Georgia football remains No. 1. Here’s who joins Bulldogs in the CFP rankings top four
Georgia football stayed on top of the CFP rankings for the second straight week Tuesday night.
The College Football Playoff selection committee will huddle again in Grapevine, Texas early next week and produce a top 25 before the rankings that matter most are revealed on Sunday Dec. 3.
The 11-0 Bulldogs are sitting pretty for now heading into Saturday night’s 7:30 p.m. rivalry game at Georgia Tech.
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With five unbeaten Power Five teams remaining, things could get interesting if No. 8 Alabama beats Georgia in the SEC championship game on Dec. 2.
Here’s how the committee ranked the other unbeatens Tuesday night: No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Washington and No. 5 Florida State.
Only four teams make the playoff.
Ohio State-Michigan play Saturday at noon in Ann Arbor.
Georgia is playing its best down the stretch, thumping Florida 43-20 and then coming out unscathed against three straight ranked opponents, sliding by No. 9 Missouri 30-21, hammering No. 12 Ole Miss 52-17 and crushing No. 21 Tennessee 38-10.
"Tennessee scores on their first offensive play, whatever it is, 105,000, 110,000 people going crazy, and to see Georgia score on six of their first eight possessions was incredibly impressive," committee chair Boo Corrigan said. "But I think there's a lot of really good football teams in the country right now, and they're certainly one of them but not only one of them. They're the team that we believe is the best team in the country right now.
Florida State is missing starting quarterback Jordan Travis with a season-ending leg injury. It plays rival Florida at 7 p.m. Saturday. The Gators will be missing its own starting quarterback, Graham Mertz, due to a collarbone injury.
Corrigan said the Travis injury didn't factor in Washington moving past Florida State this week. Florida State beat North Alabama 58-13 while Washington won 22-20 at Oregon State.
"You know, in talking about it and looking at it and with regards to them going from 4 to 5," Corrigan said, "it had a lot to do with Washington. It had everything to do with Washington as we were looking at it."
The Seminoles play No. 10 Louisville in the ACC Championship game next week.
Other playoff contenders with games worth watching on rivalry weekend:
-No. 6 Oregon hosting No. 16 Oregon State Friday night at 8:30 p.m. The Ducks can clinch a Pac-12 title spot with a win.
-No. 8 Texas is home against Texas Tech at 7:30 p.m.
-Alabama travels to Auburn for a 3:30 p.m. game
-Washington is at Washington State for the Apple Cup at 4 p.m.
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