We’ve reached the point of the year at which college football has rankings that really matter, and those don’t come out every week until Tuesday night.
College football’s updated top-25 rankings, in one place for Week 11
The important Playoff committee rankings release Tuesday. Until then, here’s where the contenders stand.
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Until that time, the sport’s other human rankings are a decent indicator of roughly how things will fall on Tuesday. Week 10 had a handful of huge games, and the results (especially two in the SEC) have clarified the top of the postseason picture a good pit. Alabama and Georgia will meet in the SEC Championship Game. Michigan and Ohio State will play what should amount to a Big Ten title game a week before the actual one. And almost every other division race is a total mess.
Below, we’re collecting major top 25s as they emerge after Week 10.
These are not SB Nation’s personal rankings. We’re merely collecting a bunch of them in one place. Some of these are legacy polls that primarily measure what teams have done so far, while others are designed to be predictive. They’re all explained below the table.
Selection Sunday college football rankings
Team | CFP | AP | S&P+ | Massey | Sagarin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama, 13-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Clemson, 13-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Notre Dame, 12-0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Oklahoma, 12-1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Georgia, 11-2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ohio State, 12-1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Michigan, 10-2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| UCF, 12-0 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| Washignton, 10-3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Florida, 9-3 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 19 |
| LSU, 9-3 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 14 |
| Penn State, 9-3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Washington State, 10-2 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 16 |
| Kentucky, 9-3 | 14 | 16 | - | 16 | - |
| Texas, 9-4 | 15 | 14 | - | 21 | 21 |
| West Virginia, 8-3 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 12 |
| Utah, 9-4 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 15 |
| Mississippi State, 8-4 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 8 |
| Texas A&M, 8-4 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 |
| Syracuse, 9-3 | 20 | 17 | - | 24 | - |
| Fresno State, 11-2 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 23 |
| Northwestern, 8-5 | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| Missouri, 8-4 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 13 |
| Iowa State, 8-4 | 24 | 25 | - | - | - |
| Boise State, 10-3 | 25 | 23 | - | 22 | - |
| Appalachian State | - | - | 13 | - | - |
| Army, 9-2 | - | 22 | - | - | - |
| Auburn, 7-5 | - | - | 18 | - | 20 |
| Iowa, 8-4 | - | - | - | 23 | 11 |
| Memphis, 8-5 | - | - | 23 | - | - |
| Miami, 7-5 | - | - | 22 | - | 25 |
| North Dakota State, FCS | - | - | - | - | 24 |
| Stanford, 8-4 | - | - | - | 25 | 22 |
| Utah State, 10-2 | - | - | 21 | - | - |
| Wisconsin, 7-5 | - | - | 24 | - | - |
The key thing, but not out until Tuesday nights around 7:10 p.m. ET. They’ll be in a separate post.
The historical gold standard of human polls. Releases Sundays at 2 p.m. ET.
SB Nation’s favored college football advanced stat, which tends to perform well against the Vegas spread, along with offering much deeper evaluations of teams. Usually releases Sunday afternoon.
Every poll and rating smashed into one continually updating ranking, more or less. Yep, there are dozens and dozens of weekly CFB rankings! We’ll update it a couple times throughout Sunday.
A long-running computer ranking that also includes FCS teams. Usually releases early Sunday.
Doesn’t matter much, and often is more a poll of PR directors than actual coaches. Releases around noon ET on Sundays.
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