BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - NOVEMBER 7: Quarterback Keelon Russell #12 and wide receiver Cederian Morgan #8 of the Alabama Crimson Tide walks celebrate with fans after the game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Louisiana State Tigers at Tiger Stadium on November 7, 2026 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Aric Becker/ISI Photos/ISI Photos via Getty Images) | ISI Photos via Getty Images
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - NOVEMBER 7: Quarterback Keelon Russell #12 and wide receiver Cederian Morgan #8 of the Alabama Crimson Tide walks celebrate with fans after the game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Louisiana State Tigers at Tiger Stadium on November 7, 2026 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Aric Becker/ISI Photos/ISI Photos via Getty Images) | ISI Photos via Getty Images · ISI Photos via Getty Images

As we’re closing in on the final stretch of the season, we have our next set of College Football Playoff rankings to show just where things are starting to settle in the jockeying. As always, people are going to be mad. But without any further editorializing, here’s the list:

  1. Georgia
  2. Utah
  3. Alabama
  4. UCLA
  5. Notre Dame
  6. Texas
  7. Miami
  8. Tennessee
  9. Indiana
  10. BYU
  11. Kentucky
  12. Texas Tech
  13. Wake Forest
  14. Houston
  15. Iowa
  16. Oregon
  17. South Carolina
  18. USC
  19. Ole Miss
  20. Ohio State
  21. LSU
  22. Missouri
  23. Arizona
  24. Boise State
  25. Oklahoma State

Across the board, the committee seemed to try to correct some of the weird rankings from last week, pushing Tennessee, Notre Dame, and UCLA all taking big jumps, while Indiana dropped by quite a bit. Alabama’s big win over LSU seemed to justify the Crimson Tide’s ranking last week, and the Committee pushed the Tide up even further. Placing the Tide right between UCLA and Utah, both undefeated, is interesting, as it’s clear the committee is making it a point to not count the loss column and are instead really focusing on strength of schedule. Hunter Yurachek mentioned the idea of quality wins, and it seems like the Tide’s volume of quality wins put them in the top “pool” of teams. And when questioned, again, about Tennessee vs Alabama, Yuracheck pointed out that Tennessee just didn’t have the schedule (he specifically said games against teams with a 110 plus ranking, but didn’t elaborate).

Regardless, people are going to be angry, especially with a 2 loss team being up at the top and so much jumble between teams below that.

At the current bracket, the Tide would have a bye week at the start, then get to take on the winner of Texas vs Kentucky.

If you were going to place bets on Alabama making the playoffs, you’ve pretty well missed your shot at any sort of payday. According to the FanDuel sportsbook, the Tide is now -20000 odds to make the playoffs (tied with Notre Dame as the highest in the country since Georgia is locked out).

The season isn’t over though, and Alabama still has games against Vandy and Auburn in which they have to take care of business. The love of the committee is a fickle thing, and blowing it in Nashville would quickly put Alabama back on the hot seat, or even out of the wagon entirely.

Source: Yahoo Sports