The 2024 12-team College Football Playoff featured several teams ending their playoff droughts, including the Clemson Tigers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who had not made the playoff since 2020. The LSU Tigers are among the teams aiming to break their playoff drought.

Here’s a far-too-early prediction at where they will end up, and what the toughest choices will be before the bracket comes out on Dec. 8.

Some of the most successful programs of the College Football Playoff era had a tougher time consistently contending in these simulations. Defending national champ Ohio State appeared in 11 of the 25 brackets and reached the national championship game just three times. Alabama earned just five CFP bids and never played for a title.