College Football Playoff Rankings: Michigan transfers to No. 2, Florida State goes back to field in brand-new leading 25

The 5th and penultimate edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings was launched Tuesday night with a little a shakeup pertaining to the leading 4. By virtue of a head-to-head win last Saturday in “The Game,” it is Michigan that has actually taken control of the No. 2 area from Ohio State with Washington going up to No. 3 and Florida State going back to the leading 4.

With Georgia keeping its stranglehold on the No. 1 area, the 4 staying unbeaten Power Five programs are presently slated to play in the CFP needs to they win their particular conference champion video games this weekend.

The Buckeyes did not fall far as they now sit at No. 6; nevertheless, Ohio State does not have a chance to play itself into the playoff field, while the groups surrounding it– No. 5 Oregon, No. 7 Texas and No. 8 Alabama– all complete in league title video games this weekend. No program beyond those leading 8 has an opportunity at the playoff.

Unlike 2021, when Cincinnati opened at No. 6 in the CFP Rankings and ultimately ended up being the very first Group of Five group to reach the playoff, the highest-ranked Group of Five program Tuesday is Tulane at No. 22 with Liberty the just other such group ranked at No. 24. That will not produce a situation in which the Green Wave or Flames can advance to the playoff, however in a broadened 12-team field set to be presented in 2024, Tulane would remain in lead to make a quote as the highest-ranked prospective Group of Five champ.

Let’s have a look at the whole CFP Rankings leading 25. Take a look at analysis by bowls specialist Jerry Palm listed below.

College Football Playoff Rankings, Nov. 28

1. Georgia (12-0)
2. Michigan (12-0)
3. Washington (12-0)
4. Florida State (12-0)
5. Oregon (11-1)
6. Ohio State(11-1)
7. Texas (11-1)
8. Alabama (11-1)
9. Missouri (10-2)
10. Penn State (10-2)
11. Ole Miss (10-2)
12. Oklahoma (10-2)
13. LSU (9-3)
14. Louisville (10-2)
15. Arizona (9-3)
16. Iowa (10-2)
17. Notre Dame (9-3)
18. Oklahoma State (9-3)
19. NC State (9-3)
20. Oregon State (8-4)
21. Tennessee (8-4)
22. Tulane (11-1)
23. Clemson (8-4)
24. Liberty (12-0)
25. Kansas State (8-4)

Analysis by bowl specialist Jerry Palm

The most uneventful season in the CFP period– a minimum of at the top of college football– has lastly had a modification amongst the leading 8. It occurred since 2 of recently’s leading 8 played each other. Michigan knocked off Ohio State, and the CFP Selection Committee dropped the Buckeyes to No. 6.

We have 2 more matches of leading 8 groups in conference national championship this weekend, so something will need to provide.

Do not get too developed over where groups are right now. The CFP Rankings are not a survey. There are no conference champs yet, and the committee likes conference champs in the playoff. That stated, it is not planned to be strictly a competition of champs. That is more of a tiebreaker, per se.

Another element that the committee heeds is head-to-head outcomes, specifically including one-loss groups. We have actually seen Texas ahead of Alabama all season in part due to the fact that of the Longhorns’ win in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It’s likewise the very best win any group has this season, which will still hold true on Sunday. The committee has actually corresponded all season with the relative positioning of those groups. Alabama beating Georgia, ought to that occur, is not likely to alter that.

Another thing to remember is that the committee does not appreciate the history of these programs or their conferences in this occasion. Their task is to examine these groups based upon what they have actually done this season. That’s it.

Fans appreciate Georgia’s 29-game winning streak and back-to-back champions, however the committee does not. The committee does not have any desire, or absence thereof, to put a group in from the SEC even if the SEC is constantly represented.

The only certainty about the CFP this season is that the Pac-12 champ will get in. I can not develop a situation where the winner of that video game loses out.