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College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities.
College football is one of the most exclusive syndicates on the planet.
It is unlike any country club, fraternity or the few, the proud, the privileged Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards members. "Elite" doesn't even begin to describe it.
That's why we start the season in earnest this week able to predict the future. It's rather easy, really, to determine which teams have a legitimate chance at advancing to the College Football Playoff.
There are only 18 of them (see below) that can win it -- only 14 percent of FBS this season.
These teams are part of privileged guest list has emerged over the last 80 years. Only 30 schools have won a national championship in the wire service era (since 1936). That's 30 out of hundreds of major-college programs in the last eight decades.
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