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The Latest College Football Playoff Rankings Have Been Released

In its inaugural season, the College Football Playoff committee meets every week to decide their latest top 25 teams.

By Trevor Vallese
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Only the top four teams will make it into the first-ever College Football Playoff, but that doesn't stop the selection committee from cranking out their top 25 teams every week of the season. For a reference of what exactly it is the committee is looking for, check out SBNation's excellent round-up here. The college football world saw lots of shake-up last weekend that most certainly had an effect on the rankings. Who moved up and who fell down? Without further ado, here is this week's updated rankings:

Team Record Last Week
1. Mississippi State 8-0 1
2. Florida State 8-0 2
3. Auburn 7-1 3
4. Oregon 8-1 5
5. Alabama 7-1 6
6. TCU 7-1 7
7. Kansas State 7-1 9
8. Michigan State 7-1 8
9. Arizona State 7-1 14
10. Notre Dame 7-1 10
11. Ole Miss 7-2 4
12. Baylor 7-1 13
13. Nebraska 8-1 15
14. Ohio State 7-1 16
15. Oklahoma 6-2 18
16. LSU 7-2 19
17. Utah 6-2 17
18. UCLA 7-2 22
19. Arizona 6-2 12
20. Georgia 6-2 11
21. Clemson 6-2 21
22. Duke 7-1 24
23. West Virginia 6-3 20
24. Georgia Tech 7-2 NR
25. Wisconsin 6-2 NR

A couple interesting things to note here:

  • West Virginia is the only three-loss team to make the top 25, while Duke is the lowest-ranked one-loss team sitting at 22nd overall. Ole Miss is the highest-ranked two-loss team at #11.
  • There are four Big Ten teams ranked, but it's looking like Michigan State is the only one with a realistic shot at a playoff berth.
  • Alabama and TCU just missed out coming in at 5th and 6th overall respectively.
  • Jeff Long was interviewed after the reveal on ESPN, and he said "Florida State wasn't really all that close to pushing Mississippi State out of the top spot."
  • Oregon cracks the top-four for the first time this season. If the season ended today, the bracket would look like this:

Check back in every Tuesday for an update on what the inaugural College Football Playoff bracket will look like!