Kirk Herbstreit's college football rankings has new team in his top six
Week 11 of college football saw just one College Football Playoff contender get hit with a loss as previously unbeaten Oklahoma went down at Baylor, but Kirk Herbstreit’s new top-six rankings had some changes.
Herbstreit, who announced the Ole Miss vs. Texas A&M game on Saturday night, tweeted out his new top-six rankings on Sunday morning.
Cincinnati is again nowhere to be found in Herbstreit’s rankings and if you watched any of College Gameday on Saturday morning you probably saw that coming as Herbstreit wasn’t impressed by the way the Bearcats closed Friday night’s win at South Florida. This is the second week in a row Herbstreit has entirely left out Cincinnati.
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Herbstreit's top-six go as follows:
No. 6 Oklahoma State: 9-1
Oklahoma State made their debut on Herbstreit’s rankings after easily disposing of TCU and moving to 9-1 on the year.
5. Michigan (9-1)
It required a late touchdown in Happy Valley but Michigan improved to 9-1 with a 21-17 win at Penn State. Not sure what Michigan has done so much more impressively than Michigan State to warrant being rated above a team it lost to but that’s not just a Herbstreit problem as the College Football Playoff committee did the same thing last week.
4. Ohio State (9-1)
Ohio State dismantled Purdue on Saturday and scored pretty much at will. It wouldn’t be a surprise if the Buckeyes got the Michigan treatment and moved ahead of the team they lost to because of a significantly more impressive overall showing before long, but Herbstreit has them ranked fourth this week.
No. 3 Oregon: 9-1
Oregon took a tough fight from Washington State on Saturday night as the teams were tied at 14 at halftime, but the Ducks stormed to a 38-24 victory to move to 9-1.
No. 2 Alabama (9-1):
Alabama did exactly what it was supposed to do against New Mexico State in beating the Aggies 59-3 and improving to 9-1 on the year.
No. 1 Georgia (10-0)
Georgia moved to 10-0 in its road victory over Tennessee. How good has Georgia’s defense been? Tennessee’s 17 points were the most allowed by Georgia in a single game yet this season.