College Football Playoff Chase: Who’s Still Alive After Week 5

Who’s still alive in the chase to get into the 2020-2021 College Football Playoff?

Finished. Done. Let’s go take a steam …

These teams are either Power Five programs with multiple losses, or have one loss from a Group of Five conference.

Outside of something totally catastrophic – like the global pandemic forcing just about everyone else to cancel the college football season – these XXX teams are out of the College Football Playoff hunt.

ACC
Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Syracuse, Wake Forest

American Athletic Conference 
East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, Tulane, Tulsa, UCF, USF,

Big 12
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech

Conference USA
Charlotte, FIU, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Southern Miss, UAB, UTEP, UTSA, WKU, (Old Dominion not playing in 2020)

Independents
Army, (New Mexico State, UConn not playing in 2020. UMass to play, but a limited schedule)

SEC
Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

Sun Belt
Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, South Alabama, Texas State, Troy, ULM

Teams that haven’t played yet, but …
The Group of Five hopefuls
One-loss teams still alive … technically
The unbeaten College Football Playoff contenders

NEXT: Group of Five hopefuls