

Dave Wilson: 1. Texas. 2. Ohio State. 3. Miami. 4. Utah. 5. Georgia. 6. Tennessee. 7. Alabama. 8. Ole Miss. 9. Penn State. 10. Oregon. 11. Clemson. 12. UNLV.