College Football Playoff Top 25 rankings: What should we be mad about?

The College Football Playoff rankings are out and people are mad online again. Here’s what they should be most upset about this time around.

New College Football Playoff rankings are out but unlike the previous two weeks, there wasn’t much in the way of drama or mystery after a week without much mayhem. The biggest disruption came at the bottom of the Top 10 with Minnesota who moved up to No. 8 after beating Penn State, lost for the first time his year. They hit their glass ceiling and fell back to reality.

Undefeated Baylor didn’t get any respect from the committee when they were No. 13 despite a 9-0 record. After blowing a 28-3 lead to Oklahoma and taking their first loss, the Bears are hanging out with the Gophers at the kids’ table.

The underdogs present the best ammunition for playing the no respect card but they played their ways out of the conversation so now we don’t have to worry about Cinderella until March Madness.

There weren’t any upsets in the Top 4 with LSU, Ohio State, Clemson and Georgia handling their business. This was the same order last week so no one can be mad about this.

Good job, playoff committee. You did good and no one can complain about this.

We’re not arguing about this, but here are a few other takeaways and predictions about the latest College Football Playoff rankings.

Wait and see for Alabama without Tua

Alabama has a 63 percent chance to make the playoff if they win out, according to ESPN’s Playoff Predictor. They’d need to beat Auburn with backup quarterback Mac Jones starting in place of Tua Tagovailoa. If they win that game, they’d then need LSU to beat Georgia in the SEC Championship Game, because if Georgia wins, then they are in and LSU is in, leaving Alabama out.

You can be mad about Alabama not being at No. 4, but they were there last week, so it’s nothing to get mad about today. Their No. 5 ranking is as good as it’s going to get with Oregon or Utah and possibly Oklahoma passing them up by the end of the season due to their playing in a conference championship game. But it would have been wrong and unfair to penalize Alabama now because of the Tua injury.

The chase for No. 4

The fourth spot is either going to go to Oklahoma or the winner of the Pac-12 Championship Game between Oregon and Utah assuming no other losses. I think Oklahoma is the best team and would beat Oregon or Utah on a neutral field, but the playoff committee doesn’t think so. Ultimately, I think it’ll be the Pac-12 champion getting the fourth spot, moving past Alabama and Georgia who loses to LSU, in the process.

The case for two Big Ten teams to get in

Penn State goes to Ohio State on Saturday in an elimination game for the Nittany Lions. If they pull off the upset and win the Big Ten, it opens the door for a one-loss Ohio State to get in the fourth spot. This would require LSU and Clemson winning out. Certainly plausible, but I’m not betting on Penn State to beat Ohio State. Conversely, if Minnesota wins out and beats Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game, the Big Ten will get two in that way as well.

Group of 5 trio

Memphis is now the highest-ranked team from the Group of 5 at No. 18. They traded spots with Cincinnati who they’ll meet in two weeks, and again in a potential American Athletic Championship Game. If they beat each other up, that could leave No. 20 Boise State to come out as WAC Champions and get the Cotton Bowl bid.

College Football Playoff Top 25 rankings entering Week 13

1. LSU
2. Ohio State
3. Clemson
4. Georgia
5. Alabama
6. Oregon
7. Utah
8. Penn State
9. Oklahoma
10. Minnesota
11. Florida
12. Wisconsin
13. Michigan
14. Baylor
15. Auburn
16. Notre Dame
17. Iowa
18. Memphis
19. Cincinnati
20. Boise State
21. Oklahoma State
22. Iowa State
23. USC
24. Appalachian State
25. SMU

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