Unbeaten Ohio State and Indiana remain the top two teams, followed by No. 3 Georgia, No. 4 Texas Tech and No. 5 Oregon. The Bulldogs, Red Raiders and Ducks each moved up one spot after previously unbeaten Texas A&M lost 27-17 at Texas last week.
Texas A&M fell four spots after suffering its first loss of the season, one spot behind Ole Miss, and was followed by Oklahoma, Alabama and Notre Dame to round out the top 10. BYU was 11th, and Miami was 12th.
As it stands, Ohio State, Indiana, Georgia and Texas Tech would receive first-round byes under the current rankings. And the first-round games would look like this: Tulane at Oregon; Virginia at Ole Miss; Notre Dame at Texas A&M; Alabama at Oklahoma.
The Cougars and the Hurricanes would be bumped out of the field if Tuesday’s rankings were used for the 12-team playoff bracket. No. 17 Virginia would replace BYU as the projected ACC champion, and No. 20 Tulane would replace Miami as the highest-ranked champion of a non-Power 4 conference.
The final CFP rankings will be announced Sunday.
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