Conference championship weekend is still more than a week away, but college football’s Week 13 games still have plenty of College Football Playoff implications with two of the top teams facing off and pretty much everyone else in a must-win situation. If they want to keep their playoff hopes alive, that is.
The latest playoff rankings dropped Tuesday, and while the top-3 teams remained the same as Week 12, Washington moved into the No. 4 spot as Florida State dropped to No. 5.
But the playoff rankings are notably different from each team’s playoff chance per ESPN’s Playoff Predictor algorithm, which still has Florida State with the fourth-best shot at the playoff.
The Playoff Predictor utilizes an algorithm that factors in the same considerations as the selection committee, such as strength of record, number of losses and conference championships (or independent status), along with the Football Power Index.
Here’s a look at the top teams with the best chances to make the College Football Playoff, along with their chances of advancing to the title game and winning it all, according to ESPN’s Playoff Predictor, as of Wednesday.