2026 College Football Playoff Predictions: Will Big Ten's Dominance Come To An End?

It's about that time, as the offseason winds down, and predictions start looming.

Which teams are bound to make waves this college football season? As Oregon returns plenty of production from their 2025 team and Indiana aims for a repeat title, the competition for conference championships and a national title are wide open.

Here are Klatt's predictions for every Power Four conference champion, 12-team bracket and his national champion prediction: Klatt's thoughts: "I do think that the Big Ten is absolutely loaded at the top.

I think all of us know that after all these preseason rankings have finally come out.

We saw Ohio State at the top of the AP [Top 25 Poll].

Oregon was at the top of my preseason poll.

And you still have Indiana, the defending national champion.

You've got teams like USC, Penn State and Michigan, who will all be in there vying and trying to level up into that rarefied air of those top three teams in the Big Ten.

"Ohio State's schedule is going to be too difficult. … They've got to play at Iowa after opening on the road in Week 2 against Texas.

They've got to play on the road several times against very difficult opponents.

They've got to go to USC.

They've got to go to Indiana.

These are all very difficult places to play.

That's why I don't think Ohio State will make it to Indianapolis.