The College Football Playoff committee’s final top 25 before the postseason is out. It includes a top four and Playoff field of Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia, and Alabama.
Updated college football rankings after Conference Championship Weekend
A collection of the big top 25s, including the Playoff committee’s.


After a Conference Championship Weekend that saw all of those teams assure themselves of Playoff spots and Ohio State beat Wisconsin to set up a debate over No. 4 that Bama eventually won, we’re seeing significant rankings shuffles in all the top 25s. The most important of those, of course, is the Playoff committee’s.
We’ll add each one to this post as it’s released, and we’ll update some composite rankings as more information pours in. The rankings featured here:
The only rankings that actually matter, in terms of setting up the postseason. This is the list that makes up the Playoff field and determines a lot of who goes where. For instance, Washington’s destined for the New Year’s Six because it got above TCU.
- Clemson
- Oklahoma
- Georgia
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- Wisconsin
- Auburn
- USC
- Penn State
- Miami
- Washington
- UCF
- Stanford
- Notre Dame
- TCU
- Michigan State
- LSU
- Washington State
- Oklahoma State
- Memphis
- Northwestern
- Virginia Tech
- Mississippi State
- NC State
- Boise State
The historical gold standard of human polls, but don’t MATTER matter now that the Playoff rankings are underway. Usually come out at 2 p.m. ET on Sundays, though we got them a little sooner on Selection Sunday.
- Clemson
- Oklahoma
- Georgia
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- Wisconsin
- Auburn
- USC
- Penn State
- UCF
- Miami
- Washington
- TCU
- Notre Dame
- Stanford
- LSU
- Oklahoma State
- Michigan State
- Memphis
- Northwestern
- Washington State
- Virginia Tech
- USF
- Mississippi State
- Boise State
SB Nation’s favored college football advanced stat, which tends to perform very well against the Vegas spread. Out on Sundays.
- Ohio State
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Washington
- Penn State
- Wisconsin
- Clemson
- Oklahoma
- Central Florida
- Auburn
- Oklahoma State
- Florida Atlantic
- TCU
- Notre Dame
- South Florida
- Toledo
- Louisville
- Memphis
- Miami-FL
- LSU
- Michigan
- USC
- Arkansas State
- Virginia Tech
- Fresno State
Every poll and rating smashed into one continually updating ranking, basically. We’ll update this one a couple times throughout Sunday.
- Clemson
- Georgia
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- Alabama
- Wisconsin
- Penn State
- Auburn
- UCF
- Notre Dame
- Miami
- Washington
- USC
- TCU
- Stanford
- Virginia Tech
- Oklahoma State
- Northwestern
- Michigan State
- LSU
- Michigan
- Memphis
- NC State
- Iowa
- Washington State
A team quality stat that also includes FCS teams. Posts early Sunday.
- Alabama
- Clemson
- Georgia
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- Penn State
- Wisconsin
- Auburn
- Washington
- Notre Dame
- Stanford
- TCU
- USC
- Oklahoma State
- Miami
- UCF
- Virginia Tech
- LSU
- Northwestern
- Mississippi State
- Michigan
- Iowa
- Louisville
- NC State
- Michigan State
Doesn’t matter much. Out around noon ET on most Sundays.











