GLENDALE, AZ - JANUARY 11: The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy is seen on the field before the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship Game between the Clemson Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide at University of Phoenix Stadium on January 11, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

ESPN lists an absolute stunner as an "on the fence" College Football Playoff contender

So you're saying there's a chance?!

With just four weeks remaining in the college football season, ESPN has broken down the 15 remaining College Football Playoff hopefuls with one of the most unlikely squads imaginable — Western Michigan.

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While Alabama, Clemson, Michigan and one of either Ohio State or Louisville currently likely lead the final four, Western Michigan joins some  common sense favorites such as Auburn, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Utah.

The Broncos have risen sneakily across the AP top 25, jumping from No. 17 last week to No. 14 this week. They ranked No. 23 in the first College Football Playoff rankings last week and could go storming up the charts.

The problem for Western Michigan and one of the hottest coaching commodities on the market, D.J. Fluker, is quality wins compared to the teams above them.

Western Michigan has beaten a decent Northwestern, lower-tiered powerhouse Georgia Southern and a Central Michigan team that beat Oklahoma State earlier in the year. If only it were the BCS still, Western Michigan may have had a shot.

While the odds are slim the Broncos make it into even the top 10, it's a massive leap for a team that went 1-11 three years ago and is coming off consecutive 8-5 seasons.