Sports Illustrated ranked the winningest college football playoff programs

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Tied for 7th
Michigan
Florida St.
Michigan St.
Washington
Cincinnati
Notre Dame
Oklahoma

6. Ohio St.
5. Tied between Oregona and TCU
4. Clemson

3. Alabama
No team has made more playoffs or won more CFP games, and the Tide has won almost 70 percent of the matchups it's qualified for. Since the advent of the College Football Playoff, the Crimson Tide has won three national titles (2015, 2017, 2020) and played for six titles in total, losing twice to eventual champion Clemson and once against Georgia.

2. Georgia
Georgia has made the playoff three times: in 2017, the Bulldogs played an instant classic in double overtime against Oklahoma, before falling to Alabama in the title game on a now-famous Tua Tagovailoa TD pass in overtime. But the Dawgs roared back in 2021 and 2022 behind a historically-great defense, taking down Alabama the first time and then destroying TCU, 65-7, to win its second-straight title.

1. LSU
It's all about quality over quantity for LSU in the playoff, destroying everything in sight during the 2019 season behind arguably the best offense in college football history. Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow led a 63 point performance against Oklahoma in the semifinal and in a 42-25 victory over Clemson for the title. LSU finished the third 15-0 team ever — just the second since the 19th century — against one of the toughest schedules you can play.