College Football Playoff Rankings After Week 12 Feature No Changes to Top 7 Teams
By Scott Rogust
If you were banking on some serious changes in the weekly College Football Playoff rankings, we've got some bad news for you.
The CFP rankings following Week 12 were revealed on Tuesday night, and the top seven teams from last week's list maintained their spots.
.@CFBPlayoff Top 25 rankings
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 20, 2019
1-LSU
2-Ohio St
3-Clemson
4-Georgia
5-Alabama
6-Oregon
7-Utah
8-Penn St
9-OU
10-Minnesota
11-Florida
12-Wisconsin
13-Michigan
14-Baylor
15-Auburn
16-Notre Dame
17-Iowa
18-Memphis
19-Cincinnati
20-Boise St
21-Okla St
22-Iowa St
23-USC
24-App St
25-SMU
LSU, Ohio State, and Clemson had relatively easy victories this past weekend over Ole Miss, Rutgers, and Wake Forest respectively. Georgia, on the other hand, maintained the coveted No. 4 spot after narrowly defeating the Auburn Tigers 21-14.
Penn State jumped back in front of Minnesota, claiming the No. 8 spot while the Golden Gophers dropped to No. 10.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma only moved up one spot to No. 9, despite taking down a previously undefeated Baylor team in dramatic comeback fashion.
November 1️⃣9️⃣ #CFBPlayoff Selection Committee Rankings:
— College Football Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) November 20, 2019
1️⃣6️⃣. Notre Dame // @NDFootball
1️⃣7️⃣. Iowa // @HawkeyeFootball
1️⃣8️⃣. Memphis // @MemphisFB
1️⃣9️⃣. Cincinnati // @GoBearcatsFB
2️⃣0️⃣. Boise State // @BroncoSportsFB
Another notable change was USC entering the Top 25, which gives Oregon another win over a ranked team, and makes Utah's loss look a bit less bad. That could be a deciding factor for the final playoff spot when things are said and done.
Expect plenty of fluctuation in the rankings next week, as Ohio State faces Penn State in Big Ten action this Saturday, a game that implications on virtually everyone vying for a playoff spot.