Who will crash the College Football Playoff semifinals? A look at five contenders.

Which four teams will play for a trip to SoFi Stadium, the host of the College Football Playoff national championship game in January?

Alabama, we can go ahead and book. Defending champion Georgia, given its capability to reload and a favorable schedule, we can reasonably pencil in. The winner of Ohio State-Michigan, we can consider a near lock. Theoretically, that leaves one spot open in the highly contentious four-team format, and I'd like to think it will be someone bringing new blood to the CFP semifinals.

Of course, there could be more unpredictability. Last year, because Clemson and Oklahoma fell off from their