Ohio State tops the rankings after Week 10 (Photo by Ohio State Athletics)
The College Football Playoff rankings have returned for the year. This year, they have a new committee with 12 new members. The committee made sure that this year, they included strength of schedule and strength of record for this 12-team playoff. The First round will take place on higher-ranking campuses and begin on the 19th of December. The Quarterfinals will be held at the Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl, and the Sugar Bowl. Those games will be played on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The Semifinals will be at the Fiesta Bowl and the Peach Bowl. Those games will be on January 8th and 9th. The Championship game will be on January 19th in Miami.
The ACC has six teams, the Big 10 has six teams, the Big 12 has three teams, and the SEC has 10 teams.
Below are the teams in the top 25 order, with some thoughts about who I would have switched. It is also about some of their biggest losses and wins this season that may have landed them there.
1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Texas A&M
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Ole Miss- Georgia is their only loss
7. BYU
8. Texas Tech
9. Oregon- Indiana lost, OT over Penn State (3-5)
10. Notre Dame- won six straight
11. Texas
12. Oklahoma
13. Utah
14. Virginia flipped with Utah
15. Louisville
16. Vanderbilt- Texas and Alabama lost
17. Georgia Tech- NC State only loss
18. Miami
19. USC
20. Iowa- shocker, Indiana lost to, but had a great game
21. Michigan
22. Missouri
23. Washington
24. Pittsburgh
25. Tennessee
