ESPN picks: Experts see huge years for Clemson and FSU

Can Alabama repeat as the College Football Playoff champion? Or will another SEC team edge out the Tide and win the CFP?

Our ESPN blue-ribbon panel of 36 experts is predicting neither. In fact, a whopping 26 see an ACC team -- 21 vote Clemson, and five vote Florida State -- ending the year as national champion.

Here's how they voted on the CFP and each conference winner.