After an eventful weekend of college football, including Penn State’s blowout win at home in the whiteout game against Washignton, the College Football Playoff selection committee will get back to work to organize an updated playoff ranking on Tuesday. With Miami and Georgia each taking losses and Alabama knocking out LSU this weekend, the playoff outlook should have some new looks going for it this week when the committee releases its second batch of College Football Playoff rankings. And while Penn State could potentially be moving up the rankings, their seeding in the projected playoff format may not be too different.
Penn State still finds itself in a difficult spot to grab one of the top four seeds in the playoff bracket as a path to the Big Ten championship game needs a decent amount of help still with only a few weeks remaining.
How to watch College Football Playoff rankings show
TV Channel: ESPN
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College Football Playoff rankings release date:
Date: Tuesday, November 12
What time are CFP rankings released?
Start Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Penn State football CFP rankings projection
After debuting at No. 6 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings a week ago, the Nittany Lions should be ready to move up a spot or two this week as the selection committee gathers to form this week’s rankings. Penn State should move ahead of Georgia, who lost to Ole Miss this weekend for its second loss of the season. Miami could also be hit hard by the committee after losing its first game of the season, to Georgia Tech.
Some of the questions to be answered by the committee will be how the committee feels about Penn State compared to Tennessee, another 8-1 program. The Vols have a loss to Arkansas but a win over Alabama, which looks better this week. Penn State is ranked ahead of Tennessee in the AP Top 25 this week by two spots but trails the Vols by one spot in this week’s US LBM Coaches Poll. Penn State was ranked one spot ahead of Tennessee last week in the playoff rankings.
The other lingering question is how the committee handles undefeated Indiana this week. The committee put the Hoosiers at No. 8 last week. Will the committee move the 10-0 Hoosiers up significantly this week? It will be interesting to see where BYU lands after pulling out a win against rival Utah to improve to 9-0.
The top two spots should be secured by Oregon and Ohio State, respectively, this week, and Texas figures to move up to No. 3 at the least this week.
As far as the playoff seedings are concerned, Penn State should be looking at the No. 6 or No. 7 seed after determining the top four seeds to potential conference champions.
How many teams are in College Football Playoff 2024?
For the first time, there will be 12 teams participating in the College Football Playoffs. There are five automatic bids for each of the Power Four conference champions and one to the highest-ranked Group of Five champion. The remaining seven slots are given to the seven at-large teams.
Here is a full explanation of how the College Football Playoff will work.
Here is how the College Football Playoff would look if the traditional polls dictated the seeding.
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