College Football Playoff Rankings Prediction Top 10 Projection
10. Oklahoma Sooners 7-2
Last Week College Football Playoff Ranking: 11
The Case For This Spot: The Sooners should slide into the top ten and maybe even a little bit higher depending on how many the committee is at Florida. There’s almost no chance at getting into the playoff, but win the Big 12 Championship and go to a New Year’s Six bowl.
Up Next: Iowa State (Big 12 Championship)
9. Georgia Bulldogs 7-2
Last Week College Football Playoff Ranking: 9
The Case For This Spot: If the committee is going by how well teams are playing right now – and take into account the quarterback change to JT Daniels has changed everything – Georgia should be sixth. It could actually be 8, though, ahead of …
Up Next: Possible Bowl Game
8. Florida Gators 8-2
Last Week College Football Playoff Ranking: 6
The Case For This Spot: This is a total guess – more than everything else on this list. Here’s the call – and it’s a weak one at that – the committee will sort of recognize Florida as a great team that had a weird loss to LSU, won’t want to put it behind a Georgia team it thumped, but … don’t be shocked if this is a few spots too high.
Up Next: Alabama (SEC Championship)
7. Cincinnati Bearcats 8-0
Last Week College Football Playoff Ranking: 8
The Case For This Spot: Fine. Whatever. The only reason why this matters is for the New Year’s Six – the Bearcats have a hard ceiling on how high they can go.
Up Next: Tulsa (AAC Championship)
6. Iowa State Cyclones 8-2
Last Week College Football Playoff Ranking: 7
The Case For This Spot: This doesn’t make a whole lot of sense – losses to Louisiana and Oklahoma State – but the College Football Playoff liked them enough to put the Cyclones No. 7 last week, and there’s no one to move ahead of them. Don’t get too excited, Iowa State fans – getting up to 5 should be as close as the team can possibly get.
Up Next: Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship)