By Zane Miller

A look at my 2022 Cup Series playoff predictions:

Out in Round 1

#99 Daniel Suarez

#48 Alex Bowman

#2 Austin Cindric

#3 Austin Dillon

Out in Round 2

#12 Ryan Blaney

#11 Denny Hamlin

#20 Christopher Bell

#18 Kyle Busch

Out in Round 3

#14 Chase Briscoe

#24 William Byron

#8 Tyler Reddick

#4 Kevin Harvick

Championship 4

#1 Ross Chastain (17th in final race)

#5 Kyle Larson (9th in final race)

#22 Joey Logano (5th in final race)

#9 Chase Elliott (1st in final race, wins championship)