Week 11 has come and gone and it's time for the College Football Playoff committee to update their rankings. Teams like Georgia, who beat Mississippi State by 20 points, made a great case for why they deserve to be moved up in the rankings. However, there were some teams who struggled this week and might face the consequences of dropping in the committee's rankings.
The committee will release their updated rankings on Teusday, but here is a glimpse of what the committee could end up doing.
Seed | Team |
|---|---|
1 | Ohio State |
2 | Texas A&M |
3 | Indiana |
4 | Alabama |
5 | Georgia |
6 | Ole Miss |
7 | Texas Tech |
8 | Notre Dame |
9 | Oregon |
10 | Texas |
11 | Georgia Tech |
12 | South Florida |
College Football Playoff Week 12 takeaways
Every team at the top of the playoff rankings won this week, but there might still be a need for the playoff committee to shake things up. Texas A&M went on the road and destroyed a good Missouri team by 21 points while Indiana barely squeaked out a three point win against a bad Penn State team. That loss shouldn’t send the Hoosiers too far down the rankings, but A&M deserves to move up to No. 2 in their place.
The ACC is an interesting conference to pay attention to now because they don’t have a team inside the top 12 anymore. Their conference champion however will still receive an automatic bid into the playoff, and as of today there are four teams with one loss in the conference who could earn that spot. It’s anyone’s guess who will end up winning the ACC, but as of now that spot goes to Georgia Tech.
The SEC and Big Ten continue to dominate the playoff spots as they makeup eight of the 12 teams. But it’s the SEC leading the way with five selections.
Memphis was the Group of Five representative in last week’s rankings, but their loss on Friday night changes everything. Similarly to the ACC there isn’t a clear cut team who will earn the Group of Five’s automatic spot in the playoff field, but South Florida will more than likely be the team at No. 12 this week.
Looking ahead to week 12 there are two games in the SEC that will have a major impact on the CFP. Georgia and Texas will battle in Athens and a loss for the Longhorns would eliminate them from playoff contention. Oklahoma and Alabama are in a similar situation as a loss for the Sooners would eliminate them as well.
The College Football Playoff committee will release their official rankings Tuesday night, and while there won't be too many changes from last week it is just as important for Georgia and the rest of the country to see what the committee thinks of them at this point in the season.