Big Ten and SEC continue to hold sway in latest College Football Playoff rankings

After a weekend of college football largely devoid of surprises, the latest College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings revealed Tuesday looked mostly the same as last week’s.

In fact, the top five teams were exactly the same, headlined by undefeated Big Ten frontrunner Oregon leading the pack at No. 1.

The Big Ten Conference once again boasts four schools in the top five, including Ohio State – whose only loss this season came at the hands of Oregon – at No. 2, joined by Penn State at No. 4 and unbeaten upstart Indiana at No. 5.

Southeastern Conference (SEC) newcomers Texas clock in at No. 3 again, with more of the Longhorns’ conference rivals continuing to dominate the back half of the top 10.

SEC powerhouses Alabama and Ole Miss hold the No. 7 and No. 9 spots respectively, with 2021 and 2022 national champion Georgia rising to No. 10 after a much-needed victory last week against rival Tennessee, now ranked No. 11.

With the Big Ten and SEC currently gobbling up eight of the 12 berths in the CFP bracket, the rest of college football is left scrapping over the remaining four slots.

Independent blue blood Notre Dame rose to the No. 6 spot following a win against Virginia.

The remaining three entries in the CFP bracket presently belong to the eventual Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion, the Big 12 Conference winner and the highest ranked conference champion from the so-called “group of five” – a collection of five smaller conferences.

Miami is currently the highest ranked ACC team at No. 8. No. 14 BYU still leads the Big 12 despite an upset loss to Kansas last week, and No. 12 Boise State of the Mountain West Conference leads the group of five schools as of now.

The deference being shown to the Big Ten and SEC conferences isn’t sitting well with some outsiders, who feel they are being slighted by the CFP selection committee.

Rhett Lashlee, who coaches No. 13 SMU of the ACC, recently questioned the committee’s reasoning.

“When other leagues beat each other up…

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Publish date : 2024-11-20 15:48:00

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