Penultimate College Football Playoff Rankings

Here are the latest rankings from the College Football Playoff selection committee:

1. Alabama
2. Notre Dame
3. Clemson
4. Ohio State
5. Texas A&M
6. Iowa State (up 1)
7. Florida (down 1)
8. Georgia (up 1)
9. Cincinnati (down 1)
10. Oklahoma (up 1)
11. Indiana (up 1)
12. Coastal Carolina (up 1)
13. USC (up 2)
14. Northwestern
15. UNC (up 2)
16. Iowa
17. BYU (up 1)
18. Miami (down 8)
19. ULL
20. Texas
21. OK State
22. NC State
23. Tulsa (up 1)
24. San Jose State (NR)
25. Colorado (down 4)

The Pac-12 is effectively finished. USC only moved up to No. 13, which means no way they can leapfrog to No. 4. Beating a 3-2 Oregon team is not going to be impressive enough to jump that high. USC has been punished much more than Ohio State for playing the same number of games.

Mayyybeee there's a chance for Iowa State. There would need to be a whole lot of catastrophe in front of them. Alabama is in. Notre Dame is in, unless they get blown out by Clemson like Ohio State once beat Wisconsin 59-0 in the Big Ten title game. Iowa State could plausibly get in with a win over Oklahoma and losses by both Clemson and Ohio State.

It's pretty wild that Florida only dropped one spot after losing the LS-Shoe game. If they beat Alabama, which is highly unlikely, it's possible but doubtful that they could eke into the playoffs with two losses. However, if Oklahoma beats Iowa State, the Iowa State path happens, and Tennessee beats Texas A&M, then the Gators have a chance.

Texas A&M has several plausible paths. They need to beat Tennessee and have just one of the following to happen:
- Notre Dame beats Clemson
- Clemson CRUSHES Notre Dame.
- Northwestern beats Ohio State
- The committee chooses Texas A&M over Ohio State (in my opinion unlikely)

Everyone excited for championship Saturday?