If the Tide retain that ranking, it will be due to a lack of a better option, not because of Alabama has earned the spot. Email him at BToppmeyer gannett. Facebook Twitter Email. Alabama football unworthy of No. Show Caption. Hide Caption. SEC boasts five of the top-ten coaching salaries in college football. Cincinnati was one of the big stories of the week after being No. Even Oregon and Ohio State, each on the road against conference foes, played too close to the competition to expect a real jump in the rankings.
If anything, Oklahoma could see some more momentum just by avoiding action while other teams were grinding out wins. Ultimately, the combination of hard-fought wins leave us with the expectation of status quo up top, though any slight shifts will be indicative of how voters are both reacting to Saturday's results and the selection committee's decisions.
Georgia Last week -- 1 : When the primary discussion around college football is "who other than Georgia Oklahoma 4 : The Sooners were off in Week 10 and will be back in action next week at Baylor. They move up amid disappointing yet victorious performances by the two teams succeeding them. Alabama 3 : The No. Cincinnati 2 : Controversial goal line decisions aren't doing anything to bolster the voter confidence in the Bearcats, but still, Luke Fickell's team remains unbeaten and worthy of top-four consideration following the closer-than-expected win against Tulsa.
Oregon 7 : The quality of the Ducks' win against Washington provides the evidence needed to match the committee's decision to put Oregon ahead of Ohio State. Ohio State 6 : Saturday's win against Nebraska marked the second straight game the offense hasn't cracked 35 points after going for plus in five straight wins.
Notre Dame 8 : Brian Kelly improved to against Navy, and the Fighting Irish cruised to a win in the renewal of one of college football's great intersectional rivalries. While these rankings mean essentially nothing, they help add context for the future. The College Football Playoff Committee foreshadows what they prioritize each year, so having multiple rankings helps us know how they are valuing the top teams.
With Alabama football being second, it is clear that the Tide simply need to keep winning if they want to make the College Football Playoff. Arkansas and Auburn are both ranked, so Alabama can add a few more quality wins in the regular season. However, the only way to cement their place is to upset the Bulldogs in December. Despite being undefeated, Oklahoma remains eighth overall. If they lose a single game in the regular season, they will likely be kicked out. But then it will get tricky for the Ducks.
They play at Utah on Nov. There was plenty of outrage last week, at least on Twitter, that undefeated Cincinnati wasn't included in the top four in the initial CFP rankings. I wrote in this space last week that the Bearcats deserved to be about No. So, after the Spartans lost to the Boilermakers, the Bearcats have to move up, right? Maybe not, or at least not very much. Cincinnati struggled for the third week in a row against a lesser opponent, needing two goal-line stands in the final minutes to secure a victory over Tulsa, which dropped to A week earlier, the Bearcats led Tulane just at the half the Green Wave are Before that, they led Navy at the half the Midshipmen are My guess is the selection committee will penalize the Bearcats for another ho-hum performance.
My guess is they'll move up to No. A day after Dan Mullen admitted he didn't see the Gators ' humiliating loss at South Carolina coming, he fired defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and offensive line coach John Hevesy on Sunday. Anyone who has watched Florida's defense the past two seasons probably saw that news coming from a mile away, but wondered why it hadn't come sooner. Only in the final three games of the season, when LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma combined to score points, has Florida allowed more.
In fact we're worse than we were earlier in the year, and so we had to make some changes with what we're doing, with where we're at. Following another tough loss, Florida's Dan Mullen says the Gators will make changes with what they're doing and where they're at.
Florida's fall has been swift and shocking. They nearly knocked off Alabama in the SEC championship game in a loss, then were run over by Oklahoma in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic after many of their best players opted out. On Sept. That was the highlight of the season.
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