For one final time, the college football world will gather around on Tuesday night and watch as the hypothetical College Football Playoff rankings are teased on ESPN, arguing about what’s right, and what’s wrong.
Next week, these rankings get set in stone.
The penultimate playoff rankings were revealed on Tuesday night, and to nobody’s surprise, the Oregon Ducks held onto the No. 1 spot after becoming the only team in the nation to finish undefeated in the regular season.
The Ducks will go on to face the Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday in the Big Ten Championship Game and will clinch that No. 1 seed and the first-round bye that comes with it should they win.
Here’s a look at how the rest of the playoff rankings shake out with one week left to play.
Latest CFP rankings
- Oregon Ducks
- Texas Longhorns
- Penn State Nittany Lions
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Tennessee Volunteers
- SMU Mustangs
- Indiana Hoosiers
- Boise State Broncos
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Miami Hurricanes
- Ole Miss Rebels
- South Carolina Gamecocks
- Arizona State Sun Devils
- Iowa State Cyclones
- Clemson Tigers
- BYU Cougars
- Missouri Tigers
- UNLV Rebels
- Illinois Fighting Illini
- Syracuse Orange
- Colorado Buffaloes
- Army Black Knights
- Memphis Tigers
Oregon’s projected CFP opponent
As the projected No. 1 seed, the Ducks are set to receive a first-round bye in the playoff, followed by a neutral site matchup against the winner of the game between the No. 8 seed, and No. 9 seed.
In this case, that means Oregon would play No. 6 Ohio State or No. 7 Tennessee in the second round.
How many teams 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.
When next College Football Playoff rankings come out
- Sunday, Dec. 8: Noon ET
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