Predictions For Week 3 Of The Playoff Rankings

Penn State is No. 8 in the third edition of this season’s College Football Playoff rankings, announced on Tuesday night. Washington Huskies (9-1) 7.

“Louisville has been viewed as a very talented team”, CFP selection committee chairman Kirby Hocutt said on the ESPN rankings-reveal show. Louisville 9-1 1357 5 4. The Tigers defeated No. 5 Louisville, won at No. 15 Auburn and aqt No. 17 Florida State. No. 4 MI and No. 5 Clemson each dropped two spots and No. 7 Washington fell three after losing for the first time.

Penn State moved from No. 10 to No. 8. Oklahoma and West Virginia will battle with the Big 12 title race still up in the air.

Michigan’s loss to Iowa created a potential predicament for the selection committee with the Buckeyes.

Penn State needs two wins and a little help to make it into the Big Ten Championship game. The committee doesn’t try to predict the future, so conference titles aren’t factored until the final week. Ohio State has beaten two in the top eight on the road.

“Get the four best teams”, Fisher said. Penn State’s resume is smudged by a Week 2 loss to Pittsburgh. Maybe Louisville, which is hoping to get in without winning the ACC.

Though the Pac-12 is now outside of the four playoff spots, Washington is poised to take one of those places if it wins out. Now it is possible that if the Wolverines lose to Ohio State on November 26, Penn State would win the Big Ten East, potentially shutting both of the conference’s best two playoff hopes out of the conference title game.

Just how much better are things looking for the Buckeyes and Cardinals?

But the committee kept Clemson ahead of its ACC counterpart, citing a stronger overall schedule and that the Tigers did win the head-to-head meeting.

And having the likely Heisman Trophy victor in quarterback Lamar Jackson doesn’t provide Louisville any bonus points from the committee. We talked in depth about those quality wins.

The same level of uncertainty does not exist with the future of the Big 12 or the Pac-12. The AP Top 25 poll, however, featured few significant changes. Nebraska, 19. Tennessee, 20.

Oklahoma State is up to No. 11, and West Virginia, the Sooners’ opponent this weekend in Morgantown, is at No. 14. Wyoming is the only team to beat Boise State.

Western Michigan (10-0) remained at No. 21, but were leapfrogged by Boise State (20) for the highest spot from a Group of Five school.