ESPN: College Football Playoff Picks After Week 9

Fourteen ESPN College Football writers and analysts have been making their College Football Playoff picks all season long and for the first time this year, all 14 of them have LSU in the playoff.

Seven of those picks have LSU as the No. 1 seed.

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Most Popular Playoff Picks:
TEAM (RECORD) VOTES
LSU (8-0) 14/14
Alabama (8-0) 14/14
Ohio State (8-0) 13/14
Clemson (8-0) 13/14
Penn State (8-0) 2/14

Andrea Adelson: 1. LSU; 2. Clemson; 3. Alabama; 4. Ohio State
Edward Aschoff: 1. Ohio State; 2. LSU; 3. Alabama; 4. Clemson
Kyle Bonagura: 1. Ohio State; 2. Alabama; 3. Clemson; 4. LSU
Bill Connelly: 1. Ohio State; 2. LSU; 3. Alabama; 4. Penn State
Heather Dinich: 1. LSU; 2. Ohio State; 3. Alabama; 4. Clemson
David Hale: 1. LSU; 2. Ohio State; 3. Clemson; 4. Alabama
Sam Khan Jr.: 1. LSU; 2. Ohio State; 3. Alabama; 4. Clemson
Chris Low: 1. Ohio State; 2. LSU; 3. Alabama; 4. Clemson
Ivan Maisel: 1. Ohio State; 2. LSU; 3. Alabama; 4. Clemson
Ryan McGee: 1. LSU; 2. Alabama; 3. Clemson; 4. Penn State
Adam Rittenberg: 1. LSU; 2. Ohio State; 3. Alabama; 4. Clemson
Alex Scarborough: 1. LSU; 2. Clemson; 3. Ohio State; 4. Alabama
Mark Schlabach: 1. Ohio State; 2. LSU; 3. Clemson; 4. Alabama
Tom VanHaaren: 1. Alabama; 2. Ohio State; 3. LSU; 4. Clemson

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The first College Football Playoff rankings will come out next Tuesday night.

The two semifinal games will be played in Atlanta, Georgia and Glendale, Arizona on Saturday, December 28. The National Championship is set for Monday, January 13 in New Orleans.