College Football Playoff Rankings: How The Committee Should Rank The Top 25, Week 2 – Page 5

College Football Playoff Rankings: How The Top 25 Should Be Done, Top 4

4. Tennessee (8-1)

College Football Playoff Ranking, Week 1: 1

The Case For This Spot: This should be the big talking point spot from the second round of rankings. Yes, Tennessee now has a loss, but losing at Georgia is as acceptable as it gets. The 40-13 win at LSU looks even better now, with wins over Florida and Kentucky are great, and beating Bama is still beating Bama. The Vols have much, much stronger wins than TCU can boast.

Win That Matters: Tennessee 52, Alabama 49

Loss (or bad performance) That Matters: Georgia 27, Tennessee 13

Up Next: Missouri

3. Michigan Wolverines (9-0)

College Football Playoff Ranking, Week 1: 5

The Case For This Spot: Michigan has been as predictable as they come. It takes about a half to get up to speed, and then the lines take over and dominate. It happened in the 52-17 win over Rutgers – an avalanche of second half points got it done – and following the blueprint of how the Wolverines have rolled all season long. There isn’t a great win so far, but there hasn’t been any real drama.

Win That Matters: Michigan 41, Penn State 17

Loss (or bad performance) That Matters: Michigan 34, Maryland 27

Up Next: Nebraska

2. Ohio State Buckeyes (9-0)

College Football Playoff Ranking, Week 1: 2

The Case For This Spot: Almost literally, blow off the rough performance against a miserable Northwestern team – the game was played in a wild wind storm. Even though it wasn’t pretty, it was still a double-digit road win – no one has come closer than 11 against the Buckeyes. There might not be an amazing win so far, but there are a whole lot of very good ones.

Win That Matters: Ohio State 44, Penn State 31

Loss (or bad performance) That Matters: Ohio State 21, Northwestern 7

Up Next: Indiana

1. Georgia Bulldogs (9-0)

College Football Playoff Ranking, Week 1: 3

The Case For This Spot: This one is easy. A case could’ve been made for Georgia as the top team in the first round of rankings based on the 49-3 blowout win over Oregon and double-digit wins over everyone but Missouri. Taking down the CFP No. 1 team by 13 will boost the Dawgs up two spots.

Win That Matters: Georgia 27, Tennessee 13

Loss (or bad performance) That Matters: Georgia 26, Missouri 22

Up Next: at Mississippi State

[protected-iframe id=”361699434b6d70baf15f631ed2408ac1-97672683-92922408″ info=”https://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js” ]

Pages: 12345