Best teams in the College Football Playoff era: Creating the Ultimate 12-team CFP

The College Football Playoff season kicks off this week with the inaugural 12 -team CFP getting underway.

FOX Sports looked at the 12 most dominant teams in the CFP era up to this point based on our research and what a hypothetical bracket would look like.

Let's take a look at the best teams in college football history.

The 2023 Michigan Wolverines held every opponent they played to under 25 points en route to winning the program's first national championship since 1997 .

A total of 44 players from the 2015 Alabama roster went on to play in the NFL .

The 2014 Ohio State Buckeyes were the first national champions of the CFP era, and faced plenty of adversity down the stretch.

Oregon Ducks are the only FBS team to finish the regular season unbeaten.

The Ducks have three ranked wins this season , including a pair of top-five victories over Ohio State and Penn State .

They are set to take on the winner of Ohio State/Tennessee in the Rose Bowl on Jan 1 .