Predicting Tuesday's entire College Football Playoff Top 25
With five of the nation’s top 10 teams suffering defeats in Week 11, this week’s College Football Playoff top 25 could have a different look. But not completely different.
Alabama is the obvious selection for the No. 1 ranking as it has an undefeated record while playing the seventh-toughest schedule in the FBS. No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan, and No. 4 Clemson each has one loss, and each also has a played a schedule that is ranked in the top 30 in the nation. The quality of the schedules that each of these schools have faced should be good enough to keep them in the top four this week.
The Kellner Points Index indicates Texas A&M could fall 14 spots after losing at home to Mississippi, while USC is projected to move up nine spots after defeating then-No. 4 Washington on the road.
Virginia Tech, North Carolina, and Arkansas are projected to fall out of the top 25. Stanford and Tennessee are projected to make their first appearances in the top 25, at Nos. 18 and 23, respectively.
In regards to conference affiliation, the SEC and Pac-12 are projected to lead all conferences with six schools ranked in the top 25. The Big 10 is projected to have five schools ranked, with four in the top 10. The ACC and Big 12 are each projected to have three schools in the top 25.
No. 19 Western Michigan and No. 25 Boise State are the only Group of Five schools projected to appear in the top 25 this week. Western Michigan’s strength of schedule ranking of 118 continues to keep it outside the CFP top 15 despite the fact the Broncos are one of two unbeatens in the FBS.
The first five teams left out of the projected top 25 are Virginia Tech, San Diego State, Arkansas, North Carolina and Miami (Fla.). The information used to determine the projected CFP rankings are previous CFP rankings, the Cody Kellner Points Index Computer Ratings and conference affiliation.