How does 2024's contender pileup compare?

Number of FBS/D-1A college football teams who fit a given category of contender through Week 10 of each season, 1998-2024

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* Notre Dame is considered a power-conference school.

Chart: Neil PaineSource: cfbfastRGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper