OK. After getting a peek at the official College Football Playoff rankings for two weeks, we have a good baseline of how things might play out with the next announcement. I’m not claiming to know some of the zany things the CFP committee might do based on past history, but it does give us some guardrails.
Since we like a challenge, we’ll continue to bang our heads against the proverbial wall each week after all the games and get ahead of what you might see before the next rankings on ESPN. Most days that’ll be on Tuesday, but we’ll get our final look at the CFP rankings that will determine the field on the Sunday after all the conference championship games.
This week the top four teams took care of their business: Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and TCU won. Some teams clinging to hopes of seeing confetti fall had those hopes end. Oregon lost to Washington, Ole Miss fell in a close one to Alabama and UCLA fell to to Arizona.
That means there will most assuredly be shakeup when we see the dog and pony show that is the CFP rankings revealed on Tuesday. Here is our best prediction for the third release of the 2022 College Playoff Rankings this week.
25
Texas Longhorns (6-4)
NEXT UP
at Kansas
24
Tulane Green Wave (8-2)
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vs. SMU
23
Coastal Carolina (9-1)
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vs. Virginia
22
Cincinnati Bearcats (8-2)
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at Temple
21
NC State (7-3)
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vs. Louisville
20
Florida State Seminoles (7-3)
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vs. Louisiana
19
UCF Knights (8-2)
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vs. Navy
18
Washington Huskies (8-2)
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vs. Colorado
17
Notre Dame (7-3)
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vs. Boston College
16
Kansas State Wildcats (7-3)
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at West Virginia
15
UCLA Bruins (8-2)
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vs. USC
14
North Carolina Tar Heels (9-1)
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vs. Georgia Tech
13
Ole Miss (8-2)
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at Arkansas
12
Penn State Nittany Lions (8-2)
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at Rutgers
11
Utah Utes (8-2)
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at Oregon
10
Oregon Ducks (8-2)
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vs. Utah
9
Clemson Tigers (9-1)
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vs. Miami
8
Alabama Crimson Tide (8-2)
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vs. Austin Peay
7
USC Trojans (9-1)
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at UCLA
6
LSU Tigers (8-2)
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at UAB
5
Tennessee Volunteers (9-1)
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at South Carolina
4
TCU Horned Frogs (10-0)
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at Baylor
3
Michigan Wolverines (10-0)
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vs. Illinois
2
Ohio State Buckeyes (10-0)
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at Maryland
1
Georgia Bulldogs (10-0)
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at Kentucky
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