As the college football regular season comes to a close, the weekly College Football Playoff rankings reveal becomes more important. As a result, it draws increased scrutiny.
Just when it seems like the college football world has an idea of how the bracket will unfold, chaos ensues to create even more questions as to which teams will be in the 12-team field. This past weekend, which saw Ohio State comfortably beat Indiana and a few SEC contenders take crushing losses, drastically changed the projected field.
With one week of regular season football left before conference title games take place, here are the grades for the selection committee’s choices in the latest rankings reveal.
Clemson Tigers wide receiver Bryant Wesco Jr. (12) catches a touchdown against The Citadel.
Heading into the final week undefeated with the best win of the season (over Ohio State), the Ducks remain at the top of the rankings.
Handling Indiana proved Ohio State is a top-two team in the country and is headed toward a rematch with Oregon.
Not only would it clinch a spot in the SEC championship game, but Texas could get a nice resume boost by beating rival Texas A&M.
The win over Minnesota wasn’t all that impressive and keeping this spot is up for debate.
Army isn’t ranked anymore, but Notre Dame impressed against the Black Knights and have been dominant for months. Beat Southern California and a playoff home game is clinched.
Miami had a case to be above Alabama last week, and are now well positioned to make the playoff as long as it beats Syracuse in the regular season finale.
The first team to benefit from Alabama and Mississippi losing, Georgia should feel good about its playoff security if it enters the SEC title game at 10-2.
Rightfully behind Georgia, yet the Volunteers aren’t being held back by the confusing loss to Arkansas. Beat Vanderbilt…
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