College Football Playoff Rankings: Alabama tumbles after close loss to Oklahoma

The latest College Football Playoff rankings saw nary changes successful the apical three, but a large nonaccomplishment for the erstwhile No. 4 squad has them falling down the list.

The Alabama Crimson Tide mislaid a adjacent 1 to the Oklahoma Sooners astatine home, 23-21, and it outgo them successful the eyes of the enactment committee. They fell from No. 4 to No. 10.

Meanwhile, the Georgia Bulldogs, who had been astatine No. 5 successful each of the archetypal 2 rankings, moved into their spot astatine No. 4.

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Head manager Brent Venables of the Oklahoma Sooners greets visitors earlier Bedlam against the Oklahoma State Cowboys astatine Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium connected November 19, 2022 successful Norman, Oklahoma.  The Sooners won 28-13.   (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M stay astatine 1 done 3, respectively, to circular retired the apical four, who would each person a bye if the playoff were to commencement today.

It was absorbing to spot the Crimson Tide down the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, though, who are astatine No. 9 successful the rankings. Notre Dame doesn’t person immoderate much top-25 wins this season, with Alabama collecting 4 to conscionable one.

Texas Tech moved to No. 5, followed by Ole Miss, Oregon and Oklahoma, which moved up to the No. 8 slot pursuing its large roadworthy triumph successful Tuscaloosa.

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Looking past the apical 10, BYU is astatine No. 11, followed by Utah, Miami, Vanderbilt and USC to circular retired the apical 15. The Hurricanes specifically had a large weekend, defeating NC State 41-7 to assistance them leap up 2 spots successful the rankings.

Of course, with some Miami and Notre Dame astatine 8-2 overall, the Hurricanes and their instrumentality basal are surely not blessed they stay 4 spots down the Fighting Irish, considering they bushed them earlier this season.

Notre Dame caput manager Marcus Freeman greets a subordinate earlier the Orange Bowl NCAA College Football Playoff semifinal crippled against Penn State, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, successful Miami Gardens, Fla.  (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

"The No. 1 criteria is ever head-to-head. It’s wherefore we play the game, right?" Miami caput manager Mario Cristobal said, via ESPN. "That ever has been and ever volition beryllium the No. 1 factor."

However, connected the different broadside of the statement is however the Hurricanes got their 2 losses compared to Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish mislaid to the Hurricanes and the Texas Longhorns — some ranked teams. Miami, though, was upset by unranked Louisville and SMU this season.

Speaking of the Longhorns, they moved to No. 17 pursuing their lopsided nonaccomplishment to Georgia, 35-10, which pushed them to 7-3 connected the year. Georgia Tech is conscionable successful beforehand of them astatine No. 16, portion Michigan (18), Virginia (19) and Tennessee (20) are down them.

Rounding retired the apical 25 are Illinois, Missouri, Houston, Tulane and Arizona State, respectively.

Ty Simpson of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts aft losing a fumble to the Oklahoma Sooners during the 3rd 4th astatine Bryant-Denny Stadium connected Nov. 15, 2025 successful Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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As always, the 5 highest-ranked league champions volition beryllium successful the 12-team tract this playoff season. But there’s a reminder: It volition beryllium a consecutive seeding model, not 1 successful which each victor of the Power Four conferences receives an automatic bye.

There are conscionable 2 weeks near successful the regular season, and league championships volition travel to yet find however the College Football Playoff tract volition shingle out.

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