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The hosts forecast next year's national championship winner using ESPN's FPI rankings and power rank the best college football coaches.

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! It is decided! On today's episode of False Start, John Buhler (Lead Writer, FanSided) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) tried to forecast who is going to win next year's national championship. With the help of ESPN's new FPI rankings, the boys certainly drove this thing into the ditch! After that, they power ranked the best head coaches in college football today, looked at some university administrative stuff, and questione...

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Hosts: John Buhler, Cody Williams

Topics covered

• CFP simulation
• FPI rankings
• college football coaches
• national championship prediction
• university administration

Keywords

• CFP simulation
• FPI data
• college football
• Brian Kelly
• national championship
• coaching rankings
• FanSided

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Organizations: FanSided, ESPN

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