Just when we thought college football peaked in Week 7, we witnessed an incredible Week 10 on Saturday.
The headliner of the day was No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 1 Tennessee (CFP rankings). But that’s not the game people outside of Athens and Knoxville will be talking about this week after the Bulldogs dominated in a 27-13 win. The highlight of the day was LSU’s 32-31 overtime victory over Alabama. But we cannot forget Notre Dame’s absolute beat down of the Clemson Tigers, who the committee had ranked ahead of Michigan at No. 4.
We are pretty certain Georgia will be No. 1 in the second round of the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday, and we can pencil Ohio State in at No. 2. But what happens after that? We know the committee loved LSU even before the win over Bama, so I’m mostly curious to see where the Tigers rank this week. Do they jump TCU? Does Tennessee fall below Michigan? How far do Alabama and Clemson drop?
Predicting what the second round of College Football Playoff rankings will look like, plus each team’s national title odds (courtesy of BetMGM), after Week 10:
25
Cincinnati Bearcats (7-2)
Week 10: Beat Navy, 20-10
National title odds: +50,000
24
Florida State Seminoles (6-3)
Week 10: Beat Miami, 45-3
National title odds: +50,000
23
UCF Knights (7-2)
Week 10: Beat Memphis, 35-28
National title odds: +50,000
22
Illinois Fighting Illini (7-2)
21
Kansas State Wildcats (6-3)
Week 10: Lost to Texas, 34-27
National title odds: +50,000
20
Liberty Flames (8-1)
19
Texas Longhorns (6-3)
Week 10: Beat Kansas State, 34-27 (Longhorns Wire)
National title odds: +6,600
18
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-3)
Week 10: Beat Clemson, 35-14
National title odds: +50,000
17
Tulane Green Wave (8-1)
Week 10: Beat Tulsa, 27-13
National title odds: +100,000
16
NC State Wolfpack (7-2)
Week 10: Beat Wake Forest, 30-21
National title odds: +50,000
15
North Carolina Tar Heels (8-1)
Week 10: Beat UVA, 31-28 (Tar Heels Wire)
National title odds: +6,600
14
Penn State Nittany Lions (7-2)
Week 10: Beat Indiana, 45-14 (Nittany Lions Wire)
National title odds: +50,000
13
Utah Utes (7-2)
Week 10: Beat Arizona, 45-10
National title odds: +10,000
12
UCLA Bruins (8-1)
Week 10: Beat Arizona State, 50-36
National title odds: +10,000
11
Clemson Tigers (8-1)
Week 10: Lost to Notre Dame, 35-14
National title odds: +10,000
10
USC Trojans (8-1)
9
Alabama Crimson Tide (7-2)
Week 10: Lost to LSU, 32-31 (OT)
National title odds: +2,500
8
Ole Miss Rebels (8-1)
Week 10: Bye
National title odds: +8,000
7
Oregon Ducks (8-1)
6
TCU Horned Frogs (9-0)
Week 10: Beat Texas Tech, 34-24
National title odds: +3,000
5
LSU Tigers (7-2)
Week 10: Beat Alabama, 32-31 (OT)
National title odds: +5,000
4
Tennessee Volunteers (8-1)
Week 10: Lost to Georgia, 27-13
National title odds: +2,000
3
Michigan Wolverines (9-0)
2
Ohio State Buckeyes (9-0)
Week 10: Beat Northwestern, 21-7
National title odds: +200
1
Georgia Bulldogs (9-0)
Week 10: Beat Tennessee, 27-13
National title odds: +110
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