ESPN has projected every college football team's chances of making the expanded College Football Playoff. After three weeks, the results are quite compelling. They are as alarming as they are astounding.

In the first College Football Playoff bracketology, the SEC has a deep stable of contenders, and Big Ten should likewise have three or more teams.

Three weeks into the college football season, a few teams have emerged as legitimate College Football Playoff contenders, others are trying to hone in on their identity to enter the conversation, while many schools are a long way from deserving a mention.