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Another swap at the top of CFB Playoff Rankings, Clemson holds at No. 3

November 26, 2019
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The Playoff Committee released its fourth set of rankings for 2019 a few minutes ago, and Clemson held on to the No. 3 spot in the polls. This season, landing in the top spot seems to be more significant than it has ever been as currently, the top team would avoid facing Clemson in the semifinals. 

"I'm excited to see who's number one after tonight. There's really kind of an exciting race going on between LSU and Ohio State. It's a race I think that's worth watching over these next couple weeks because I think there's a lot at stake, ESPN’s Jesse Palmer stated. “One, we know that whoever finishes No. 1 locks up the best possible home-field advantage. Number two, whoever goes into the conference championship game as No. 1 gives themselves the best chance to stay in the top four if one of those two teams were to slip in their conference championship game, but then three maybe most importantly, you get to avoid Clemson in the semifinal.”

His partner on GameDay Final, Joey Galloway, who had Clemson No. 1 until LSU knocked off Alabama a few backs, responded in jest, "Why do you want to avoid Clemson people have been telling me all season long Clemson's not that good of a football team."

As for the poll, Ohio State took back the top spot in the CFB Playoff standings, leaving LSU again in a matchup with Clemson in the No. 2 vs. No. 3 semifinal. Georgia continues to hold on to the No. 4 position after a win over Texas A&M this past weekend. 

Alabama and Utah are just outside looking in from the No. 5 and No. 6 spots, respectively.

Clemson is 11-0 with a matchup against South Carolina (4-7) coming up Saturday in Columbia. The Tigers are currently riding the nation’s longest winning streak at 26 games.

Clemson has been in the Top 4 of the College Football Playoff ranking 27 times, second only to Alabama’s 28 weeks.

CFB Playoff Era National Titles No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 Total Weeks Ranked
Alabama

🏆🏆

18 7 1 2 28
Clemson

🏆🏆

8 10 5 4 27
Notre Dame

 

0 0 7 3 10
Ohio State

🏆

2 5 4 1 12
Oklahoma

 

0 1 3 4 8
Michigan 

 

0 0 4 3 7
Florida State

 

0 2 4 1 7
Oregon   0 5 0 1 6
Mississippi State   3 0 0 2 5
Georgia   0 2 1 3 6
LSU   2 3 1 0 6
Auburn   0 1 2 0 3
Washington   0 0 0 3 3
Iowa   0 0 0 2 2
TCU   0 0 1 1 2
Miami   0 1 1 0 2
Ole Miss   0 0 0 1 1
Michigan State   0 0 1 0 1
Penn State   0 0 0 1 1
Texas A&M   0 0 0 1 1
Wisconsin   0 0 0 1 1

 

2019

Week 1

#1 Ohio State

#2 LSU #3 Alabama

#4 Penn State

Week 2 #1 LSU #2 Ohio State #3 Clemson #4 Georgia
Week 3 #1 LSU #2 Ohio State #3 Clemson #4 Georgia
Week 4 #1 Ohio State #2 LSU #3 Clemson #4 Georgia

 

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

Week 5

#1 Alabama

#2 Clemson #3 Notre Dame

#4 Georgia

Playoff

#1 Alabama

#2 Clemson

#3 Notre Dame

#4 Oklahoma

 

 

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

Playoff

#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

Week 5

#1 Alabama

#2 Ohio State  #3 Clemson

#4 Washington  

Playoff

#1 Alabama

#2 Clemson

#3 Ohio State

#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

Playoff

#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

Playoff

#1 Alabama

#2 Oregon

#3 Florida State

#4 Ohio State

If the College Football Playoff started today

#1 Ohio State (11-0) vs  #4 Georgia (10-1)

#2 LSU (11-0) vs #3 Clemson (11-0)

Outside looking in:

5. Alabama (10-1)
6. Utah (10-1)
7. Oklahoma (10-1)
8. Minnesota (10-1)
9. Baylor (10-1)
10. Penn State (9-2)
11. Florida (9-2)
12. Wisconsin (9-2)
13. Michigan (9-2)
14. Oregon (9-2)
15. Auburn (8-3)
16. Notre Dame (9-2)
17. Iowa (8-3)
18. Memphis (10-1)
19. Cincinnati (10-1)
20. Boise State (10-1)
21. Oklahoma State (8-3)
22. USC (8-4)
23. Iowa State (7-4)
24. Virginia Tech (8-3)
25. App State (10-1)

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