Hopefully you've been enjoying your Saturdays, because that calendar is about to get stuffed full of football.

Ready or not, the 2024 college football season is inside of a month away. Week 0 is slated for Aug. 24, and Week 1—when the overwhelming majority of Football Bowl Subdivision teams kick off—begins on Aug. 29, with the opening Saturday on Aug. 31.

Whether here at Bleacher Report, you at home or outlets elsewhere, we have so many predictions.

But we have questions, too.

While the following topics are simply a product of my brain—welcome to the chaos—each one is an overarching unknown about the long-awaited, much-anticipated 2024 campaign.

Any Realignment News?

Best guess? Not this year.

Ask me about next summer, and my answer is leaning a different way. For a brief moment, however, there may be relative calm.

Florida State and Clemson are currently the biggest schools at risk of leaving a league. Shortly after FSU began to challenge the ACC's grant of rights and withdrawal fee, Clemson followed suit. (Literally.)

As those legal battles play out, the expectation is that no changes are imminent. ESPN's Pete Thamel recently reported the schools have until Aug. 15 to notify the ACC of plans to leave before the 2025-26 academic year, but neither one is likely to do that.

While this story certainly won't disappear, major realignment news is more peeking over the horizon than hurtling toward us.

Who Makes the Loudest Debut?

Speaking of realignment, exactly a dozen power-conference programs will be playing in a new league this season.

Plus, a 13th school is donning that label for the first time.

Oklahoma and Texas are headed to the SEC, and the Big 12 is set to debut Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah in the aftermath. Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington are now in the Big Ten, and the ACC brought in Cal and Stanford while calling up SMU from the AAC.

Within that group are several possible contenders, but a trio in particular stand out: Oregon, Texas and Utah.

There isn't a much greater way to introduce yourself to a conference than winning it immediately. Parlay that crown into a run toward a national title, and these realigning teams could make some frenemies right away, too

Oh, and a shoutout to FBS newcomer Kennesaw State in Conference USA. Welcome to the party, pal. Hooty Hoo!

Where's the Hottest Seat?

Among the flurry of coaching moves around the Football Bowl Subdivision, more than a dozen happened because of a firing.

These hot seats are no joke.

Heading into the campaign, Ohio State's Ryan Day is the major name in the danger zone. Even as that's largely a product of only losing to Michigan, Day is nonetheless on a decently hot seat in Columbus.

Realistically, though, Day isn't occupying the most worrisome spot. That inglorious honor probably belongs to Sam Pittman at Arkansas, which is just 23-25 overall and hasn't finished better than 4-4 against SEC opponents during his four-year tenure.

Behind him, the watch list shifts to Baylor's Dave Aranda and Florida's Billy Napier, with some Group of Five coaches not far behind.

Changes are inevitable. Where will the coaching grim reaper strike first?

How Do Eras Begin at Bama, U-M?

Alabama and Michigan are replacing a couple of institutions.

Sure, the other guy defeated Nick Saban in his then-unknown finale. Saban, though, won so much at Alabama—nine SEC championships and six national titles, to be exact—that you cannot tell the story of college football without a lengthy chapter on him.

Jim Harbaugh, meanwhile, provided a storybook ending of his own at Michigan. He sparked his once-flailing alma mater's program, struggled a bit in the middle of his tenure and took the Wolverines to the pinnacle of the sport in 2023. After securing a third straight Big Ten crown, U-M earned its first outright national championship since 1948.

Respectively, here comes Kalen DeBoer and Sherrone Moore.

Both coaches inherit a CFP-caliber roster, and they'll be judged on whether that upside—and expectation—is met.

What Changes Follow the Expanded CFP?

In case you've been living on an island for nearly two years, the College Football Playoff is expanding to 12 teams this season.

The number is different, yes. What else is, though?

From a fan perspective, we'll be engaged longer. One loss shouldn't feel as crushing, and a second setback won't necessarily be devastating. It's plausible that a three-loss record can sneak into the CFP.

As media, we won't be compelled to narrow our focus so quickly. "Oh, two losses? They're out. That undefeated team plays in the Sun Belt? Well, it's not like the selection committee is going to care." Finally—and thankfully—those sentiments can be removed from my brain.

Plenty of other nuances will develop over the course of the campaign, too. Those are two obvious changes in store, but we're certain to have other meaningful talking points emerge.

So, what else? Well, I'm excited to find out.