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College Football Playoff Rankings: Alabama No. 1 In First CFP Top 25

The results from the first round of the College Football Playoff top 25 rankings, released November 24th.

The results from the first round of the College Football Playoff top 25 rankings, released November 24th.

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25. Tulsa Golden Hurricane 5-1

24. Iowa Hawkeyes 3-2

23. Oklahoma State Cowboys 5-2

22. Auburn Tigers 5-2

21. Marshall Thundering Herd 7-0

20. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 8-0

19. North Carolina Tar Heels 6-2

18. USC Trojans 3-0

17. Texas Longhorns 5-2

16. Wisconsin Badgers 2-1

15. Oregon Ducks 3-0

14. BYU Cougars 9-0

13. Iowa State Cyclones 6-2

12. Indiana Hoosiers 4-1

11. Oklahoma Sooners 6-2

10. Miami Hurricanes 7-1

9. Georgia Bulldogs 5-2

8. Northwestern Wildcats 5-0

7. Cincinnati Bearcats 8-0

6. Florida Gators 6-1

5. Texas A&M Aggies 5-1

4. Ohio State Buckeyes 4-0

3. Clemson Tigers 7-1

2. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8-0

1. Alabama Crimson Tide 7-0

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College Football Playoff Rankings: 5 Most Important Questions, What To Look For Tonight

What are the most important things to watch for in the first 2020-2021 College Football Playoff rankings to come out Tuesday night?

What are the most important things to watch for in the first 2020-2021 College Football Playoff rankings to come out Tuesday night?

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– How will we know if the committee is on its game?
– How the heck do you rank the Pac-12 teams?
– How much will the committee tease Cincinnati and BYU?
– Miami vs. Northwestern vs. Texas A&M

College Football Playoff Rankings Prediction: Week 1
Path to the Playoff: 20 Teams Still Alive

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5. What will the top 4 be?

This is the one thing that everyone really cares about, and it’s actually one of the least important aspects to the first College Football Playoff rankings.

Super-fun trivia time. The first ever No. 1-ranked team in the College Football Playoff rankings was … ?

The answer coming in a moment, but it’ll prove a point.

In 2014, Florida State was No. 2, Auburn was third, and Ole Miss was fourth. Ohio State won the national championship, and where was it ranked?

16th.

Florida State, Oregon, and Alabama got in, too, with the Ducks starting out ranked fifth and Bama sixth.

The first ever CFP No. 1 was … Dak Prescott’s Mississippi State team, and it finished seventh in the final rankings.

Out of the 24 teams ranked in the top four of the first six initial College Football Playoff rankings, only 13 of them ended up in the CFP.

Remember, even in this wacky year the rules – implied and suggested – still apply.

These rankings get thrown out and the committee starts over next week, all that really matters are the final rankings, and you’re a mortal lock if you go unbeaten and win your Power Five conference championship, and you’re almost a lock if you lose one game but win your Power Five conference championship.

Oh, and to answer the question, Alabama, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and to go on a bit of a limb, Texas A&M.

– How will we know if the committee is on its game?
– How the heck do you rank the Pac-12 teams?
– How much will the committee tease Cincinnati and BYU?
– Miami vs. Northwestern vs. Texas A&M

NEXT: How will we know if the College Football Playoff committee is on its game?

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College Football Playoff Top 25 Projection, Rankings Prediction: What Will They Be On Tuesday?

What will the 2020 College Football Playoff top 25 rankings be when they’re first released on Tuesday night?

What will the 2020 College Football Playoff top 25 rankings be when they’re first released on Tuesday night?

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The first round of College Football Playoff rankings will be released on Tuesday night. What will they be? In this crazy year when some teams have played almost a full season, and some others are just getting started, how will a top 25 be put together?

A few ground rules when it comes to the College Football Playoff process.

1. The rankings are meant to capture the moment. Every week’s rankings are unique. When they come out, they’ll be a snapshot. They’ll then be thrown out, and the whole process will start over next week.

2. The committee tends to like big wins, hates awful losses, and in general over the last six years, it hasn’t punished teams that suffer losses to the elite teams.

3. Every spot in the rankings is debated. The committee argues and discusses the No. 24 spot, and then the No. 24, and so on up until No. 1. This is a meticulous process. If you don’t like the ranking, at least know there was a whole lot of thought put into it.

Most of all …

4. There aren’t any rules except for one – no other ranking system matters. The AP and Coaches polls don’t exist here. These are the rankings of record, and they’re based on the whims of a panel of judges. They have their own stats and their own ideas, but they can do whatever they want to.

College Football Playoff Rankings Prediction Top 25 Projection

25. Auburn Tigers 5-2

The Case For This Spot: The Tigers have five wins in the SEC. Say what you will about the conference being overrated and overloved, going 5-2 in the conference is good no matter what. Best of all, the team is quietly getting better over the last three games.

Should Be Higher: One of the two losses is at Georgia, losing 27-6 when the Bulldog defense played one of its better games of the year. The 48-11 win over LSU was impressive – even if it’s not the same LSU – and stuffing Kentucky, Tennessee, and even Ole Miss and Arkansas is a more impressive body of work than what most of the teams on this list have done.

Should Be Lower: South Carolina 30, Auburn 22. Combine that with no wins over anyone currently with a winning record, and several other teams not on this list have a beef.

Up Next: Alabama

24. Wisconsin Badgers 2-1

The Case For This Spot: When this team is fully healthy, fully functional, and with everyone okay, it’s as effective and as deadly as any in college football for what it does. Illinois and Michigan might not be that great, but what the Badgers did were two of the more impressive back-to-back performances by any Power Five team.

Should Be Higher: The loss at Northwestern was weird and ugly, but lost in the 17-7 loss was a dominant performance by the defense. The offense was without most of its top receivers, and it was a road loss against an unbeaten team.

Should Be Lower: Northwestern 17, Wisconsin 7. Combine the horrible offensive game with just three games of sample size, and being just inside the top 25 is good enough.

Up Next: Minnesota

23. North Carolina Tar Heels 6-2

The Case For This Spot: The offense is a blast, the defense is … the offense is a blast. The Tar Heels haven’t and won’t play Miami, but a case could be made that they’re the third-best team in the ACC. With 56 points against Duke and 59 against Wake Forest, the offense is getting better and better.

Should Be Higher: The offense is the real deal. It’s balanced, it’s devastating, and it’s the type of team no one wants to face. We’ll know a whole lot more after the Notre Dame game this weekend.

Should Be Lower: Florida State 31, North Carolina 28. Virginia 41. No one else expected to be in the top 25 will have two losses this bad.

Up Next: Notre Dame

22. Tulsa Golden Hurricane 5-1

The Case For This Spot: The Golden Hurricane are on a five-game winning streak with a magical quality to its run, coming up with thrillers over SMU and Tulane over the last two weeks.

Should Be Higher: The resumé, is far, far, far, far better than BYU’s and Marshall’s, and – it could be argued – is better than Cincinnati’s. The lone loss was on the road to Oklahoma State in a 16-7 fight that went down to the wire.

Should Be Lower: It shouldn’t be. Tulsa deserves to be somewhere around the top 15 – especially with a 34-26 win over UCF.

Up Next: at Houston

21. Texas Longhorns 5-2

The Case For This Spot: On one side, Texas has just two losses to TCU and Oklahoma in games that could’ve gone either way. On the other side, it has wins over Texas Tech. Oklahoma State and West Virginia that also could’ve gone the other way.

Should Be Higher: The Longhorns are good enough to have come this close to beating Oklahoma, and they were able to get by Oklahoma State in Stillwater despite not playing all that well, but …

Should Be Lower: Again, they should’ve lost to Texas Tech and the defeat to TCU looks awful now.

Up Next: Iowa State

NEXT: Top 20 First College Football Playoff Rankings Prediction

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College Football News Rankings 1-127: After Week 12

College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 12

College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 12

We’re done playing nice-nice with the Big 12.

Oklahoma looks fantastic, but it might be passing the eye test because it’s beating up on mediocre teams.

Coastal Carolina is still unbeaten, and it just got by a strong Appalachian State. Louisiana has one loss – to Coastal Carolina – and it blew out Iowa State 31-14 in Ames. Iowa State beat Oklahoma, and go from there …

Results matter. Non-conference games have consequences. It’s not fair to what happened on the field to rank any Big 12 team ahead of Coastal Carolina or Louisiana unless there’s a big collapse by the Sun Belt stars.

So feel free to fire out your beefs and complaints – this is a work in progress and we try to get this as close to the pin as possible – but before you do, look at your team’s schedule and keep diving in further. You’ll probably have your answer.

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CFN Rankings After Week 12
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100

127 UMass Minutemen (0-3)

Week 12: Florida Atlantic 24, UMass 2
Last Week Ranking: 127
Week 13 Opponent: at Liberty

126 FIU Golden Panthers (0-5)

Week 12: WKU 38, FIU 21
Last Week Ranking: 126
Week 13 Opponent: Louisiana Tech

125 Bowling Green Falcons (0-3)

Week 12: Buffalo 42, Bowling Green 17
Last Week Ranking: 125
Week 13 Opponent: Buffalo

124 ULM Warhawks (0-7)

Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 124
Week 13 Opponent: Louisiana

123 Southern Miss Golden Eagles (2-7)

Week 12: UTSA 23, Southern Miss 20
Last Week Ranking: 122
Week 13 Opponent: at UAB

122 Rice Owls (1-2)

Week 12: North Texas 27, Rice 17
Last Week Ranking: 120
Week 13 Opponent: UTEP

121 Akron Zips (0-3)

Week 12: Kent State 69, Akron 35
Last Week Ranking: 123
Week 13 Opponent: Miami Univ.

120 WKU Hilltoppers (4-6)

Week 12: WKU 38, FIU 21
Last Week Ranking: 119
Week 13 Opponent: at Charlotte

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119 UTEP Miners (2-4)

Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 118
Week 13 Opponent: at Rice

118 USF Bulls (1-7)

Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 115
Week 13 Opponent: UCF

117 Kansas Jayhawks (0-7)

Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 114
Week 13 Opponent: TCU

116 Northern Illinois Huskies (0-3)

Week 12: Ball State 31, Northern Illinois 25
Last Week Ranking: 116
Week 13 Opponent: at Western Michigan

115 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (3-6)

Week 12: Middle Tennessee 20, Troy 17
Last Week Ranking: 121
Week 13 Opponent: Florida Atlantic

114 UNLV Rebels (0-4)

Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 113
Week 13 Opponent: at Hawaii

113 Temple Owls (1-6)

Week 12: East Carolina 28, Temple 3
Last Week Ranking: 112
Week 13 Opponent: Cincinnati

112 North Texas Mean Green (3-3)

Week 12: North Texas 27, Rice 17
Last Week Ranking: 117
Week 13 Opponent: Southern Miss

111 East Carolina Pirates (2-6)

Week 12: East Carolina 28, Temple 3
Last Week Ranking: 111
Week 13 Opponent: SMU

110 Charlotte 49ers (2-3)

Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 110
Week 13 Opponent: WKU

109 Eastern Michigan Eagles (1-2)

Week 12: Toledo 45, Eastern Michigan 28
Last Week Ranking: 108
Week 13 Opponent: Central Michigan

108 UAB Blazers (3-3)

Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 106
Week 13 Opponent: Southern Miss

107 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (4-3)

Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 105
Week 13 Opponent: at FIU

106 Utah State Aggies (0-4)

Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 104
Week 13 Opponent: Air Force

105 Ohio Bobcats (1-1)

Week 12: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 103
Week 13 Opponent: Bowling Green

104 Syracuse Orange (1-8)

Week 12: Louisville 30, Syracuse 0
Last Week Ranking: 99
Week 13 Opponent: NC State

103 South Alabama Jaguars (3-6)

Week 12: Georgia State 31, South Alabama 14
Last Week Ranking: 101
Week 13 Opponent: at Arkansas State

102 New Mexico Lobos (0-4)

Week 12: Air Force 28, New Mexico 0
Last Week Ranking: 100
Week 13 Opponent: at Utah State

101 Vanderbilt Commodores (0-7)

Week 12: Florida 38, Vanderbilt 17
Last Week Ranking: 98
Week 13 Opponent: Tennessee

CFN Rankings After Week 12
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100

NEXT: College Football News Rankings Top 100

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College Football Playoff Top 25 Projection, Rankings Prediction: What Will They Be On Nov. 24?

What will the College Football Playoff rankings be when they’re first released on Tuesday, November 24th?

What will the College Football Playoff rankings be when they’re first released on Tuesday, November 24th?

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In this craziest of INSANE years, how do you possibly put together a proper College Football Playoff Top 25? The committee is going to try doing it next week, to be released on Tuesday, November 24th.

Here’s the drill. We’re going to try protecting what the initial College Football Playoff Top 25 will be after next Saturday’s games. That means some calls have to be made on who’ll win, to go along with trying to read the minds of the committee.

A few ground rules when it comes to the College Football Playoff process.

1. The rankings are meant to capture the moment. They’re not set in stone, meaning the whole thing gets thrown out and everything starts all over again the following week. So if a team is ranked, say, 15th, it’s not a sure thing that it moves up with a win or down with a loss.

2. To generalize after six years of College Football Playoff rankings, the committee tends to like big wins, hates awful losses, and it doesn’t really penalize defeats to big teams. When they’re arguing in that room – again, in general – the big win gets the most attention.

3. Every spot in the rankings is argued over. There’s a debate over the No. 25 team, there’s an agreement, and then there’s a debate over the No. 24 spot, there’s an agreement, and so on. You might not agree with the rankings, but be secure in the knowledge that at least there was a discussion and thought process into every aspect.

And finally …

4. There are no hard rules. The committee can pick any teams it wants to. It goes by its own set of proprietary stats, strength of schedule is huge, and there’s a premium on head-to-head wins. After all of that, throw in the eye test to go along with the resumé.

And remember, the AP and Coaches polls don’t exist. The College Football Playoff rankings are their own separate world, and they’re the ones that matter.

So what will they be? Here’s the best guess for the first run of College Football Playoff rankings – again, for Tuesday the 24th, not this week …

College Football Playoff Rankings Prediction Top 25 Projection

25. North Carolina Tar Heels 6-2

The Tar Heels are going to be get crushed for the loss to Florida State – arguably the worst defeat by anyone in the top 25. There’s a decent win over Virginia Tech, but there isn’t one win to get fired up about. The Notre Dame game comes in two weeks.
Up Next: Notre Dame (Nov. 27)

24. Texas Longhorns 5-2

The overall resumé isn’t all that great, and a loss to TCU will sting, but the win at Oklahoma State and the close loss to Oklahoma will be just enough to sneak into the top 25.
Up Next: at Kansas

23. USC Trojans 2-0

MASSIVE assumption – there won’t be enough games to go off of to give USC a whole lot of credit. However, again, these rankings start over next week, so the more wins, the bigger the body of work to get credit for.

The committee won’t like the eye test of the first two wins over Arizona and Arizona State, and the overall metrics won’t work because Utah won’t have played anyone when it hosts USC next week. However, if the Trojans win, that will be the excuse needed to get close to the top 20.
Up Next: at Utah

22. Liberty Flames 8-0

This is a complete and total guess – even more than any of the other teams on this list. If Liberty loses to NC State this week, it’ll start around 22ish. If it wins, it won’t be crazy to assume it’ll be in the top ten with road wins over Virginia Tech, NC State, and – scoff, but it’s an ACC team – Syracuse. That would be three road wins over Power Five teams, while BYU and Cincinnati won’t have any.

So again, this ranking is the most fluid of the bunch – don’t get into a twist one way or another here.
Up Next: at NC State

21. Iowa State Cyclones 5-2

The College Football Playoff committee will catch the one glaring error in the other polls – Louisiana 31, Iowa State 14. The win over Oklahoma is big, but that’s offset by the loss to Oklahoma State. there won’t be any impressive wins past the one over the Sooners.
Up Next: Kansas State

NEXT: Top 20 First College Football Playoff Rankings Prediction

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College Football News Rankings 1-127: After Week 11

College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 11

College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 11

Who did you beat?

Now it’s really coming down to the various resumés, and there’s a problem.

BYU and Cincinnati haven’t beaten anyone all that great. There’s no Power Five win for either one, and the supposedly big wins they did come up with now seem like no big deal with all the Power Five conference schedules rolling. However, they’ve been so dominant that they get the benefit of the doubt – sort of.

Sorry, but even in their weakened states, beating Penn State and Michigan is still impressive – and Indiana still has to go to Ohio State and Wisconsin.

So feel free to fire out your beefs and complaints – this is a work in progress and we want to make sure we get all of this as close to the pin as possible – but before you do, look at your team’s schedule and keep diving in further. You’ll probably have your answer.

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CFN Rankings After Week 11
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100

127 UMass Minutemen (0-2)

Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 127
Week 12 Opponent: Florida Atlantic (Nov. 20)

126 FIU Golden Panthers (0-4)

Week 11: Florida Atlantic 38, FIU 19
Last Week Ranking: 126
Week 12 Opponent: at WKU

125 Bowling Green Falcons (0-2)

Week 11: Kent State 62, Bowling Green 24
Last Week Ranking: 122
Week 12 Opponent: Kent State

124 ULM Warhawks (0-7)

Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 125
Week 12 Opponent: Louisiana Tech

123 Akron Zips (0-2)

Week 11: Ohio 24, Akron 10
Last Week Ranking: 124
Week 12 Opponent: at Kent State

122 Southern Miss Golden Eagles (2-6)

Week 11: WKU 10, Southern Miss 7
Last Week Ranking: 123
Week 12 Opponent: UTSA

121 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (2-6)

Week 11: Marshall 42, Middle Tennessee 14
Last Week Ranking: 120
Week 12 Opponent: at Troy

120 Rice Owls (1-1)

Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 121
Week 12 Opponent: at North Texas

119 WKU Hilltoppers (3-6)

Week 11: WKU 10, Southern Miss 7
Last Week Ranking: 119
Week 12 Opponent: FIU

118 UTEP Miners (2-4)

Week 11: UTSA 52, UTEP 21
Last Week Ranking: 118
Week 12 Opponent: UAB

117 North Texas Mean Green (2-3)

Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 117
Week 12 Opponent: Rice

116 Northern Illinois Huskies (0-2)

Week 11: Central Michigan 40, Northern Illinois 10
Last Week Ranking: 115
Week 12 Opponent: at Ball State

115 USF Bulls (1-7)

Week 11: Houston 56, USF 21
Last Week Ranking: 114
Week 12 Opponent: Navy

114 Kansas Jayhawks (0-7)

Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 113
Week 12 Opponent: Texas

113 UNLV Rebels (0-4)

Week 11: San Jose State 34, UNLV 17
Last Week Ranking: 112
Week 12 Opponent: at Colorado State

112 Temple Owls (1-5)

Week 11: UCF 38, Temple 13
Last Week Ranking: 111
Week 12 Opponent: East Carolina

111 East Carolina Pirates (1-6)

Week 11: Cincinnati 55, East Carolina 17
Last Week Ranking: 110
Week 12 Opponent: at Temple

110 Charlotte 49ers (2-3)

Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 109
Week 12 Opponent: at Marshall

109 UTSA Roadrunners (5-4)

Week 11: UTSA 52, UTEP 21
Last Week Ranking: 108
Week 12 Opponent: at Southern Miss

108 Eastern Michigan Eagles (1-1)

Week 11: Ball State 38, Eastern Michigan 31
Last Week Ranking: 106
Week 12 Opponent: Toledo

107 Florida Atlantic Owls (4-1)

Week 11: Florida Atlantic 38, FIU 19
Last Week Ranking: 107
Week 12 Opponent: UMass

106 UAB Blazers (3-3)

Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 105
Week 12 Opponent: at UTEP

105 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (4-3)

Week 11: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 104
Week 12 Opponent: ULM

104 Utah State Aggies (0-4)

Week 11: Fresno State 35, Utah State 16
Last Week Ranking: 102
Week 12 Opponent: at Wyoming

103 Ohio Bobcats (1-1)

Week 11: Ohio 24, Akron 10
Last Week Ranking: 101
Week 12 Opponent: at Miami University

102 Texas State Bobcats (1-9)

Week 11: Georgia Southern 40, Texas State 38
Last Week Ranking: 116
Week 12 Opponent: Arkansas State

101 South Alabama Jaguars (3-5)

Week 11: Louisiana 38, South Alabama 10
Last Week Ranking: 99
Week 12 Opponent: Georgia State

CFN Rankings After Week 11
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100

NEXT: College Football News Rankings Top 100

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College Football News Rankings 1-127: After Week 10

College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 10

College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 10

And now Liberty screws everything up.

At this point in the season, there has to be a healthy mix of opinion to go along with what has to be done based on what happened on the field.

BYU and Cincinnati appear to be very good teams that just so happen to have mediocre schedules, while Liberty seems to be a good team that has two Power Five wins – Syracuse and now Virginia Tech – for the better resumé.

Liberty also screws up the ACC pecking order. Coming up with one big win over a team isn’t the same as dealing with the weekly grind of a Power Five schedule, but as the line continues to go, non-conference games have consequences.

Virginia Tech lost at home to an unbeaten Liberty. That’s going to stick with the Hokies and the ACC for the rest of the season, just like the Big 12’s 0-3 home record against the Sun Belt won’t be shaken.

Louisiana still has just one loss to an unbeaten Coastal Carolina, and the 34-13 road win over Iowa State is by far the worst thing to happen to the Cyclones this year.

Up top … whatever. The top four teams are the top four teams. Alabama has been more dominant overall, Notre Dame gets credit for pulling off a win over Clemson, Ohio State is amazing but hasn’t beaten anyone – if you go by Penn State’s 0-3 record – and Clemson is fine but beaten up.

Credit is given overall for wins over Power Five programs in big situations. Michigan and Penn State might be struggling, but they’re still Michigan and Penn State, and Indiana beat them both.

As always, if you have a major issue with these, check the schedules – your team probably lost to someone it shouldn’t have.

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CFN Rankings After Week 10
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100

127 UMass Minutemen (0-2)

Week 10: Marshall 51, UMass 10
Last Week Ranking: 127
Week 11 Opponent: Florida Atlantic (Nov. 20)

126 FIU Golden Panthers (0-3)

Week 10: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 126
Week 11 Opponent: Florida Atlantic

125 ULM Warhawks (0-7)

Week 10: Georgia State 52, ULM 34
Last Week Ranking: 125
Week 11 Opponent: at Arkansas State

124 Akron Zips (0-1)

Week 10: Western Michigan 58, Akron 13
Last Week Ranking: 124
Week 11 Opponent: at Ohio

123 Southern Miss Golden Eagles (2-5)

Week 10: Southern Miss 24, North Alabama 13
Last Week Ranking: 123
Week 11 Opponent: at WKU

122 Bowling Green Falcons (0-1)

Week 10: Toledo 38, Bowling Green 3
Last Week Ranking: 120
Week 11 Opponent: at Toledo

121 Rice Owls (1-1)

Week 10: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 121
Week 11 Opponent: at Louisiana Tech

120 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (2-5)

Week 10: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 119
Week 11 Opponent: at Marshall

119 WKU Hilltoppers (2-6)

Week 10: Florida Atlantic 10, WKU 6
Last Week Ranking: 114
Week 11 Opponent: Southern Miss

118 UTEP Miners (2-3)

Week 10: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 116
Week 11 Opponent: at UTSA

117 North Texas Mean Green (2-3)

Week 10: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 115
Week 11 Opponent: at UAB

116 Texas State Bobcats (1-8)

Week 10: Appalachian State 38, Texas State 17
Last Week Ranking: 117
Week 11 Opponent: at Georgia Southern

115 Northern Illinois Huskies (0-1)

Week 10: Buffalo 49, Northern Illinois 30
Last Week Ranking: 113
Week 11 Opponent: Central Michigan

114 USF Bulls (1-6)

Week 10: Memphis 34, USF 33
Last Week Ranking: 112
Week 11 Opponent: at Houston

113 Kansas Jayhawks (0-7)

Week 10: Oklahoma 62, Kansas 9
Last Week Ranking: 110
Week 11 Opponent: Texas (Nov. 21)

112 UNLV Rebels (0-3)

Week 10: Fresno State 40, UNLV 27
Last Week Ranking: 118
Week 11 Opponent: at San Jose State

111 Temple Owls (1-4)

Week 10: SMU 47, Temple 23
Last Week Ranking: 109
Week 11 Opponent: at UCF

110 East Carolina Pirates (1-5)

Week 10: Tulane 38, East Carolina 21
Last Week Ranking: 106
Week 11 Opponent: at Cincinnati

109 Charlotte 49ers (2-3)

Week 10: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 103
Week 11 Opponent: at Middle Tennessee

108 UTSA Roadrunners (4-4)

Week 10: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 102
Week 11 Opponent: UTEP

107 Florida Atlantic Owls (3-1)

Week 10: Florida Atlantic 10, WKU 6
Last Week Ranking: 101
Week 11 Opponent: at FIU

106 Eastern Michigan Eagles (1-0)

Week 10: Kent State 27, Eastern Michigan 30
Last Week Ranking: 107
Week 11 Opponent: at Ball State

105 UAB Blazers (3-3)

Week 10: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 99
Week 11 Opponent: North Texas

104 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (4-3)

Week 10: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 98
Week 11 Opponent: Rice

103 Kent State Golden Flashes (0-1)

Week 10: Kent State 27, Eastern Michigan 30
Last Week Ranking: 108
Week 11 Opponent: at Bowling Green

102 Utah State Aggies (0-3)

Week 10: Nevada 34, Utah State 9
Last Week Ranking: 96
Week 11 Opponent: Fresno State

101 Ohio Bobcats (0-1)

Week 10: Central Michigan 30, Ohio 27
Last Week Ranking: 105
Week 11 Opponent: Akron

CFN Rankings After Week 10
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100

NEXT: College Football News Rankings Top 100

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College Football News Rankings 1-127: After Week 9

College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 9

College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 9

Non-conference schedules have consequences.

We’re now trying to compare different kinds of apples with almost everyone in conference-only play, but there’s going to be a problem all year long with the Big 12.

Oklahoma is playing a whole lot better now than it did at the start of the season, and it didn’t lose its cream-puff game against Missouri State. However, it did lose to Kansas State and Iowa State, and those two teams lost at home to Sun Belt teams.

So to be totally fair after the Oklahoma State loss to Texas – as wrong as it might be – the entire Big 12 technically should be ranked below a whole slew of teams in the Sun Belt.

But Oklahoma looks great, right? Yeah, but does it look great because it’s improving, or is it because it beat up on a bad Texas Tech team and whacked a TCU squad that also lost to Kansas State and Iowa State? It’s the former, but …

What do you do with Tulsa, who lost to Oklahoma State? And that’s where this all breaks down. If you wanted to, you could six-degree the Tulsa loss to Cowboys all the way to North Carolina, which then wipes out most of the ACC teams.

So here’s how we’re going to do this.

Iowa State, Kansas State, and Kansas will be eternally punished for their Sun Belt loss sins, but that’s as far as it goes. This is when reason and judgment have to enter more into the picture.

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CFN Rankings After Week 9
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100

127 UMass Minutemen (0-1)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 127
Week 10 Opponent: NO GAME

126 FIU Golden Panthers (0-3)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 126
Week 10 Opponent: at UTEP

125 ULM Warhawks (0-6)

Week 9: Appalachian State 31, ULM 13
Last Week Ranking: 125
Week 10 Opponent: at Georgia State

124 Akron Zips (0-0)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 124
Week 10 Opponent: at Ohio

123 Southern Miss Golden Eagles (1-5)

Week 9: Rice 30, Southern Miss 6
Last Week Ranking: 116
Week 10 Opponent: at North Alabama

122 New Mexico Lobos (0-1)

Week 9: San Jose State 38, New Mexico 21
Last Week Ranking: 122
Week 10 Opponent: at Hawaii

121 Rice Owls (1-1)

Week 9: Rice 30, Southern Miss 6
Last Week Ranking: 123
Week 10 Opponent: UTSA

120 Bowling Green Falcons (0-0)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 120
Week 10 Opponent: at Toledo

119 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (2-5)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 121
Week 10 Opponent: Charlotte

118 UNLV Rebels (0-2)

Week 9: Nevada 37, UNLV 19
Last Week Ranking: 119
Week 10 Opponent: Fresno State

117 Texas State Bobcats (1-7)

Week 9: Louisiana 44, Texas State 34
Last Week Ranking: 118
Week 10 Opponent: Appalachian State

116 UTEP Miners (2-3)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 117
Week 10 Opponent: FIU

115 North Texas Mean Green (2-3)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 115
Week 10 Opponent: Louisiana Tech

114 WKU Hilltoppers (2-5)

Week 9: BYU 41, WKU 10
Last Week Ranking: 114
Week 10 Opponent: at Florida Atlantic

113 Northern Illinois Huskies (0-0)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 113
Week 10 Opponent: Buffalo

112 USF Bulls (1-5)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 112
Week 10 Opponent: at Memphis

111 Central Michigan Chippewas (0-0)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 111
Week 10 Opponent: Ohio

110 Kansas Jayhawks (0-6)

Week 9: Iowa State 52, Kansas 22
Last Week Ranking: 110
Week 10 Opponent: at Oklahoma

109 Temple Owls (1-3)

Week 9: Tulane 38, Temple 3
Last Week Ranking: 109
Week 10 Opponent: SMU

108 Kent State Golden Flashes (0-0)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 107
Week 10 Opponent: Eastern Michigan (Nov. 4)

107 Eastern Michigan Eagles (0-0)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 106
Week 10 Opponent: at Kent State

106 East Carolina Pirates (1-4

Week 9: Tulsa 34, East Carolina 30
Last Week Ranking: 105
Week 10 Opponent: Tulane

105 Ohio Bobcats (0-0)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 104
Week 10 Opponent: at Central Michigan

104 Miami University RedHawks (0-0)

Week 9: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 103
Week 10 Opponent: Ball State

103 Charlotte 49ers (2-3)

Week 9: Duke 53, Charlotte 19
Last Week Ranking: 102
Week 10 Opponent: at Middle Tennessee

102 UTSA Roadrunners (4-4)

Week 9: Florida Atlantic 24, UTSA 3
Last Week Ranking: 86
Week 10 Opponent: at Rice

101 Florida Atlantic Owls (2-1)

Week 9: Florida Atlantic 24, UTSA 3
Last Week Ranking: 99
Week 10 Opponent: WKU

CFN Rankings After Week 9
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College Football News Rankings 1-127: After Week 8

College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 8

College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 8

Finally, we get to rank the Big Ten and Mountain West rankings based on what happened on the field instead on a theoretical belief.

As always, if you have a beef or question about any of these rankings, first look at the schedule – that’s where most of the answers are. Did the team in question lose to someone ranked higher without any other variables factoring in? That’s probably why it is where it is.

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CFN Rankings After Week 8
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100

127 UMass Minutemen (0-1)

Week 8: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 127
Week 9 Opponent: NO GAME

126 FIU Golden Panthers (0-3)

Week 8: Jacksonville State 19, FIU 10
Last Week Ranking: 121
Week 9 Opponent: Marshall

125 ULM Warhawks (0-5)

Week 8: South Alabama 38, ULM 14
Last Week Ranking: 126
Week 9 Opponent: Appalachian State

124 Akron Zips (0-0)

Week 8: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 125
Week 9 Opponent: at Ohio (Nov. 4)

123 Rice Owls (0-1)

Week 8: Middle Tennessee 40, Rice 34 2OT
Last Week Ranking: 124
Week 9 Opponent: at Southern Miss

122 New Mexico Lobos (0-0)

Week 8: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 122
Week 9 Opponent: San Jose State

121 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (2-5)

Week 8: Middle Tennessee 40, Rice 34 2OT
Last Week Ranking: 120
Week 9 Opponent: Charlotte (Nov. 7)

120 Bowling Green Falcons (0-0)

Week 8: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 123
Week 9 Opponent: at Toledo (Nov. 4)

119 UNLV Rebels (0-1)

Week 8: San Diego State 34, UNLV 6
Last Week Ranking: 117
Week 9 Opponent: Nevada

118 Texas State Bobcats (1-6)

Week 8: BYU 52, Texas State 14
Last Week Ranking: 115
Week 9 Opponent: Louisiana

117 UTEP Miners (2-3)

Week 8: Charlotte 38, UTEP 28
Last Week Ranking: 112
Week 9 Opponent: North Texas

116 Southern Miss Golden Eagles (1-4)

Week 8: Liberty 56, Southern Miss 35
Last Week Ranking: 111
Week 9 Opponent: Rice

115 North Texas Mean Green (2-3)

Week 8: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 119
Week 9 Opponent: at UTEP

114 WKU Hilltoppers (2-4)

Week 8: WKU 13, Chattanooga 10
Last Week Ranking: 110
Week 9 Opponent: at BYU

113 Northern Illinois Huskies (0-0)

Week 8: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 118
Week 9 Opponent: Buffalo (Nov. 4)

112 USF Bulls (1-5)

Week 8: Tulsa 42, USF 13
Last Week Ranking: 109
Week 9 Opponent: at Memphis

111 Central Michigan Chippewas (0-0)

Week 8: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 116
Week 9 Opponent: Ohio (Nov. 4)

110 Kansas Jayhawks (0-5)

Week 8: Kansas State 55, Kansas 14
Last Week Ranking: 107
Week 9 Opponent: Iowa State

109 Temple Owls (1-2)

Week 8: Memphis 41, Temple 29
Last Week Ranking: 108
Week 9 Opponent: at Tulane

108 Troy Trojans (3-2)

Week 8: Georgia State 36, Troy 34
Last Week Ranking: 106
Week 9 Opponent: at Arkansas State

107 Kent State Golden Flashes (0-0)

Week 8: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 114
Week 9 Opponent: Eastern Michigan (Nov. 4)

106 Eastern Michigan Eagles (0-0)

Week 8: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 113
Week 9 Opponent: at Kent State (Nov. 4)

105 East Carolina Pirates (1-3)

Week 8: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 104
Week 9 Opponent: at Tulsa

104 Ohio Bobcats (0-0)

Week 8: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 103
Week 9 Opponent: at Central Michigan (Nov. 4)

103 Miami University RedHawks (0-0)

Week 8: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 102
Week 9 Opponent: Ball State (Nov. 4)

102 Charlotte 49ers (2-2)

Week 8: Charlotte 38, UTEP 28
Last Week Ranking: 101
Week 9 Opponent: at Duke

101 Utah State Aggies (0-1)

Week 8: Boise State 42, Utah State 13
Last Week Ranking: 97
Week 9 Opponent: San Diego State

CFN Rankings After Week 7
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College Football News Rankings 1-127: After Week 7

College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 7

College Football News 2020 college football rankings after Week 7

And now is when everything blows up … sort of.

As always, the rankings are based as much as possible on the results on the field, honoring the wins and losses and trying to keep it all as clean as possible.

That’s why – unless something goes haywire, like a bunch of upset conference wins by ULM or Texas State – the Sun Belt teams are likely going to be ranked ahead of the Big 12 teams the rest of the way out, because – with the current exception of an unbeaten Oklahoma State – they have to be.

Louisiana blew out Iowa State in Ames, Arkansas State beat Kansas State in Manhattan, and Coastal Carolina’s win over Kansas made it 3-0 in the conference vs. conference matchup. Now that it’s all about the league games for the Sun Belt and the Big 12.

However, in conference play, this gets way funky now. For example, have fun with the SEC: Kentucky rolled Tennessee, Tennessee beat South Carolina, South Carolina beat Auburn, Auburn beat Arkansas – sort of; here’s where judgement start to come into play – Arkansas beat Ole Miss, and to come all the way around … Ole Miss beat Kentucky.

The SEC playing a conference-only schedule means the rankings are going to change around massively every week. The same goes for the ACC after Florida State’s win over North Carolina sends everything else into a tailspin.

In other words, this is the week when the rankings aren’t all clean and easy anymore. It’s going to get even more fun with the Big Ten and Mountain West getting going this week.

As always, if you have a beef or question about any of these rankings, first look at the schedule – that’s where most of the answers are.

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CFN Rankings After Week 7
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100

127 UMass Minutemen (0-1)

Week 7: Georgia Southern 41, UMass 0
Last Week Ranking: 126
Week 8 Opponent: NO GAME

126 ULM Warhawks (0-4)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 127
Week 8 Opponent: at South Alabama

125 Akron Zips (0-0)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 125
Week 8 Opponent: at Ohio (Nov. 4)

124 Rice Owls (0-0)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 124
Week 8 Opponent: Middle Tennessee

123 Bowling Green Falcons (0-0)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 123
Week 8 Opponent: at Toledo (Nov. 4)

122 New Mexico Lobos (0-0)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 122
Week 8 Opponent: at Colorado State

121 FIU Golden Panthers (0-2)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 111
Week 8 Opponent: Jacksonville State

120 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (1-5)

Week 7: North Texas 52, Middle Tennessee 35
Last Week Ranking: 109
Week 8 Opponent: at Rice

119 North Texas Mean Green (2-3)

Week 7: North Texas 52, Middle Tennessee 35
Last Week Ranking: 119
Week 8 Opponent: at UTEP (Oct. 31)

118 Northern Illinois Huskies (0-0)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 121
Week 8 Opponent: Buffalo (Nov. 4)

117 UNLV Rebels (0-0)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 120
Week 8 Opponent: at San Diego State

116 Central Michigan Chippewas (0-0)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 118
Week 8 Opponent: Ohio (Nov. 4)

115 Texas State Bobcats (1-5)

Week 7: South Alabama 30, Texas State 20
Last Week Ranking: 114
Week 8 Opponent: at BYU

114 Kent State Golden Flashes (0-0)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 117
Week 8 Opponent: Eastern Michigan (Nov. 4)

113 Eastern Michigan Eagles (0-0)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 116
Week 8 Opponent: at Kent State (Nov. 4)

112 UTEP Miners (2-2)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 115
Week 8 Opponent: at Charlotte

111 Southern Miss Golden Eagles (1-3)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 94
Week 8 Opponent: at Liberty

110 WKU Hilltoppers (1-4)

Week 7: UAB 37, WKU 14
Last Week Ranking: 113
Week 8 Opponent: UT Chattanooga

109 USF Bulls (1-4)

Week 7: Temple 39, USF 37
Last Week Ranking: 112
Week 8 Opponent: Tulsa

108 Temple Owls (1-0)

Week 7: Temple 39, USF 37
Last Week Ranking: 89
Week 8 Opponent: at Memphis

107 Kansas Jayhawks (0-4)

Week 7: West Virginia 38, Kansas 17
Last Week Ranking: 107
Week 8 Opponent: at Kansas State

106 Troy Trojans (3-1)

Week 7: Troy 31, Eastern Kentucky 29
Last Week Ranking: 82
Week 8 Opponent: Georgia State

105 San Jose State Spartans (0-0)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 110
Week 8 Opponent: Air Force

104 East Carolina Pirates (1-3)

Week 7: Navy 27, East Carolina 23
Last Week Ranking: 102
Week 8 Opponent: at Tulsa (Oct. 30)

103 Ohio Bobcats (0-0)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 108
Week 8 Opponent: at Central Michigan (Nov. 4)

102 Miami University RedHawks (0-0)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 101
Week 8 Opponent: Ball State (Nov. 4)

101 Charlotte 49ers (1-2)

Week 7: NO GAME
Last Week Ranking: 99
Week 8 Opponent: UTEP

CFN Rankings After Week 7
Top 10 | 11-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | 76-100

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