The top five teams in the Penalty College Football Play Playoff Rankings released on Tuesday remained unchanged, while Iowa State’s playoff hopes were boosted and Cincinnati took another blow.
Alabama leads at No. 1 in the rankings, followed by No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Clemson, No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Texas A&M. Notre Dame and Clemson will meet for the second time this season in Saturday’s ACC Championship game.
Nick Soap’s Crimson Tide (10-0) will face No. 7 Florida for entry into the SEC Championship game, which dropped just one place after a 37-54 home loss – down 5 from LSU. Ohio State, who have recently played since December 5 and have only played five games this season, are 14 Northwestern for the Big Ten Championship.
Iowa State, which was inactive this past week, ranks No. 6 in the Big 12 Championship game against No. 10 Oklahoma. Hurricane, Gators and No. 8 Georgia all have two losses, but sit ahead of unbeaten No. 9 Cincinnati (8-0), which has slipped one place in every ranking in the past despite not playing since November 21 in the UCF. .
The Barclays finally get a chance to impress the committee in the American Athletic Conference title game against No. 23 Tulsa, one place ahead. But the victory could also put them behind the Big 12 champions and possibly Texas A&M, which is scheduled to face unranked Tennessee this week. Georgia has been inactive since the game against Wonderbilt was canceled due to COVID-19 and other roster availability issues with mod modors.
Neither Notre Dame nor Clemson played last week, but North Dam’s CFP chances improved, while North Carolina threw Miami 62-26 on the road. Tar Heels is at No. 15 in two places, while Miami is at No. 18 in eight places. Notre Dame beat North Carolina 31-17 on November 27 at Chapel Hill. Even if Fighting loses to Irish Clemson, his profile seems strong enough to stay in the top four.
Coastal Carolina (11-0) needed a late touchdown in Troy to become the first FBS team to win 11. The Chanticlers are ranked 12th in the Sun Belt’s title game against No. 19 Louisiana.
U.S.C. (-0-0) Leading two places, Pac Pac is the No. 2 team to move up two places, but lacks the Trojan signature to win after canceling the game with Colorado, which is ranked 25th after its first place. Has come. Loss of season. Clay Hilton’s team played unregistered Oregon in the Pack-12 Championship game on Friday.
San Jose State started its CFP rankings 6-0 to 24, the team’s best since 1939. The Spartans will face the undefeated Boise State in the Mountain West Championship game on Saturday in Las Vegas.
BYU and NC State are among the nine teams that are ranked 17th and 22nd in this week’s rankings, respectively.
The CFP’s selection committee on Sunday announced its final rankings, including its semifinal teams.
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