On Tuesday night, the College Football Playoff rankings will be revealed on ESPN. Between now and then, the committee will have a lot to discuss regarding the 5-10 positions.
As for 1-4, it’s pretty set in stone.
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LSU, Ohio State, Clemson and Georgia all took care of business. The Dawgs definitely had the most impressive win of the weekend among those teams, a road win vs No. 12 Auburn, but it should remain at four as the three undefeateds ahead of it still have a 0 in the loss column.
There was some drama on Saturday.
1-7 all won their games, but in Tuscaloosa the Tide surely are not celebrating after hearing the news that Tua Tagovailoa dislocated his hip and will be out for the remainder of the season.
The highest ranked team to lose was No. 8 Minnesota, which fell to Iowa.
No. 9 Penn State survived a scare from Indiana but held on to win by a touchdown.
And No. 13 Baylor was handed its first loss of the season via an epic comeback from Jalen Hurts and Oklahoma.
With everything in mind, I will attempt to predict what the committee will do on Tuesday.
These are not my rankings, but a prediction of what the rankings will look like
1. LSU
2. Ohio State
3. Clemson
4. Georgia
5. Alabama
I think the committee is going to give Alabama the benefit of the doubt until the Tide prove they don’t belong. If Alabama loses to Auburn, it’ll obviously move down. So they’ll just wait and see.
6. Oregon
7. Utah
8. Oklahoma (jumps Penn State)
9. Penn State
10. Florida
This would give Georgia one win over a team in the top-10, Florida. Additionally, I predict Auburn will fall to No. 17 and Notre Dame, after destroying Navy, will move to no. 13.
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