With the first set of the College Football Playoff rankings coming out early next week, it’s time to remind everyone that a team is only as good as its back-up quarterback. At least that’s what the committee thinks after Florida State missed out on last year’s invitational following a late-season injury to Jordan Travis.
The Talent Tracker is in no way trying to jinx or cast a spell on a contender, but there’s a good chance that one or multiple schools in the hunt to make the playoff are going to have to rely upon a No. 2 quarterback in a pivotal moment at some point over the next two months because that’s what the data shows.
This season, 22 different Power Four programs have had to start multiple quarterbacks due to injury and that number could grow to 25 by the end of weekend depending on what happens at places like Penn State and Texas Tech.
Injuries happen and they happen frequently at the game’s most important position. Given the fact that almost every quarterback room is constructed differently in the transfer portal and NIL era, the Talent Tracker thought it might be a good idea to take a look at who’s the most prepared to overcome a rather daunting situation using the top teams from the latest CFP rankings from Jerry Palm at CBS Sports.
