Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior Writer
Oregon State remains No. 1 in the second ranking released by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee on Tuesday night.
The Ducks beat Maryland 39-18 last week to improve to 10-0, followed by No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Penn State and No. 5 Indiana.
BYU, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Miami, Alabama, Ole Miss and Georgia rounded out the committee’s top 12.
Miami suffered its first loss of the season, 28-23, at Georgia Tech, and Georgia suffered its second loss, 28-10, at Ole Miss, shaking up the committee’s rankings. The Hurricanes fell five spots to ninth place, and the Bulldogs fell nine spots to 12th place.
Using the current rankings, Oregon (Big Ten), Texas (SEC), BYU (Big 12), and Miami (ACC) are the four highest-rated conference champions and will receive first-round byes in the 12-team playoffs. becomes.
Boise State is No. 13 in the committee’s rankings, but the Broncos will enter the 12-team playoffs as the Mountain West’s fifth-highest-rated conference champion.
The first-round matchups are: No. 12 Boise State vs. No. 5 Ohio State, No. 11 Ole Miss vs. No. 6 Penn State, No. 10 Alabama vs. No. 7 Indiana, and No. 9 Notre Dame 8. Tennessee.
Georgia, which has won two of the past three CFP national championships, is ranked No. 12 in the committee’s rankings, but the Bulldogs will be the first team to be eliminated from the 12-team playoffs.
SMU is No. 14, followed by Texas A&M, Kansas State, Colorado, Washington State, Louisville and Clemson.
South Carolina, LSU, Missouri, Army and Tulane round out the top 25.
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The Gamecocks and Green Wave made their CFP ranking debuts this season, replacing Iowa State and Pittsburgh, which were ranked 17th and 18th, respectively, last week.
The committee’s rankings included nine SEC teams, four each from the ACC and Big Ten, and three from the Big 12.
Georgia, which also lost 41-34 to Alabama on Sept. 28, will face Tennessee in a potential CFP elimination game on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET/ABC, ESPN+) at Sanford Stadium. do. Georgia is 14-3 despite losses under head coach Kirby Smart and has bounced back from each of its past eight losses. The Bulldogs haven’t lost consecutive regular seasons since 2016, Smart’s first season leading his alma mater.
Georgia has defeated Tennessee in seven of the past eight contests, including a 38-10 road win last season.
Asked about the impact of this game on CFP on Monday, Smart said the team had to focus solely on defeating Volante.
“I would never take that approach,” Smart said. “I don’t think those are the right ways to go about things. I think you always try to win in the conference, but to do that you have to win games at home. Playing well on the road, that’s not possible. I haven’t been able to do it, but I like to make decisions not only about results, but also about who and how to play.”
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BYU is coming off a 22-21 loss to Utah last week. Miami’s loss moves the Cougars past the Hurricanes as the conference’s third-highest rated champion. BYU hosts Kansas State on Saturday, followed by a road game at Arizona State on Nov. 23 and a home game against Houston the following week. According to ESPN Analytics, BYU is the favorite to qualify for the Big 12 title game (92%) and win it (40%).
Army will be the highly rated conference champion behind Boise State and one spot ahead of fellow AAC program Tulane. The Black Knights improved to 9-0 with a 14-3 win over North Texas last week. His next game, against Notre Dame on Nov. 23 at New York’s Yankee Stadium, will be his best chance to make his case known to the selection committee.
The four first-round games will be played on Dec. 20 and 21 at the home campus of the higher-seeded team. The four quarterfinal games will be held at the VRBO Fiesta Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, and Rose Bowl. Prudential and Allstate Sugar Bowl presented December 31st and January 1st.
The two semifinal games will be played on January 9th and 10th at the Capital One Orange Bowl and Goodyear Cotton Bowl.
The CFP National Championship, presented by AT&T, is scheduled to be held on January 20th at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
