2024 NCG · Michigan 34, Washington 13

Michigan finished 15-0, the first 15-win season in program history, and won the national title against the Pac-12-final-champion Washington Huskies in the four-team bracket's farewell. Harbaugh would leave for the Chargers within weeks; Connor Stalions and the sign-stealing investigation would haunt the legacy; the actual football — Corum's 134 yards, Edwards' two long touchdowns, McCarthy's 140 efficient passing yards — ran on the program's old identity. Michigan won the title with the most run-heavy script of any CFP champion, and the historical record will note that the twelve-team bracket arrived the next September.