College football has delivered for two weeks now with great games with great endings. Even though there were not as many upsets this week as there were last week, the quality of each game was amazing, starting with the noon games all the way to the late kickoff games.
The Big Ten was shaken up, with the top team officially going down to a team that was not named Michigan. Ohio State was unable to pull off the road win against the Oregon Ducks as the new team to the conference was able to take down the team that seemed unbeatable.
The SEC also delivered on an exciting slate of games with Alabama coming very close to losing for the second week in a row, which hasn't happened since Nick Saban's first season with the Crimson Tide back in 2007. Tennessee vs Florida and LSU vs. Ole Miss both went into overtime with the Vols and the Tigers coming out on top. Georgia also had a closer game with Mississippi State than they probably would have liked as well.
So after yet another great week of football games, here is my latest College Football Playoff prediction.
Rank | Team | Why are they here | Previous ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Texas | SEC Champion | 2 |
2 | Miami | ACC Champion | 3 |
3 | Oregon | Big Ten Champion | 6 |
4 | Kansas State | Big 12 Champion | 4 |
5 | Georgia | At-large | 5 |
6 | Ohio State | At-large | 1 |
7 | Notre Dame | At-large | 7 |
8 | Penn State | At-large | 8 |
9 | LSU | At-large | N/A |
10 | Alabama | At-large | 9 |
11 | Iowa State | At-large | N/A |
12 | Boise State | MW Champion | 12 |
Texas officially makes the move to the No. 1 spot, but for the last two weeks, that spot has been a curse, so the Longhorns may not want it. However, Texas did handle business against Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry that just seemed one-sided. Oregon also made the move up in the rankings as the top Big Ten team after beating the Buckeyes.
Kansas State remains the team that I believe will come out of the Big 12, even with the loss to BYU. Iowa State makes its way into the rankings as the second Big 12 team, but that spot could easily go to BYU as well, the other undefeated team in the conference.
LSU makes its way into the rankings for the first time with the big win over Ole Miss. Tigers' head coach Brian Kelly moved to 13-0 in night games in Death Valley as the Tigers were able to get enough pressure on Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart in order to get the win.
Boise State remains the highest-ranked Group of Five teams, giving them the automatic bid so far. If the games continue to go like this in the coming weeks, these rankings are bound to change even more, making the CFP selection committee's job very difficult.