The penultimate College Football Playoff rankings had been revealed on Tuesday night time forward of the convention championship slate this weekend. Listed here are 5 takeaways from the newest rankings:
The ACC may truly miss the playoff fully
Whereas it appeared unlikely that the facility convention could be omitted of the playoff, there’s a real looking chance of that occuring. Despite the fact that Miami (10-2) is ranked twelfth, the Hurricanes is not going to be taking part in within the convention championship. As an alternative, No. 17 Virginia (10-2) will play unranked Duke (7-5).
Ought to the Blue Devils win the ACC title, they clearly wouldn’t transfer all the way in which as much as the 12-team subject, leaving the door open for each the American champion (No. 20 Tulane or No. 24 North Texas) and Twenty fifth-ranked James Madison from the Solar Belt to assert the ultimate two spots.
High 10 options a couple of modifications after Texas A&M‘s loss
Ohio State and Indiana stay the top-two groups forward of their Huge Ten Championship conflict on Saturday, whereas Georgia, Texas Tech, Oregon and Ole Miss every transfer up one spot after Texas A&M suffered its first lack of the season. The Aggies, Oklahoma, Alabama and Notre Dame
round out the top 10.
Regardless of losing head coach Lane Kiffin to LSU, Ole Miss nonetheless acquired rewarded for its success up so far and Alabama leapfrogged Notre Dame regardless of each groups profitable their respective video games. The Combating Irish now maintain down the ultimate at-large spot at No. 10 with the 5 highest-ranked convention champions being assured a spot.
