Top 4 Holds Firm: No. 2 Clemson trending towards CFB Playoff
The College Football Playoff top four continues to showcase No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Clemson, No. 3 Notre Dame, and No. 4 Michigan at the top of the rankings.
Right now, Clemson would be an 11.5 point favorite over Notre Dame and Alabama would be a 13.0 point favorite over Michigan.
UCF moved into the top 10 at No. 9, passing Ohio State. The Knights are now the highest-ranked Group of Five team in the history of the College Football Playoff.
There is a lot of talk about potential chaos scenarios out there, but perhaps none more than the one we posted on Twitter.
Clemson, now 11-0, enters this weekend’s rivalry game against South Carolina as a heavy favorite over their in-state rival. The Tigers will also face Pitt in the ACC Championship Game before the final rankings are released.
Clemson has been in the top four for 21 releases of the playoff rankings, second only to Alabama's 24 releases. Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State are the only three teams to appear in all 28 sets of rankings released by the committee in the playoff era.
There will be one more release before Selection Day on Sunday, Dec. 2 -- the day after conference championship weekend.
2018
Week 1: #1 Alabama, #2 Clemson, #3 LSU, #4 Notre Dame
Week 2: #1 Alabama, #2 Clemson, #3 Notre Dame, #4 Michigan
Week 3: #1 Alabama, #2 Clemson, #3 Notre Dame, #4 Michigan
Week 4: #1 Alabama, #2 Clemson, #3 Notre Dame, #4 Michigan
2017
Week 1: #1 Georgia, #2 Alabama, #3 Notre Dame, #4 Clemson
Week 2: #1 Georgia, #2 Alabama, #3 Notre Dame, #4 Clemson
Week 3: #1 Alabama, #2 Clemson, #3 Miami, #4 Oklahoma
Week 4: #1 Alabama, #2 Miami, #3 Clemson, #4 Oklahoma
Week 5: #1 Clemson, #2 Auburn, #3 Oklahoma, #4 Wisconsin
Selection Day: #1 Clemson, #2 Oklahoma, #3 Georgia, #4 Alabama
2016
Week 1: #1 Alabama, #2 Clemson, #3 Michigan, #4 Texas A&M
Week 2:#1 Alabama, #2 Clemson, #3 Michigan, #4 Washington
Week 3: #1 Alabama, #2 Ohio State, #3 Michigan, #4 Clemson
Week 4: #1 Alabama, #2 Ohio State, #3 Michigan, #4 Clemson
Selection Day: #1 Alabama, #2 Ohio State, #3 Clemson, #4 Washington
2015
Week 1: #1 Clemson, #2 LSU, #3 Ohio State, #4 Alabama
Week 2: #1 Clemson, #2 Alabama, #3 Ohio State, #4 Notre Dame
Week 3: #1 Clemson, #2 Alabama, #3 Ohio State, #4 Notre Dame
Week 4: #1 Clemson, #2 Alabama, #3 Oklahoma, #4 Iowa
Week 5: #1 Clemson, #2 Alabama, #3 Oklahoma, #4 Iowa
Selection Day: #1 Clemson, #2 Alabama, #3 Michigan State, #4 Oklahoma
2014
Week 1: #1 Mississippi State, #2 Florida State, #3 Auburn, #4 Ole Miss
Week 2: #1 Mississippi State, #2 Florida State, #3 Auburn, #4 Oregon
Week 3: #1 Mississippi State, #2 Oregon, #3 Florida State, #4 TCU
Week 4: #1 Alabama, #2 Oregon, #3 Florida State, #4 Mississippi State
Week 5: #1 Alabama, #2 Oregon, #3 Florida State, #4 Mississippi State
Week 6: #1 Alabama, #2 Oregon, #3 TCU, #4 Florida State
Selection Day: #1 Alabama, #2 Oregon, #3 Florida State, #4 Ohio State
College Football Playoff Rankings
#1 Alabama (11-0) vs #4 Michigan (10-1)
#2 Clemson (11-0) vs #3 Notre Dame (11-0)
Outside looking in:
5. Georgia (10-1)
6. Oklahoma (10-1)
7. LSU (9-2)
8. Washington State (10-1)
9. UCF (10-0)
10. Ohio State (10-1)
11. Florida (8-3)
12. Penn State (8-3)
13. West Virginia (8-2)
14. Texas (8-3)
15. Kentucky (8-3)
16. Washington (8-3)
17. Utah (8-3)
18. Mississippi State (7-4)
19. Northwestern (7-4)
20. Syracuse (8-3)
21. Utah State (10-1)
22. Texas A&M (7-4)
23. Boise State (9-2)
24. Pitt (7-4)
25. Iowa State (6-4)