1. Ohio State (8-0)
2. LSU (8-0) 3. Alabama (8-0) 4. Penn State (8-0) 5. Clemson (8-0) 6. Georgia (7-1) 7. Oregon (8-1) 8. Utah (8-1) 9. Oklahoma (7-1) 10. Florida (7-2) 11. Auburn (7-2) 12. Baylor (8-0) 13. Wisconsin (6-2) 14. Michigan (7-2) 15. Notre Dame (6-2) 16. Kansas State (6-2) 17. Minnesota (8-0) 18. Iowa (6-2) 19. Wake Forest (7-1) 20. Cincinnati (7-1) 21. Memphis (8-1) 22. Boise State (7-1) 23. Oklahoma State (6-3) 24. Navy (7-1) 25. SMU (8-1) - Now, first things first. Despite being a Michigan fan, and my intense loathing of all things Ohio State, they deserve to be ranked #1 at this point. They haven't shown any signs of weakness all year, and have been the most consistently good team I have seen up to this point. - Not surprised by LSU being ranked above Alabama either. Unlike Alabama, LSU has already played highly ranked teams, and the committee is supposed to rank them based on where they are at right now, and not look ahead. This will matter later. - Clemson is outside, looking in. That's what happens when the ACC is terrible, and you haven't played a single damn real team all year. However, Clemson knows the deal. All they have to do is keep winning, and they are in. While the Committee can't look ahead, Clemson can. Clemson knows that Ohio State and Penn State still have to play, and they know that this weekend, either LSU or Alabama is taking a big fat L on the their schedule. Clemson is #5 at the moment, but it's only temporary. If they win out, the lowest they can possibly be ranked at the end of the regular season is #3. - Georgia is ranked over both the Big XII AND PAC-12 leaders. This could indicate that the CFP is very much considering putting a 1-loss SEC non-champion in the CFP, at the expense of a P5 conference champion. - Speaking of the Big XII and PAC-12, I do find it a little curious that both Oregon and Utah are ranked over Oklahoma. - At least we don't have any stupid arguments this year about the "group of 5"...the highest ranked G5 team is Cincy at #20, and there are no unbeatens. No UCF-type pretenders this year claiming they are the "real" national champion because they went undefeated playing a G5 schedule...
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