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College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25 Prediction November 29

College Football Playoff rankings prediction. What will the penultimate top 25 be when it comes out on Tuesday night?

What will the College Football Playoff rankings potentially be? It’s the predicted best guess on the penultimate 2022 CFP Top 25.

College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25 Prediction

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Note that below are NOT the actual 2022 College Football Playoff rankings – those come out Tuesday night, November 29th. This is our prediction and projection of what the penultimate top 25 might be.

25. Ole Miss Rebels 8-4 (20)

24. North Carolina Tar Heels 9-3 (17)

23. NC State Wolfpack 8-4 (NR)

22. South Carolina Gamecocks 8-4 (NR)

21. UCF Knights 9-3 (22)

– Bowl Eligibility: All bowl eligible teams

20. Texas Longhorns 8-4 (23)

19. Oregon State Beavers 9-3 (21)

18. Tulane Green Wave 10-2 (19)

17. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 9-3 (15)

16. UCLA Bruins 9-3 (18)

15. Florida State Seminoles 9-3 (16)

14. Utah Utes 9-3 (14)

13. Oregon Ducks 9-2 (9)

12. Clemson Tigers 10-2 (8)

11. LSU Tigers 9-3 (5)

– CFN Rankings 1-131: Week 13

10. Washington Huskies 10-2 (13)

9. Kansas State Wildcats 9-3 (12)

8. Penn State Nittany Lions 10-2 (11)

7. Tennessee Volunteers 10-2 (10)

6. Alabama Crimson Tide 10-2 (7)

5. Ohio State Buckeyes 11-1 (2)

– How do the 7 teams still alive for the CFP rank?

4. USC Trojans 11-1 (6)

3. TCU Horned Frogs 12-0 (4)

2. Michigan Wolverines 12-0 (3)

1. Georgia Bulldogs 12-0 (1)

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College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25 November 22

College Football Playoff top 25 rankings. How do the teams rank in after the fourth round?

How do the top teams rank in the top 25 after the fourth round of the 2022 College Football Playoff rankings?

College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25 November 22

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25. Louisville Cardinals 7-4 (NR)

24. Cincinnati Bearcats 9-2 (25)

23. Texas Longhorns 7-4 (NR)

22. UCF Knights 8-3 (20)

21. Oregon State Beavers 7-3 (23)

– Bowl Eligibility: Where does every team stand?

20. Ole Miss Rebels 8-3 (14)

19. Tulane Green Wave 9-2 (21)

18. UCLA Bruins 8-3 (16)

17. North Carolina Tar Heels 9-2 (13)

16. Florida State Seminoles 8-3 (19)

15. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8-3 (18)

14. Utah Utes 8-3 (10)

13. Washington Huskies 9-2 (NR)

12. Kansas State Wildcats 8-3 (15)

11. Penn State Nittany Lions 9-2 (11)

– CFN Rankings 1-131: Week 12

10. Tennessee Volunteers 9-2 (5)

9. Oregon Ducks 9-2 (12)

8. Clemson Tigers 10-1 (9)

7. Alabama Crimson Tide 9-2 (8)

6. USC Trojans 10-1 (7)

5. LSU Tigers 9-2 (6)

– How do the 7 teams still alive for the CFP rank?

4. TCU Horned Frogs 11-0 (4)

3. Michigan Wolverines 11-0 (3)

2. Ohio State Buckeyes 11-0 (2)

1. Georgia Bulldogs 11-0 (1)

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College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25 Reaction. Crazy Hypothetical Time …

College Football Playoff rankings reaction, predictions, and the potentially big problem with what the committee just did.

Reaction after the fourth round of College Football Playoff rankings. What to take away from the latest top 25.

College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25 Reaction, Week 4

You’d think the fourth round of College Football Playoff rankings would be no big deal with the top four holding firm, but there’s a potential theoretical problem, and there’s a new nightmare scenario.

Work with me here.

I’m all into hypotheticals, but I’m not diving too deep yet into all the possibilities that would require a historical anomaly. We have yet to see a crazy Power Five conference championship upset in the College Football Playoff era, much less two or three. With that said …

Try this, and it’s not all that far-fetched. Georgia BLASTS LSU. TCU loses to Iowa State and the Big 12 Championship. USC loses to Notre Dame and in the Pac-12 Championship. Clemson loses to South Carolina and/or to North Carolina.

IN: Georgia, the Big Ten Champion (for this to work, go with Ohio State since the Michigan resumé is blah) and we need two more teams …

BTW, Alabama is No. 7. Maybe the Ohio State-Michigan loser is in. Who’s the fourth in this scenario? Clemson would probably have to lose the ACC Championship, but …

Nah. Sorry. Let’s move on. This is the bigger deal this week …

– College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25: Week 4

LSU at 5 and USC at 6 matters … for now. What happens if LSU trucks Texas A&M by a gajillion this week and then goes on to beat Georgia for the SEC Championship? That means – at the moment – there’s no argument to put USC up into the top four over LSU if it comes down to LSU or USC for the fourth spot.

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LSU’s win over (1) Georgia would be better than anything USC will have. Combine that with a win over (7) Alabama, (10) Tennessee, and (20) Ole Miss, and throw the SEC Champion t-shirt into the ring, and we might have our first two-loss team in the College Football Playoff, UNLESS …

The College Football Playoff committee might put USC up into the 4 spot next week in the penultimate rankings. The argument then would be that the Trojans – if it happens – beat (15) Notre Dame, and LSU beat an unranked losing-season Texas A&M program. That’s the out. If that doesn’t happen, then the committee will have zero argument to leave out LSU if it wins the SEC Championship.

If LSU and USC both win, and if LSU is 4 and USC 5, then 1) the committee can’t use the “won the conference championship” argument to put in USC over LSU. 2) It can’t harp on the two loss thing – or the destruction at home again Tennessee – because that’s already baked into the current rankings. 3) LSU will have been No. 4 and would’ve beaten the No. 1 unbeaten Bulldogs – assuming a win over Georgia Tech this weekend.

The committee is really, really, really, really, really blowing off LSU’s 40-13 home loss to Tennessee.

With ALL of that said …

– How do the 7 teams still alive for the CFP rank?

This is all based on LSU beating Georgia. If that doesn’t happen, USC is in the College Football Playoff if it wins out, no matter what.

The Ohio State-Michigan loser will be in big, big trouble. Forget it if you’re Michigan – the rest of the resumé isn’t good enough. Ohio State would have a case if it loses a close game and if Notre Dame beats USC this weekend, but it would be tough. However …

Clemson deserves a lot more love and respect than 8. It won at (16) Florida State. Florida State beat LSU. The loss to Notre Dame stinks, but if it wins out, beating South Carolina will mean something and taking down (17) North Carolina will be part of the debate.

Clemson needs help. It can do this, but USC has to lose, TCU has to lose at least the Big 12 Championship, and LSU can’t beat Georgia.

– CFN Rankings 1-131: Week 12

No, the Michigan-Ohio State loser wouldn’t get in over a 12-1 ACC Champion Clemson. I think.

The committee didn’t punish UCF enough for losing to Navy. I get that it beat Cincinnati, but the Navy loss at home combined with the 34-13 loss to East Carolina should push it back. It doesn’t really matter, though – the AAC Champion is a mortal lock to be the New Year’s Six throw-the-Group-of-Five-a-cookie bowl team.

If you’re going to put UCF at 22, then you sort of have to put (25) Louisville higher. The Cardinals won in Orlando 20-14 earlier in the season.

So let’s cut to the chase. At the moment, NOW what’s the pecking order? Let’s say everyone wins. Let’s say everyone fits the historical profile. How does this shake out? If all things are even …

1. 13-0 Georgia
2. 13-0 Big Ten champ
3. 13-0 TCU
4. 12-1 USC
5. 12-1 Clemson

Take that and go from there.

Iowa – assuming it’s Iowa – could really screw things up if it wins the Big Ten title. That’s almost certainly not going to happen, but Kansas State could take the Big 12 Championship and whatever the second option is could beat USC for the Pac-12 title.

The Big Ten is taking it on the chin. Beating up on each other doesn’t mean the teams need to be ranked all that high, but there’s (2) Ohio State, (3) Michigan, and (11) Penn State, and nothing else. Between those three, Ohio State’s win over (17) Notre Dame is the only non-conference win of note – considering Penn State beating Auburn isn’t all that big a deal.

Give me the big, giant, hairy (16) Florida State win other than whatever that was against LSU in Week 1. Let me save you the trouble. There isn’t one.

The committee cares about injuries, so the Hendon Hooker season-ending knee injury factors into Tennessee at 10. Okay, but that’s sort of a cop-out ranking. Either go with the idea that the team isn’t the same without Hooker and put it WAY lower – definitely behind Penn State – or stick with the earned credits and put it ahead of (7) Alabama.

– Bowl Eligibility: Where does every team stand?

I’m still not exactly sure what (24) Cincinnati did to earn a top 25 spot, but okay, whatever.

It continues to be the fatal flaw of the College Football Playoff methodology – besides being based on a panel of judges, it doesn’t give enough credit to tough losses against great teams, and it continues to overlove any win over a good team.

Unless you’re (7) Alabama, and those close losses to Tennessee and LSU weren’t close losses. Alabama simply ran out of time.

I can’t change the future, I can only see it … What’s it going to be at the end of all this fun?

1. Georgia, 2. Ohio State, 3. USC, 4. Clemson

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College Football Playoff Chase: Ranking Path Of The 7 Teams Still Alive

Who’s in the College Football Playoff chase? Seven teams are still realistically alive, and we rate them based on how clear their paths are and the likelihood of getting in.

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2023-2023 College Football Playoff? Before Week 13, here are the seven teams still alive and what they need to do to get in.

Tennessee is now out of the College Football Playoff mix after getting rocked by South Carolina, and any dream that North Carolina might have had went bye-bye after a shocking loss to Georgia Tech.

So now we’re down to seven teams realistically in the chase for the College Football Playoff. What do they need to do to get in, and who has the easiest and hardest path?

This isn’t a ranking of who the top seven teams are – that’s for our ranking of all 131 teams – this is about a combination of talent, clearest path, and overall pecking order.

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7. LSU Tigers (9-2)

Remaining Schedule: at Texas A&M, SEC Championship vs Georgia

What LSU has to do to make the College Football Playoff: It has to look the part over the next two weeks.

The 41-10 win over UAB was what a team in the College Football Playoff is supposed to do, and the wins over Alabama and Arkansas were nice, but those were close, tight battles. Now it has to annihilate a mediocre Texas A&M team on the road and it needs to beat Georgia in the SEC Championship.

That, and it needs two of the three champions – assuming the Ohio State-Michigan winner doesn’t lose the Big Ten title – from the ACC, Big 12, and Pac-12 to have at least two losses.

Will LSU make the College Football Playoff? 1) It might have problems on the road against a Texas A&M team that will see this season finale as its World Cup final. 2) It’ll probably beat Texas A&M, but it probably won’t beat Georgia. 3) If it beats Georgia, it’s still probably not in over Georgia – unless it’s a blowout – and it’s unlikely that it’ll get help from three of the other four Power Five conference championships.

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6. Clemson Tigers (10-1)

Remaining Schedule: South Carolina, ACC Championship vs North Carolina

What Clemson has to do to make the College Football Playoff: Win out and get help.

It actually caught a wonderful break that South Carolina is coming of the blowout win over Tennessee. Now, beating the Gamecocks would be a massive boost in the College Football Playoff chase with the rough performance against Notre Dame still fresh.

Sticking with the idea of a 12-1 Power Five conference champion getting in if there aren’t any other viable options, Clemson needs USC to lose once more – that’s the most realistic key possibility – and looking the part against South Carolina and North Carolina would be nice.

Will Clemson make the College Football Playoff? Sticking with the call throughout most of the year … yes. The call is that Clemson wins its final two games and TCU somehow has a problem either against Iowa State – unlikely – or in the Big 12 Championship.

The committee would almost certainly take a 12-1 ACC champion over a 12-1 Big 12 team without a championship. If that happens and if Georgia pushes LSU out of the way – and/or if USC loses once more – Clemson is in.

– College Football Playoff Top 25 Prediction

5. USC Trojans (10-1)

Remaining Schedule: Notre Dame, Pac-12 Championship

What USC has to do to make the College Football Playoff: Go 2-0.

The only reason USC isn’t in the top four is because it’s more likely to lose one of its final two games. However, if there were three options the committee had to take – SEC champion Georgia, the Big Ten champion, and 13-0 Big 12 champion TCU – 12-1 USC would 99% surely get the nod over 12-1 Clemson.

And why? Next up for USC is the Notre Dame team that whacked Clemson 35-14.

Will USC make the College Football Playoff? Yeah – let’s go with it. It’s going to be a fight, but after beating UCLA, if USC goes 2-0 with wins over Notre Dame and either Oregon, Utah or Washington in the Pac-12 Championship, it’s done. It’s not going to be easy, but the team rose to the challenge against the Bruins.

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College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25 Prediction November 22

College Football Playoff rankings prediction. What will the fourth top 25 be when it comes out on Tuesday night?

What will the College Football Playoff rankings potentially be? It’s the predicted best guess on the third 2022 CFP Top 25.

College Football Playoff Rankings Prediction November 22

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Note that below are NOT the actual 2022 College Football Playoff rankings – those come out Tuesday night, November 22nd. This is our prediction and projection of what the top 25 might be.

25. UTSA Roadrunners 9-2 (NR)

24. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 9-1 (NR)

23. Texas Longhorns 7-4 (NR)

22. Cincinnati Bearcats 9-2 (25)

21. Ole Miss Rebels 8-3 (14)

– Bowl Eligibility: Where does every team stand?

20. Oregon State Beavers 7-3 (23)

19. North Carolina Tar Heels 9-2 (13)

18. Tulane Green Wave 9-2 (21)

17. Washington Huskies 9-2 (NR)

16. UCLA Bruins 8-3 (16)

15. Florida State Seminoles 8-3 (19)

14. Utah Utes 8-3 (10)

13. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8-3 (18)

12. Kansas State Wildcats 8-3 (15)

11. Penn State Nittany Lions 9-2 (11)

– CFN Rankings 1-131: Week 12

10. Oregon Ducks 9-2 (12)

9. Alabama Crimson Tide 9-2 (8)

8. Tennessee Volunteers 9-2 (5)

7. Clemson Tigers 10-1 (9)

6. LSU Tigers 9-2 (6)

5. USC Trojans 10-1 (7)

– How do the 7 teams still alive for the CFP rank?

4. TCU Horned Frogs 11-0 (4)

3. Michigan Wolverines 11-0 (3)

2. Ohio State Buckeyes 11-0 (2)

1. Georgia Bulldogs 11-0 (1)

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College Football Playoff Chase: Ranking Path Of The 9 Teams Still Alive

Who’s in the College Football Playoff chase? Nine teams are still realistically alive, and we rate them based on how clear their paths are and the likelihood of getting in.

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2023-2023 College Football Playoff? After Week 11, here are the nine teams still alive and what they need to do to get in.

Who realistically has a path to the College Football Playoff, and what are the chances of getting there?

If you really, really, really tried, there might be some way to figure out how Alabama could get in, and the College Football Playoff committee can choose to take anyone it wants, but for the most part there are nine teams still in the chase.

Ole Miss lost to Alabama last week – it’s realistically done. So is UCLA after losing to Arizona and Oregon after dropping the date against Washington.

No, this isn’t a ranking of how good the teams are right now. That’s for our 1-131 ranking of all the teams. This is based on 1) how easy and clean the path appears to be to get in, and most importantly, 2) the pecking order overall.

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9. LSU Tigers (8-2)

What LSU has to do to make the College Football Playoff: It has to be amazing the rest of the way – or even more amazing than it has been over the last few weeks.

It won the West. Start with the shocker that it’s a reloading LSU and not Alabama in the SEC Championship, and be amazed that Texas A&M flopped so hard and Ole Miss couldn’t rise up. The chance was there, and Brian Kelly’s team took it.

LSU has to roll past UAB and Texas A&M without so much as a small bump, and it has to look unstoppable against what needs to be a 12-0 No. 1 Georgia. Win the SEC Championship, and roll the dice.

Remaining Schedule: UAB, at Texas A&M, SEC Championship vs Georgia

Will LSU make the College Football Playoff? Nah. Actually, that’s a little too glib. If it wins out, then yes, it’ll be really, really, really hard to keep LSU out from a theoretical standpoint.

How do you put Georgia – and maybe Tennessee – in with a chance to win the national title and now the team that actually won the conference championship?

It’ll take everyone else melting down – a two-loss champion in the Big 12 and Pac-12 might be a must – but first it’s about taking care of home.

Assume the Tigers can’t get by Georgia, and don’t be totally shocked if Texas A&M rises up at home and comes up with something unbelievable. Even so, the path is there, even if it’ll take the College Football Playoff committee breaking precedent and putting in the first two-loss team.

8. North Carolina Tar Heels (9-1)

What North Carolina has to do to make the College Football Playoff: Win out by dominating Georgia Tech, NC State, and then Clemson in the ACC Championship.

It’s going to take a lot of help even if that happens, USC has to lose once more, and it would help if TCU doesn’t win the Big 12 Championship.

But if it comes down to 12-1 ACC Champion North Carolina and 11-1 also-ran Tennessee, the College Football Playoff committee has yet to take a one-loss Power Five champion unless there was another obvious must-have option – like unbeaten Notre Dame in 2018.

Remaining Schedule: Georgia Tech, NC State, ACC Championship vs Clemson

Will North Carolina make the College Football Playoff? Nah – it’s too heavy a lift with too much traffic in the way even if it gets to 12-1 with an ACC title. If could be stunned by NC State, and it could lose to Clemson, and the other available options might be too good, so no. It might not make it in, but win out and it’ll come extremely close.

7. Tennessee Volunteers (9-1)

What Tennessee has to do to make the College Football Playoff: You know that 66-24 win over Missouri that Tennessee just came up with? Yeah, do that again against South Carolina and Vanderbilt on the road.

The Vols need Georgia to win out impressively to make the 27-13 loss on the road to the unquestioned No. 1 team in America as acceptable as possible. They need to be so dominant that it absolutely has to be included.

But they also need help.

Remaining Schedule: at South Carolina, at Vanderbilt

Will Tennessee make the College Football Playoff? Yeah, but it’s not going to be easy. Tennessee will do its part, but it’s out if Georgia, Big Ten champion, 12-1 or unbeaten TCU, and 12-1 Pac-12 champion USC are all options.

Assume the Trojans will drop a game, and the call is that TCU won’t win the Big 12. Would the College Football Playoff committee break precedent and take an 11-1 team that didn’t win its division over a 12-1 Power Five champion? Flip a coin.

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College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25 Reaction. The Nightmare Scenario Is …

College Football Playoff rankings reaction, predictions, and the nightmare scenario for the committee if it plays out.

Reaction after the third round of College Football Playoff rankings. What to take away from the latest top 25.

College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25 Reaction, Week 3

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DO … NOT … FALL FOR IT. This happens every year around this time, including by many who know better.

Just because Tennessee is at 5, it doesn’t automatically move into the top four after (2) Ohio State and (3) Michigan play. That’s not how this works.

That hasn’t been how the College Football Playoff committee has rolled ever since TCU was at 3 going into the final 2014 rankings, ripped through Iowa State, and got dropped to 6 because …

Until the College Football Playoff changes its precedent, this has to be reiterated over and over and over again since too many blow it off. Did you win your Power Five conference championship, and did you go 12-1 or 13-0 doing it?

At some point the committee will choose a team that didn’t win its conference championship over one with the established criteria. Until then, assume the formula holds.

– How do the 9 teams still alive for the CFP rank?

But Tennessee really does belong in the top four. Did Ohio State have to play at Georgia? Did Michigan? Did TCU? No? So Tennessee’s only sin is that it had to play on the road against the current No. 1 team in America.

Does Ohio State, Michigan, or TCU have a win anywhere close to as strong – at least technically – as Tennessee’s 40-13 stomping of (6) LSU on the road? No? Then you have your answer. BUT …

Here’s your College Football Playoff meltdown: LSU wins out. You CAN’T put in 2 SEC teams and not the conference champion … can you?

You CAN’T leave out 11-1 Tennessee with that win over LSU on the resumé … can you?

You CAN’T put in three SEC teams … can you?

The problem is that you’re not wrong if the answer is “yes” to any or all of those three.

Read what the College Football Playoff committee is telling you. USC at 7. Utah at 10. Oregon at 12. UCLA at 16. Washington at 17. Oregon State at 23. And with Notre Dame moving up …

Remember the three things that matter over the last few weeks – schedule, schedule, and schedule. If USC closes out with wins over UCLA, Notre Dame, and let’s say Oregon, then no way, no how, no chance is the 12-1 Pac-12 champion left out.

– CFN Rankings 1-131: Week 11

Because I keep getting asked this on every radio/online hit, forgive me for repeating myself in every piece I do on the College Football Playoff. No way, no how, NO CHANCE is a 13-0 Big 12 champion TCU left out.

So let’s cut to the chase. At the moment, what’s the pecking order? Let’s say everyone wins. Let’s say everyone fits the historical profile. How does this shake out? If all things are even …

1. 13-0 Georgia
2. 13-0 Big Ten champ
3. 13-0 TCU
4. 12-1 USC
5. 11-1 Tennessee
6. 12-1 ACC champ

Yes, the College Football Playoff’s bacon would be saved if USC and the ACC champion are 12-1. Either they both get in if TCU loses the Big 12 championship, or one is left out along with Tennessee.

Of course, there’s going to be a curveball. Just a guess, but 12-1 TCU that doesn’t win the Big 12 championship probably goes to the bottom of the pile and behind 11-1 Tennessee.

Sorry. Back to this week’s round of College Football Playoff rankings.

North Carolina needs to be taken more seriously. It’s 9-1 and ranked 13th, but it doesn’t have an amazing win. However, it beat Pitt 42-24 – Pitt took Tennessee to overtime. If it beats (24) NC State and takes down (9) Clemson to be the 12-1 ACC champion, it’s going to be in the top four discussion.

Minnesota should be in the top 25. If the committee did its homework, it would know that injuries are why the Gophers got whacked at home against Purdue, and the losses on the road to Illinois and Penn State aren’t that bad.

Oregon State deserves a LOT more love than 23. The loss to USC was 17-14 in the final moments, the 24-21 loss at Washington is acceptable, and getting rocked at Utah is okay. Beating Boise State and Fresno State look pretty good now.

Ole Miss at 14 is a gift. its best win so far was against … um … uhhhh … Troy? It’s Kentucky, but there isn’t a win over a College Football Playoff top 25 team.

You could put Notre Dame anywhere from 15 to 25 and you probably wouldn’t be wrong. 20 is fine, but usually the committee likes big wins (giving North Carolina and Clemson their only losses) over brutal losses (Marshall, Stanford).

What has Oklahoma State done to be 23? Can we all agree now that beating Texas isn’t a big deal? Slinking by Iowa State 20-14 shouldn’t have been enough to overcome the ugly losses to Kansas and Kansas State to get into the top 25.

– Bowl Eligibility: Where does every team stand?

Washington is going to be kicking itself all offseason for that unfocused 45-38 loss at Arizona State back in early October. It pulls that out, and it’s in a position to get to the Pac-12 Championship at 11-1 with a shot at the CFP.

I’m not exactly sure what (25) Cincinnati did to earn a top 25 spot, but okay, whatever. Beating SMU and East Carolina wasn’t anything special.

I can’t change the future, I can only see it … What’s it going to be at the end of all this fun?

1. Georgia, 2. Ohio State, 3. Tennessee, 4. Clemson

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College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25 Week 3 November 15

College Football Playoff top 25 rankings. How do the teams rank in after the third round?

How do the top teams rank in the top 25 after the third round of the 2022 College Football Playoff rankings?

College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25 Week 3, November 15

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25. Cincinnati Bearcats 8-2 (NR)

24. NC State Wolfpack 7-3 (16)

23. Oregon State Beavers 7-3 (NR)

22. Oklahoma State Cowboys 7-3 (NR)

21. Tulane Green Wave 8-2 (17)

– Bowl Eligibility: Where does every team stand?

20. UCF Knights 8-2 (22)

19. Florida State Seminoles 7-3 (23)

18. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 7-3 (20)

17. Washington Huskies 8-2 (25)

16. UCLA Bruins 8-2 (12)

– AP Poll Week 12

15. Kansas State Wildcats 7-3 (19)

14. Ole Miss Rebels 8-2 (11)

13. North Carolina Tar Heels 9-1 (15)

12. Oregon Ducks 8-2 (6)

11. Penn State Nittany Lions 8-2 (14)

– CFN Rankings 1-131: Week 11

10. Utah Utes 8-2 (13)

9. Clemson Tigers 9-1 (10)

8. Alabama Crimson Tide 8-2 (9)

7. USC Trojans 9-1 (8)

6. LSU Tigers 8-2 (7)

5. Tennessee Volunteers 9-1 (5)

– How do the 9 teams still alive for the CFP rank?

4. TCU Horned Frogs 10-0 (4)

3. Michigan Wolverines 10-0 (3)

2. Ohio State Buckeyes 10-0 (2)

1. Georgia Bulldogs 10-0 (1)

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College Football Playoff Rankings Top 25 Prediction Week 3, November 15

College Football Playoff rankings prediction. What will the third top 25 be when it comes out on Tuesday night?

What will the College Football Playoff rankings potentially be? It’s the predicted best guess on the third 2022 CFP Top 25.

College Football Playoff Rankings Prediction: Week 3, November 15

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Note that below are NOT the actual 2022 College Football Playoff rankings – those come out Tuesday night, November 15th. This is our prediction and projection of what the top 25 might be.

25. Texas Longhorns 6-4 (18)

24. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 9-1 (NR)

23. Minnesota Golden Gophers 7-3 (NR)

22. Oregon State Beavers 7-3 (NR)

21. Tulane Green Wave 8-2 (17)

20. Florida State Seminoles 7-3 (23)

19. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 7-3 (20)

18. Kansas State Wildcats 7-3 (19)

17. UCF Knights 8-2 (22)

16. Washington Huskies 8-2 (25)

– AP Poll Prediction: Week 11

15. Utah Utes 8-2 (13)

14. UCLA Bruins 8-2 (12)

13. Oregon Ducks 8-2 (6)

12. Ole Miss Rebels 8-2 (11)

11. Penn State Nittany Lions 8-2 (14)

– CFN Rankings 1-131: Week 11

10. North Carolina Tar Heels 9-1 (15)

9. Clemson Tigers 9-1 (10)

8. Alabama Crimson Tide 8-2 (9)

7. USC Trojans 9-1 (8)

6. LSU Tigers 8-2 (7)

– Coaches Poll Prediction: Week 11

5. Tennessee Volunteers 9-1 (5)

4. TCU Horned Frogs 10-0 (4)

3. Michigan Wolverines 10-0 (3)

2. Ohio State Buckeyes 10-0 (2)

1. Georgia Bulldogs 10-0 (1)

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College Football Playoff Rankings: Think, Know, Believe On Second Top 25

College Football Playoff rankings reaction to the second version of the top 25. What I think, what I know, and what I believe.

College Football Playoff Rankings: What I think, know, and believe after the second version of the 2022 CFP Top 25 has been released

College Football Playoff Rankings: Think, Know, Believe November 8

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Sorry if this take sucks, it’s not my fault …

It doesn’t really know how to rank Notre Dame, either.

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I think … Kansas State is the key team in the current round of rankings.

I know … (4) TCU, (17) Tulane, and (18) Texas have NOTHING else on their respective resumés other than a win over the Wildcats.

I believe … there’s a whole lot of eye-test guessing going on in this week’s version.

I think … everyone thinking (4) TCU is better and more deserving of the top 4 spot than (5) Tennessee or (6) Oregon is pretending to look smart and/or doesn’t want to get honked at by Horned Frog fans.

I know … again, TCU’s best win – according to the College Football Playoff rankings – was against (19) Kansas State. It’s other win over a currently ranked team was against … uhhhhhh … ummmm …

I believe … Tennessee and Oregon each have one loss. Tennessee and Oregon played (1) Georgia. TCU didn’t. There you go.

I think … TCU really is good, and it could absolutely go unbeaten: at Texas, at Baylor, Iowa State, Big 12 Championship.

I know … no way, no how, NO (bleep)ING CHANCE the College Football Playoff committee leaves out an unbeaten Power Five conference champion for anyone else no matter what.

I believe … TCU isn’t going undefeated. Those same people getting all mushy about the Horned Frogs right now will quickly pivot to stumping for 11-1 Tennessee to get in over a 12-1 Big 12 Champion TCU.

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I think … until it goes a different direction, and unless there’s an obvious must-take team like 2018 12-0 Notre Dame, the College Football Playoff committee will put a 12-1 Power Five conference champion in the mini-tournament.

I know … that includes (10) Clemson. Yes, it does.

I believe … maybe that includes Clemson. If it goes 12-1, it’ll probably have at least three wins over teams that will finish in the final College Football Playoff top 25.

I think … my conspiracy theory is working that …

I know … the College Football Playoff committee doesn’t know the difference between (8) USC and (12) UCLA.

I believe … the College Football Playoff committee doesn’t get the Pac-12 Network and hasn’t seen an entire USC game.

I think … (7) LSU is going to be whale of a call if it wins out.

I know … it got trucked at home by (5) Tennessee and lost to (23) Florida State, but if the finishing kick is made up of a seven-game winning run of at Florida, Ole Miss, Alabama, at Arkansas, UAB (I know, but it’s a game against a likely bowl team), at Texas A&M, and in the SEC Championship against Georgia …

I believe … no way, no how, NO (bleep)ING CHANCE the College Football Playoff committee leaves out the SEC champion.

I think … it doesn’t leave out a two-loss SEC champion.

I know … no two-loss team has ever made it into the College Football Playoff.

I believe … it will be a hard sell to put two-loss LSU – SEC champion or not – in over an 11-1 Tennessee team that won 40-13 in Death Valley.

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I think … (Team A) is 7-2, handed a top eight team its only loss, suffered a tough defeat in the final moment away from home against a team from Florida, and lost on the road in a good battle against a team in the national title hunt.

I know … LSU is 7-2, handed a top eight team its only loss, suffered a tough defeat in the final moment away from home against a team from Florida, and lost at home against a team in the national title hunt.

I believe … (13) Utah shouldn’t get quite the same love and respect (7) LSU is receiving – there isn’t a win over a team like (11) Ole Miss – but it didn’t get destroyed in its own ballpark by 27.

I think … I’m totally lost on (9) Alabama.

I know … it came within a knuckleball field goal and a pick play for a two-point conversion – both walk-off losses – of being the unquestioned 9-0 No. 1 team. I also know it came way too close to losing to Texas and Texas A&M, but …

I believe … as shaky as the Crimson Tide are, they’re playing for the national title if they could somehow get into the playoff – which they won’t.

I think … we’re close to getting Big Ten people talking about the Michigan-Ohio State loser the same way everyone is talking about one-loss Tennessee being in the College Football Playoff mix.

I know … the Michigan-Ohio State loser won’t have the resumé of Tennessee, if it goes 11-1.

I believe … we’re all sort of blowing off that 1) Tennessee needed overtime to get by Pitt, 2) Florida State beat LSU, 3) Alabama just isn’t that good, and 4) there’s a whole lot of love and respect being given to the SEC, just because.

I think … every year there’s one team I swear has compromising pictures of committee members watching other sports on a college football Saturday.

I know … this year, that team is (18) Texas, who has one win over a CFP ranked team – (19) Kansas State – lost to an Oklahoma State squad that has done NOTHING since, and lost to Texas Tech.

I believe … the committee watched Texas play Alabama, saw one quarter of the wipeout of an Oklahoma team that didn’t have QB Dillon Gabriel, and that’s about it.

I think … the College Football Playoff shouldn’t come down to the thoughts and beliefs of a panel of judges that don’t/can’t grasp the entirety of the 131-team puzzle and how it all fits.

I know … the committee’s sincerity in trying to do this right is beyond reproach.

I believe … this thing needs to be expanded already so there’s a way to win your way in.

I think … it’ll be four Power Five conference champions in the College Football Playoff.

I know … there’s going to be a November surprise that’s will screw everything up.

I believe … Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, Tennessee.

I think … I know it’s all going to be okay.

I know … I believe it’s all going to be okay.

I believe … I think it’s all going to be okay.

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