College Football Playoff Rankings Remain Same At Top - Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and TCU

There were no major changes in the College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night.

Georgia remained No. 1 at 10-0, followed by Ohio State, Michigan and TCU - all at 10-0. Tennessee (9-1) remained at No. 5, followed by No. 6 LSU (8-2), which moved up a spot. USC (9-1) was No. 7, Alabama (8-2) at No. 8, Clemson (9-1) at No. 9 and Utah (8-2) at No. 10.

No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Michigan will help clear up the top teams when they meet on Nov. 26 at Ohio State (Noon, FOX).

College Football Playoff Rankings Could Get Dicey

LSU could reach the CFP final four if it wins out for an 11-2 finish, which would include a victory over Georgia in the SEC Championship Game on Dec. 3. That would make for a critical decision involving Tennessee if it wins out to finish 11-1. This is because Tennessee blew out LSU, 40-13, on Oct. 8 in Baton Rouge. So, would Tennessee edge out a 12-0 TCU to reach the final four with Georgia, LSU and the Ohio State-Michigan winner?

The Vols' only loss is at No. 1 Georgia, 27-13, on Nov. 5, and they continue to have the nation's top offense.

The second 10 had No. 11 Penn State, No. 12 Oregon, No. 13 North Carolina, No. 14 Ole Miss, No. 15 Kansas State, No. 16 UCLA, No. 17 Washington, No. 18 Notre Dame, No. 19 Florida State and No. 20 UCF. Washington jumped eight spots after upsetting then-No. 6 Oregon.

The bottom five had No. 21 Tulane, No. 22 Oklahoma State, No. 23 Oregon State, No. 24 North Carolina State and No. 25 Cincinnati.

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Guilbeau joined OutKick as an SEC columnist in September of 2021 after covering LSU and the Saints for 17 years at USA TODAY Louisiana. He has been a national columnist/feature writer since the summer of 2022, covering college football, basketball and baseball with some NFL, NBA, MLB, TV and Movies and general assignment, including hot dog taste tests. A New Orleans native and Mizzou graduate, he has consistently won Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) awards since covering Alabama and Auburn at the Mobile Press-Register (1993-98) and LSU and the Saints at the Baton Rouge Advocate (1998-2004). In 2021, Guilbeau won an FWAA 1st for a game feature, placed in APSE Beat Writing, Breaking News and Explanatory, and won Beat Writer of the Year from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA). He won an FWAA columnist 1st in 2017 and was FWAA's top overall winner in 2016 with 1st in game story, 2nd in columns, and features honorable mention. Guilbeau completed a book in 2022 about LSU's five-time national champion coach - "Everything Matters In Baseball: The Skip Bertman Story" - that is available at www.acadianhouse.com, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble outlets. He lives in Baton Rouge with his wife, the former Michelle Millhollon of Thibodaux who previously covered politics for the Baton Rouge Advocate and is a communications director.