ESPN reveals what the fourth College Football Playoff Top 25 should look like
The predictions continue to come in ahead of the fourth College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night. ESPN’s Bill Connelly has been fairly successful this year, and he’s looking to continue that trend this week.
Connelly released his latest Formula projections, which he uses to predict what the CFP committee will decide to do each week. The top half of his metrics closely matched the committee’s decisions last week, and not much is expected to change in the top four. However, Tennessee’s loss to South Carolina could make things interesting as teams compete for that last playoff spot.
Here’s what Connelly’s Formula says the rankings will look like Tuesday night.
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- Georgia
- Ohio State
- Michigan
- TCU
- USC
- LSU
- Alabama
- Clemson
- Tennessee
- Penn State
- Oregon
- Washington
- Kansas State
- Utah
- Notre Dame
- Florida State
- UCLA
- North Carolina
- Ole Miss
- Tulane
- Cincinnati
- Oregon State
- Texas
- Coastal Carolina
- UCF
While the top four are largely expected to stay in tact, it could get interesting from there. Tennessee will drop out of the top five after falling to South Carolina, which means USC and LSU will move up and continue the conversation for what could happen next week after Michigan and Ohio State square off on Saturday. The Game will all but certainly open up a playoff spot regardless of who wins, and that could open the door for other teams to make a case for the top four.
Additionally, Notre Dame has a chance to make some noise this week when it takes on USC at The Coliseum. The Fighting Irish already have marquee ranked wins over Clemson and North Carolina, and they could shake things up even more depending on what happens in Los Angeles.
The updated College Football Playoff rankings come out Tuesday night at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.